Monetization

Starting February 1, 2027, YouTube attaches a rolling 10-million-views-per-90-days floor to Shorts ad revenue — miss it and YouTube keeps running ads on your Shorts, it just stops paying you. Here's the new math, who's exposed, and the deadline that matters.

A working creator's benchmark for YouTube ad revenue in 2026 — the four multipliers that decide your AdSense income (niche, geo, format, watch-time), with the data and named-creator disclosures behind each.