YouTube terminates monetization for small creators with less than 4000 watch hours last 12 months and less than 1000 subscribers

Image Source: Google Images YouTube terminates monetization for small creators - Important updates to the YouTube Partner Program. Back in April 2017, YouTube set a YouTube Partner Program eligibility requirement was 10,000 lifetime views. And may small creators were able to enable monetization and earn a decent however small eranings. But YouTube has raised the bar. YouTube has started to