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The YouTube Partner Program helps creators earn from their content and now includes over 3 million @YouTubeCreators. Starting in February 2027, we’re making three updates to the program — here’s what’s changing and what’s not:
What’s changing:
- More opportunity for subscription revenue through premium lite
- Rolling minimum performance requirement to earn monthly on Shorts
- Entry thresholds for new YPP channels for ads and premium revenue
What’s not changing:
- Revenue share split across long-form and Shorts
- Eligibility for fan funding and shopping products
- Channel’s existing YPP status
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You asked. We listened. Custom thumbnails are coming soon to YouTube Shorts.
Here’s what you need to know:
🎨 More Creative Control: @YouTube Partner Program creators can now upload custom thumbnails to showcase their unique style.
🚀 Broader Access Coming: This feature will expand to more creators over time.
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The 2026 @fifaworldcup has officially become @youtube's most-viewed FIFA World Cup in history 🏆.
This year America’s celebrating 250 years. 🇺🇸Here’s how you can celebrate on @YouTube:
🔴Get party planning tips and discover things like regional recipes red, white, and blue outfit inspiration and creative decor ideas to transform your space. Plus find live local firework streams.
⚪Join the celebration with three custom Shorts Effects.
🔵Check out our custom American flag logo.
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The YouTube Shorts experience is evolving to be more intuitive and to better curate your feed. Here’s what’s coming:
❤️Use a sleek Heart icon to show videos some love.
🎯 Tune your feed with more precise curation tools, like 'Not Interested' as we retire the dislike button.
🧼Strip away distractions with 'Clear Screen' mode so you can focus entirely on the video.
⏩Watch faster with highly requested speed settings so you find your favorite part more quickly.
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JUST DROPPED: The @FIFAWorldCup 2026 YouTube creators. ⚽These @youtubecreators are heading to the tournament to bring you a new perspective of the matches. Plus, on July 12, creators, athletes and celebs are lacing up for the YouTube FIFA Creator Cup, streaming live from New York, only on YouTube.
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Announced today at #GoogleIO#, check out new ways you can create and search on @youtube:
💬Search complex questions using Ask YouTube, our new conversational search experience.
🔄Gemini Omni is coming to YouTube Shorts Remix and the YouTube Create app. Add yourself to your favorite creator's Short, or use your own prompts and images to remix an entirely new Short. For example, “translate the video into an 8-bit home console game.” YouTube Shorts remixed through Omni have digital watermarks, identifying metadata and link back to the original video. Plus it’s no cost to users.
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