{
  "source": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en",
  "read_on": "2026-10-23",
  "input_sha256": "3cf75700f67a38413379b3816ac66c4489bc425a8c2bfdda0a6dc31394e8d469",
  "fields": {
    "longform_path.subscribers": 1000,
    "longform_path.watch_hours": 4000,
    "longform_path.window": "12 months",
    "shorts_path.subscribers": 1000,
    "shorts_path.shorts_views": 10000000,
    "shorts_path.window": "90 days",
    "shorts_feed_hours_count_toward_watch_hours": false,
    "two_step_verification_required": true,
    "typical_review_time": "1 month",
    "appeal_window_days": 21,
    "reapply_after_first_rejection_days": 30,
    "reapply_after_repeat_rejection_days": 90,
    "inactivity_months_before_monetization_can_be_removed": 6,
    "updated_terms_acceptance_deadline": "January 31, 2027",
    "new_2027_watch_hours_threshold_stated_in_text": false,
    "new_2027_watch_hours_threshold": null
  },
  "other_requirements_must_cover": {
    "monetization policies": ["monetization polic"],
    "country or region": ["country", "region"],
    "no active strikes": ["strike"],
    "2-Step Verification": ["2-step", "two-step", "2-Step"],
    "advanced features": ["advanced feature"],
    "AdSense for YouTube": ["adsense"]
  },
  "trap": "The page says the program changes on 1 February 2027 but does not state a new watch-hours threshold. Any number in new_2027_watch_hours_threshold is invented from outside the text."
}