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Shorts pool pay will need 10M Shorts views every 90 days.

If you miss it, you stay in the Partner Program and keep your long-form earnings.

Seen 15 Sep · in effect from 1 Feb 2027

For Dana Travels

Touches you

You: at least 0 Shorts views in the last 90 days (10M needed). YouTube hasn't defined "qualified".

YouTube's words

To earn each month from the Shorts Creator Pool, creators will now need to maintain 10M qualified Shorts views over the last 90 days. If you miss this threshold, you will not be removed from YPP and this will not impact other YPP earnings, including long-form video.

Read it on YouTube's page support.google.com