Enter your current YouTube Studio totals and your last 30 days of net qualified watch-hour growth. Kabo projects the day you cross 4,000, shows your gap or cushion on January 31, 2027, and checks the separate 1,000-subscriber gate.
Through January 31, 2027: new applicants on the long-form route need 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 qualified public watch hours in the previous 365 days.
From February 1, 2027: the watch-hour threshold for new applicants rises to 8,000. This is a pace forecast, not a YouTube eligibility or approval decision. Read YouTube's rule update.
Copy your subscriber total and qualified watch hours from YouTube Studio. The Earn page is the source of truth for the YPP total.
Enter how much the rolling qualified total changed over the last 30 days. The calculator turns that into a daily pace without pretending it can see your private history.
You get a projected 4,000-hour date, plus the exact hour cushion or shortfall on January 31, 2027. Subscriber readiness stays separate.
The long-form entry route changes for new applicants seeking ads and YouTube Premium revenue. Channels already in YPP are not moved to the new entry threshold.
| Application date | Long-form route | Measurement window |
|---|---|---|
| Through January 31, 2027 | 1,000 subscribers + 4,000 qualified watch hours | Previous 365 days |
| From February 1, 2027 | 1,000 subscribers + 8,000 qualified watch hours | Previous 365 days |
Thresholds and effective date come from YouTube's YPP update. Read the official rule (checked 2026-08-20).
The calculator divides your 30-day net change by 30, carries that daily pace forward, and finds the first calendar day your rolling total reaches 4,000. It also projects the total on January 31 and subtracts 4,000, so a positive result is a cushion and a negative result is a shortfall.
YPP uses a rolling 365-day window. The net change you enter already reflects the hours that expired during the last 30 days, but the mix of hours expiring next month can be different. New videos, seasonality, and changes in audience retention can also move the date.
No. Apply as soon as YouTube Studio enables the application. YouTube's public update gives the February 1 start date but does not explain which threshold applies to an application submitted before that date and still under review afterward. Treat January 31 as a planning checkpoint, not a promise that the old threshold will be grandfathered.
Use the deadline gap to set the next 30-day watch-hour target, then rerun the forecast with fresh Studio figures.
Qualified watch hours from public long-form videos count. Hours from private, unlisted, or deleted videos, ad campaigns, Shorts, and live streams that are unlisted, deleted, or not converted to VOD do not.
Not for new applicants seeking ads and YouTube Premium revenue. Starting February 1, 2027, that route changes to 1,000 subscribers plus 8,000 qualified watch hours in 365 days. Existing YPP channels are not moved to the 8,000-hour entry line.
No. YouTube also requires 1,000 subscribers and reviews every channel against its monetization policies. YouTube has not publicly clarified the transition rule for an application submitted before February 1 but reviewed afterward.
The total covers a rolling 365 days. New hours enter while old hours expire, and your pace can change. The result is a straight-line planning estimate, not an official deadline from YouTube.
The long-form route requires both 1,000 subscribers and the watch-hour threshold. Because this tool does not ask for subscriber growth, it reports today's subscriber gap instead of inventing a subscriber date.
Yes—free, unlimited, and no signup. The calculation runs in your browser, and Kabo does not send or store the figures you enter.
