{
  "id": 753605,
  "title": "Content creators worried as YouTube raises monetisation thresholds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/content-creators-worried-as-youtube-raises-monetisation-thresholds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T09:54:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/content-creators-worried-as-youtube-raises-monetisation-thresholds/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Content platform, YouTube is tightening the requirements creators must meet to access advertising revenue through its YouTube Partner Programme (YPP), with the changes expected to particularly affect creators who rely heavily on short-form content. Long-form creators will now need 8,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months, up from 4,000, alongside at least 1,000 subscribers to […] The post Content…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}