Hi everyone, I know this might sound like a simple question, but I’m still seeing quite a few YouTube videos claiming that you need 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours to qualify for monetization. Just to confirm with the community — as of 2026, the updated requirements are 500 subscribers and 3,000 public watch hours within the last 12 months (or 3 million Shorts views in 90 days). It’s great to see YouTube making monetization more accessible for smaller creators, and I wanted to double‑check this with fellow creators here to ensure we’re all on the same page. Cheers everyone, Alex (TBFALEX)

I have heard of programs that break a long-form video into short form videos. Like they take your best spots within the video and create several short videos and even turn them vertical. It is a paid program obviously. Do any of you use programs like this and which ones do you use?

I'm planning to have a Q&A playlist on my channel. I'm trying to figure out a name that will peak curiosity, or maybe even clever. If you have another, or something peaks in your thoughts, please share your suggestion on a playlist name too. Here are the playlist name ideas: ⭐ Q&A ⭐ FAQs ⭐ Your Questions Answered ⭐ My Questions Answered ⭐ Answers ⭐ Here, You Asked... Thank you for your opinions.🙏🏾😊 Accountability Tags: @Yvette Bowlin @Jenny Sharratt @Dajana K. . @Michael LeJeune @Cam F @Travel Gran @Jaye Brunner @Eddi Pinegar @Adam Tinkoff @Ricardo Solomons @Dawn Ponsford @Monika Astara Murphy @Andy Asher @Deb D @Laura Niebauer r @Cat PInegar @Virgil Rucker

Hihi I have been thinking of hire and editor to help me with my editing... I want to edit my self as much as possible but then I am just able to post 2 video per month so I need an editor to make 1 to 2 videos per month at the start. I have been watching videos how to hire editor and started, put ad on upwork but always... canceled... and been little affaraid to take the step :) Is any of you using editor that you have good relationships with that might be interested in some extra editing :) This picture is a perfect sample of my typical video timeline :)

Honestly, if someone had told me these things at the beginning I'd be in a very different place right now. I spent months editing the wrong stuff. Obsessing over effects and transitions while the real problems - audio, pacing, workflow - were sitting there the whole time. Here's what I'd go back and tell myself: 1. Sort your audio before anything else. I didn't prioritise this early on and it showed. People will watch a video shot on a phone. They won't sit through one where the music is louder than your voice. Noise reduction, dialogue around -6dB, music sitting well underneath. Start here. I didn't, and I wish I had. 2. Cut the pauses. My early videos were slow because I left everything in thinking it felt more natural. It doesn't. Every bit where your brain wanders as you watch it back - that bit goes. Ruthless trimming was the upgrade I made too late. 3. Rough cut the whole thing first. I used to perfect section one while the rest was still a mess. It's a trap. Get the full structure and pacing right first, then go back and add the layers. 4. Use B-roll where it actually helps. I went through a phase of adding stock footage everywhere because someone told me to. Purposeful B-roll helps. B-roll for the sake of it doesn't do what you think it does. 5. Go easy on the effects. This is the one that cost me the most wasted hours. Too many transitions, constant zooms, heavy grading. Clean editing wins. I figured that out later than I should have. What do you wish someone had told you earlier about editing?