YouTube has declared that its $100 million YouTube Shorts Fund, which aims to reward content producers and artists for their unique and inventive short films, is now available in the UAE! YouTube Shorts Fund is now available in the UAE, as well as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Morocco.
Channels that match the fund’s standards can receive between $100 and $10,000 per month to begin, with bonus payment levels depending on the channel’s overall Shorts performance and audience geography.
To be considered for the fund, creators must satisfy the following criteria:
- Channels must have uploaded at least one qualified Short over the last 180 days.
- All channels must adhere to YouTube’s Community Guidelines, copyright policies, and monetisation standards.
- Channels that broadcast videos containing third-party social media platform watermarks or logos, non-original films (such as unedited movie or TV programme snippets), or videos re-uploaded from other artists’ channels will be banned.
- Channels do not need to be currently monetized on YouTube to be eligible.
Creators must be of legal drinking age in their home country/region.
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