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What kind of content can I monetize?

For your videos to be eligible for monetization, you must own all the necessary rights to commercially use all visuals and audio elements, whether they belong to you or to a third party.

Guidelines for content you created:

• Follow YouTube Community Guidelines.
• Create all elements of the video yourself, such as daily vlogs and home videos, do-it-yourself videos and tutorials, original music videos, original short films.
• Make sure you own all the necessary rights to commercially use all visuals created by you.
• Keep in mind that advertisers are more likely to place ads on advertiser-friendly content.

Guidelines for content you didn't create:

• Clear the rights to use and monetize this content on YouTube.
• Make sure you understand how copyright works.