What is Watch Time (Watch Hours)?
Total hours viewers spent watching your public YouTube videos.
YouTube needs 4,000 public watch hours in the last 12 months (plus 1,000 subscribers) for full Partner Program access. Shorts views don't count towards watch hours. There's a separate 10M Shorts views route.
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