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  "id": "youtube-mid-roll-ads-videos-8-minutes-or-longer",
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  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/youtube-mid-roll-ads-videos-8-minutes-or-longer/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/youtube-mid-roll-ads-videos-8-minutes-or-longer.json",
  "claim": "YouTube allows mid-roll ads on monetized videos that are 8 minutes or longer",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"How long must a video be for mid-roll ads?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
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  "origin": {
    "publisher": "YouTube Help (Google)",
    "title": "Manage mid-roll ad breaks in long videos",
    "year": "Current documentation"
  },
  "quote": "On monetized videos that are 8 minutes or longer, you can turn on ads during the middle of the video (known as \"mid-rolls\").",
  "method": "Official YouTube Help Center documentation.",
  "drift": [
    "Applies to monetized videos; creators choose whether to enable mid-rolls"
  ],
  "interest": "YouTube documenting its own product.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "YouTube lets creators turn on mid-roll ads for monetized videos that are at least 8 minutes long.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YouTube Help — Mid-roll ad breaks",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6175006",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Documentation read on 2026-10-17",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-17",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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