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  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/youtube-shorts-creators-keep-45-percent.json",
  "claim": "YouTube Shorts creators keep 45% of their allocated ad revenue from the Creator Pool",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"What is the YouTube Shorts revenue share?\"",
  "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
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "YouTube Help (Google)",
    "title": "YouTube Shorts monetization policies",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "Monetizing creators will keep 45% of their allocated revenue, regardless if music was used or not. ... Starting February 1, 2027, to be eligible to earn a share of Shorts ad revenue from the Creator Pool and YouTube Premium revenue for each month, you will need to have at least 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.",
  "method": "Official platform policy.",
  "drift": [
    "Mechanism: Shorts Feed ad revenue is pooled and allocated by engaged views and music usage, then the 45% applies",
    "Rule change: from Feb. 1, 2027, earning a monthly Shorts revenue share needs at least 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days"
  ],
  "interest": "YouTube sets the rules and keeps the remaining share.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "YouTube's help center says monetizing Shorts creators keep 45% of the revenue allocated to them from the Shorts Creator Pool, which is split by share of engaged views.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YouTube Help — YouTube Shorts monetization policies",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12504220?hl=en",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Help page as read on 2026-10-16; an eligibility change takes effect Feb. 1, 2027",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}