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YouTube just doubled its Partner Program entry bar to 8,000 watch hours or 20M Shorts views in 90 days, and existing partners must now hold 10M Shorts views per quarter just to keep drawing from the Shorts pool. Where does your channel's next-quarter effort actually go?

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