YouTube personal account as channel

Question

I have a Gmail account. When I am already signed into Gmail account, YouTube shows me that I am signed in. So,

Is this account considered as a channel by YouTube definitions?
If yes, this channel will be eligible for monetization and YouTube play button rewards, once it reaches the threshold?
Or Do I need to create a channel other than this to be eligible?

user0 · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-26 20:59:57Z

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only if you created a channel - you can check this by clicking on your picture and selecting My channel. ...if you will be prompted to create a YouTube channel you obviously don't have one
monetization needs to be enabled first - you can see the status here: https://www.youtube.com/account_monetization

answered Apr 26, 2019 at 20:59

user0

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i have not created any channel and when i click channels i see the account with my name
– melvin
Commented Apr 27, 2019 at 9:05
@melvin and yet you have one :)
– user0
Commented Apr 27, 2019 at 9:42
Thank you. One more question. should i have the viewers and watch time requirement for monetization from now or from the time i started the channel ?
– melvin
Commented Apr 27, 2019 at 14:19
it should count since you enable it
– user0
Commented Apr 28, 2019 at 3:55

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