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You can now make money with YouTube Shorts

It’s February 1st, so YouTube Shorts are now eligible for monetization, granting creators a 45 percent share of the revenue generated from viewership.

That financial incentive could make YouTube Shorts TikTok’s biggest competitor, with even large creators currently reporting extremely low earnings from TikTok’s own ad revenue-sharing program.

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