Calculate your YouTube channel's watch time and track your progress toward monetization requirements.
Estimate how many views you need to reach your target watch time (for example, YouTube monetization requires 4,000 hours in 12 months).
Use your channel's average watch time to get an accurate estimate and optionally include current views to compute remaining required views.
Enter your target watch hours, your average watch time per video, and optionally current views. The calculator returns required additional views and estimated watch minutes.
The result assumes the provided average watch time represents your typical view duration across videos.
Create longer, engaging content and strong hooks to retain viewers.
Use playlists and end screens to encourage continuous watching.
Optimize thumbnails and titles to attract the right viewers who will watch longer.
How is watch time calculated? Multiply number of views by average watch duration and convert to hours.
Do all views count? Only valid views counted by YouTube contribute toward watch time metrics.
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