About ytbench

ytbench is an independent set of YouTube tools. Its monetization checker reads a YouTube channel's public page and tells you what that public data can — and cannot — confirm about its monetization status.

What we actually check

For any channel you enter, we look at the same channel page YouTube shows to every visitor and check three things: whether a channel membership ("Join") button is present, whether a Store shelf (the shopping tab) is present, and the channel's public subscriber count. A membership button or a Store shelf is a hard signal — YouTube only lets Partner Program channels enable either one, so if we find one, that channel is confirmed to be in the program.

We do not use the official YouTube Data API. That API exposes no monetization status field, and its developer policies restrict creating derived metrics from API data. Reading the public channel page is the only way to get these signals, and it is what every comparable tool in this space does.

What we do not know, and say so

Whether a channel is actually earning ad revenue is never public — YouTube does not disclose that to anyone, including us. We do not guess. When we cannot confirm something, the result says exactly that, instead of implying an answer we don't have.

We also do not calculate watch hours, review recent upload counts, or determine whether a channel has passed YouTube's manual review — none of that is publicly available, so it is not part of any result we show.

Data and caching

We don't require an account or login. Query results are cached for up to 24 hours so repeat lookups of the same channel don't need to re-fetch the same data. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Not affiliated with YouTube

This site is an independent, unofficial tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google.