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Help page also states Snap does not charge fees for invitation and no third party controls eligibility."},{"label":"FACT","rule_id":"ump.non_us_physical_location","version":1,"program":"unified_monetization_program","claim":"If you reside outside the United States, you (and any collaborator/contributor/administrator posting from your account) must be physically located outside the United States and within an Eligible Region when performing Qualifying Activity.","value":true,"unit":"boolean","metric":null,"operator":null,"window_days":null,"rule_type":"eligibility_condition","status":"current","source_url":"https://www.snap.com/monetization-terms?lang=en-US","publisher":"Snap Inc. 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Ads are served primarily based on time spent watching Stories and Spotlights.","value":"share of ad revenue from ads in Public Stories and Spotlight","unit":"text","metric":null,"operator":null,"window_days":null,"rule_type":"program_fact","status":"current","source_url":"https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14669003687444-About-Snapchat-s-Monetization-Program","publisher":"Snap Inc. (Snapchat Support)","verified_at":"2026-09-26","effective_date":null,"effective_date_note":"not published by Snap","changed_after":null,"changed_before":null,"date_note":null,"requires_user_confirmation":false,"supersedes":null,"applies_to":"all","requirement_phase":"not_applicable","mvp_scope":"in_scope","related_rule_ids":[],"notes":"Snap does not publish a revenue-share percentage or rate; payment amounts use a proprietary formula (Monetization Terms §3). 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Treated as requires_user_confirmation."},{"label":"FACT","rule_id":"ump.spotlight_min_video_length_seconds","version":1,"program":"unified_monetization_program","claim":"For Spotlight videos to be eligible to earn revenue, they must be at least 30 seconds long.","value":30,"unit":"seconds","metric":"spotlight_video_length_seconds","operator":"gte","window_days":null,"rule_type":"eligibility_threshold","status":"current","source_url":"https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14669003687444-About-Snapchat-s-Monetization-Program","publisher":"Snap Inc. (Snapchat Support)","verified_at":"2026-09-26","effective_date":null,"effective_date_note":"not published by Snap","changed_after":null,"changed_before":null,"date_note":null,"requires_user_confirmation":false,"supersedes":"ump.spotlight_min_video_length_2024@1","applies_to":"entry","requirement_phase":"entry","mvp_scope":"in_scope","related_rule_ids":[],"notes":"Per-video condition, not an account eligibility criterion. Effective date not stated. Supersedes the Dec 2024 announcement that Spotlight videos 'longer than 1 minute' could be monetized (ump.spotlight_min_video_length_2024). Classified as an entry-type rule per Ryan's 2026-09-26 fix; it is a per-video condition, so v1 calculators list it as a FACT and do not evaluate it."},{"label":"FACT","rule_id":"ump.spotlight_view_time_hours_28d_min","version":1,"program":"unified_monetization_program","claim":"At least 3,000 of the 15,000 hours of view time over the last 28 days must come from Spotlight.","value":3000,"unit":"hours","metric":"spotlight_view_time_hours_28d","operator":"gte","window_days":28,"rule_type":"eligibility_threshold","status":"current","source_url":"https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14669003687444-About-Snapchat-s-Monetization-Program","publisher":"Snap Inc. 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Distinct from the 100-hour ongoing threshold for already-enrolled creators (ump.ongoing_spotlight_view_time_hours_28d_max_rewards)."},{"label":"FACT","rule_id":"ump.view_time_hours_28d_min","version":1,"program":"unified_monetization_program","claim":"Achieve 15,000 hours of view time over the last 28 days.","value":15000,"unit":"hours","metric":"view_time_hours_28d","operator":"gte","window_days":28,"rule_type":"eligibility_threshold","status":"current","source_url":"https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14669003687444-About-Snapchat-s-Monetization-Program","publisher":"Snap Inc. 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Source: Snap Newsroom, \"Snapchat Introduces New, Unified Monetization Program for Creators\", Dec 16, 2024, https://newsroom.snap.com/snapchat-new-creator-monetization, verified 2026-09-27. Whether the 15,000 hours count Stories and Spotlight combined is implied ('of those hours coming from Spotlight') but not defined on the page."}]},"passed":true}