{"notice":"HowToMakeMoneyOnSnapchat.com is an independent third party and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Snap Inc. Snapchat is a trademark of Snap Inc.","id":"rule-changes","tool":"get_rule_changes","input":{"since":"2024-01-01","until":"2026-09-28","limit":200},"expected":{"count":5,"rule_ids":["ump.posting_frequency_current","ump.view_time_hours_28d_min","ump.ongoing_spotlight_view_time_hours_28d_max_rewards","recommendation_eligibility.wholly_ai_generated_spotlight","ump.spotlight_min_video_length_seconds"]},"actual":{"tool":"get_rule_changes","api_version":"v1","notice":"HowToMakeMoneyOnSnapchat.com is an independent third party and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Snap Inc. Snapchat is a trademark of Snap Inc.","generated_at":"2026-09-28T19:27:01Z","sources":[{"url":"https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14669003687444-About-Snapchat-s-Monetization-Program","publisher":"Snap Inc. (Snapchat Support)","title":null,"verified_at":"2026-09-27","supports_rule_ids":["ump.view_time_hours_28d_min","ump.spotlight_min_video_length_seconds","ump.ongoing_spotlight_view_time_hours_28d_max_rewards","ump.posting_frequency_current"]},{"url":"https://newsroom.snap.com/rewarding-authentic-creativity-on-spotlight","publisher":"Snap Inc. (Snap Newsroom)","title":null,"verified_at":"2026-09-26","supports_rule_ids":["recommendation_eligibility.wholly_ai_generated_spotlight"]}],"data_freshness":{"rules_db_version":"2026-09-28.1","generated_at":"2026-09-28T19:27:01Z","oldest_verified_at":"2026-09-26","newest_verified_at":"2026-09-27","stale_rule_ids":[],"policy":"Sources are re-checked daily; rules not re-verified within 7 days are listed as stale."},"since":"2024-01-01","until":"2026-09-28","changes":[{"label":"FACT","rule_id":"ump.posting_frequency_current","program":"unified_monetization_program","change_type":"retired","previous":null,"current":{"version":1,"value":null,"unit":"posts","status":"historical","verified_at":"2026-09-27","claim":"The posting-frequency (Consistency) requirements (at least 25 posts a month and posting on 10 of the last 28 days) were removed."},"source_url":"https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14669003687444-About-Snapchat-s-Monetization-Program","detected_at":"2026-09-27","effective_date":null,"effective_date_note":"not published by Snap","changed_after":"2026-02-10","changed_before":"2026-02-28","date_note":"per archived Snap help page (Wayback Machine snapshots of support article 14669003687444 on 2026-02-10 and 2026-02-28); not announced by Snap.","effective_month":null,"notes":"Verified 2026-09-27 from archived Snap help snapshots and the Dec 16, 2024 Snap Newsroom post for the prior values (ump.posts_per_month_min_2024 and ump.active_days_28d_min_2024; https://newsroom.snap.com/snapchat-new-creator-monetization). Changed between 2026-02-10 and 2026-02-28. Per archived Snap help page (Wayback Machine snapshots of support article 14669003687444 on 2026-02-10 and 2026-02-28); not announced by Snap."},{"label":"FACT","rule_id":"ump.view_time_hours_28d_min","program":"unified_monetization_program","change_type":"value_changed","previous":{"version":1,"value":"one of 10 million Snap views, 1 million Spotlight views, or 12,000 hours of view time in the last 28 days","unit":"text","status":"historical","verified_at":"2026-09-27","claim":"(Historical, Dec 2024 criteria) Achieve one of the following in the last 28 days: 10 million Snap views, 1 million Spotlight views, or 12,000 hours of view time."},"current":{"version":1,"value":15000,"unit":"hours","status":"current","verified_at":"2026-09-27","claim":"Achieve 15,000 hours of view time over the last 28 days."},"source_url":"https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14669003687444-About-Snapchat-s-Monetization-Program","detected_at":"2026-09-27","effective_date":null,"effective_date_note":"not published by Snap","changed_after":"2026-02-10","changed_before":"2026-02-28","date_note":"per archived Snap help page (Wayback Machine snapshots of support article 14669003687444 on 2026-02-10 and 2026-02-28); not announced by Snap.","effective_month":null,"notes":"Changed between 2026-02-10 and 2026-02-28. Per archived Snap help page (Wayback Machine snapshots of support article 14669003687444 on 2026-02-10 and 2026-02-28); not announced by Snap. Prior rule ump.view_metric_any_of_2024: one of 10 million Snap views, 1 million Spotlight views, or 12,000 hours of view time in the last 28 days. 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."},{"label":"FACT","rule_id":"ump.ongoing_spotlight_view_time_hours_28d_max_rewards","program":"unified_monetization_program","change_type":"added","previous":null,"current":{"version":1,"value":100,"unit":"hours","status":"current","verified_at":"2026-09-26","claim":"Beginning May 7, 2026, creators already enrolled in the Monetization Program must maintain at least 100 hours of Total Spotlight View Time on their posts over the last 28 days to qualify for maximum Creator Rewards (tracked under 'Daily Rewards Eligibility' in Insights)."},"source_url":"https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14669003687444-About-Snapchat-s-Monetization-Program","detected_at":"2026-09-26","effective_date":"2026-05-07","changed_after":null,"changed_before":null,"date_note":null,"effective_month":null,"notes":"Ongoing requirement for creators already enrolled in the Monetization Program; not an entry (invitation) requirement. The help article on tracking it says it 'applies to users currently enrolled in Snapchat's Ads Monetization Program.' Snap's wording is 'to qualify for maximum Creator Rewards'. Snap does not say what happens below 100 hours, so we must not state or imply that rewards stop. Also confirmed on help article 47748552848660."},{"label":"FACT","rule_id":"recommendation_eligibility.wholly_ai_generated_spotlight","program":"recommendation_eligibility","change_type":"added","previous":null,"current":{"version":1,"value":true,"unit":"boolean","status":"current","verified_at":"2026-09-26","claim":"As of July 2026, wholly AI-generated videos are no longer eligible for recommendation on Spotlight; content enhanced or edited with Snapchat's own AI tools remains eligible."},"source_url":"https://newsroom.snap.com/rewarding-authentic-creativity-on-spotlight","detected_at":"2026-09-26","effective_date":null,"effective_date_note":"not published by Snap","changed_after":null,"changed_before":null,"date_note":"Announced 2026-07-31; Snap gives the month, not a day.","effective_month":"2026-07","notes":"Announcement dated July 31, 2026 says 'As of this month' (i.e., July 2026); exact day not stated, so effective_date is null. Quality guideline page says ranking 'rewards authentic, human-made content over wholly AI-generated content created outside of Snapchat'."},{"label":"FACT","rule_id":"ump.spotlight_min_video_length_seconds","program":"unified_monetization_program","change_type":"value_changed","previous":{"version":1,"value":60,"unit":"seconds","status":"historical","verified_at":"2026-09-26","claim":"(Historical) Beginning February 1, 2025, eligible creators could monetize Spotlight videos longer than 1 minute."},"current":{"version":1,"value":30,"unit":"seconds","status":"current","verified_at":"2026-09-26","claim":"For Spotlight videos to be eligible to earn revenue, they must be at least 30 seconds long."},"source_url":"https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/14669003687444-About-Snapchat-s-Monetization-Program","detected_at":"2026-09-26","effective_date":null,"effective_date_note":"not published by Snap","changed_after":null,"changed_before":null,"date_note":null,"effective_month":null,"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."}],"next_cursor":null,"catalog_scope":{"mvp_in_force":49,"in_force_including_out_of_scope":61,"mvp_including_historical":58,"approved_total":71,"out_of_scope_programs":["creator_subscriptions","lens_creator_rewards"],"summary":"49 facts in MVP scope; 61 total including Creator Subscriptions, and Lens Creator Rewards; 58 in-scope records including historical"}},"passed":true}