YouTube Monetization Checker
How to Check the Monetization of a YouTube Video
- Paste a video link or ID into the box above: full watch URLs, youtu.be short links, Shorts links, and bare 11-character video IDs all work.
- Click "Check" and wait a few seconds. YouTube often asks visitors to sign in before showing a video page, so the tool quietly retries until it gets a clean read.
- Read the verdict. It says whether ad slots are configured on the video and, when music in it is claimed through Content ID, that the money most likely goes to the rights holder instead of the channel.
- Check the video details. Category, upload date, availability by country, age restriction and paid promotion all come from the same page load.
- Try a deleted video. If the video is gone from YouTube but sits in the Tube Search archive, you still get an answer plus a link to what we saved.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can you tell if a YouTube video is monetized?
When YouTube prepares a video for playback it also prepares the ad slots configured for it. This tool reads that public configuration: if ad slots are there, the video is set up to run ads. It is the same signal every honest monetization checker uses, and it says nothing about how much money a video makes, which only the owner can see.
What does "no ads visible" mean?
It means we loaded the video and found no ad slots at that moment. It does NOT mean the video is unmonetized. Limited ads for advertiser-unfriendly content, your viewing region, or a channel that is simply not in the Partner Program all look identical from the outside. We say what we saw and stop there, instead of dressing a guess up as a verdict.
Why does the tool say the rights holder earns instead of the creator?
Because the same page tells us when a track in the video is claimed through Content ID. An active claim usually redirects the ad revenue to whoever owns the music, not to the channel that uploaded the video. We can only see music claims, so a video without one may still carry another kind of claim we cannot read.
Can you show where the mid-roll ads are placed?
No, and any tool that promises that without asking you to sign in is guessing. The full ad break map is not part of what YouTube gives to signed out visitors. We show the ad slots we can actually see and say nothing about the rest.
Does it work for deleted videos?
Yes, in a way no other checker can. A video removed from YouTube earns nothing today, and that is the honest answer. What makes it useful is the archive behind it: if we saved the video before it disappeared, the report links straight to what we have. For some older videos the report can also say whether ads were enabled back then.
Is the monetization checker free? How many checks do I get?
Yes, it is free and needs no account. Each check costs several page loads through our proxy pool, so there is a daily allowance: anonymous visitors get 3 checks a day, and a free Tube Search account raises the limit substantially. The counter resets at midnight UTC. Results are stored for 30 days, and a repeat check of the same video is served from storage.
