To our creators & users–I’m sorry for the frustration & hurt that we caused with our new approach to verification. While trying to make improvements, we missed the mark. As I write this, we're working to address your concerns & we’ll have more updates soon.
Good question! There are a few minimum requirements – for example your channel must have more than 4,000 public watch hours in the previous 12 months & more than 1k subscribers. For more info, check out the YPP application checklist here: https://yt.be/help/ECX1 . Hope this helps!