We've made updates to the YouTube Partner Program to strengthen our community & prevent impersonators + spammers from harming our platform. We understand this affects many channels, but believe it's necessary to protect our creators. For the full updatehttps://goo.gl/T1pvG3
I think the watch time is a more easily attainable goal than the sub count. I have 430 subs, but 3200 watch hours last year. I feel like I'd it the 4000 hour mark before I hit the 1000 sub mark.