Social media giant, Facebook has updated its list of eligible countries for monetization on the platform.
A few years ago, Meta, the parent company of Facebook introduced in-stream ads. Users who meet eligibility requirements are able to earn money from videos shared on Facebook.
They started with selected territories—not all countries were able to use the Facebook monetization tools.
However, Facebook decided to extend its monetization tools to many countries in 2024.
Starting from June 1, 2024, users living in Ghana, Nigeria and other countries began seeing signs of eligibility. Page owners saw that one of the requirements has ticked to “Residing in an eligible country” when they checked via the monetization tab.
This brought joy and smiles to the faces of these people. Many Ghanaian social media users jubilated about the development.
Following this, some people were sceptical because Facebook had not updated its list of eligible country as at that time.
Barely 24 hours after the jubilations, Facebook did justice to its list and updated it.
African countries, Ghana and Nigeria were among the new list of countries eligible to use Facebook’s in-stream ads.
The update brought another excitement to content creators and social media users in these countries.
What is Facebook in-stream ads?
Facebook in-stream ads play before, during or after videos and it can help creators earn money on Facebook. They are in the form of image or video. These ads are about 5-15 seconds long.
As a Page owner, you can manage in-stream ads in Meta Business Suite. If you are using a profile in professional mode, you can manage in-stream ads in the Professional dashboard.
What countries are eligible for in-stream ads on Facebook?
Below are the full list of countries eligible for Facebook’s in-stream ads monetization:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Morocco
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Peru
- Poland
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- The Netherlands
- The Philippines
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
Facebook will be enrolling other monetization options in due time too.
