Facebook's bonus program today is Creator Fast Track, a three-month program for creators who are new to Facebook or returning to it: accepted creators receive a set monthly payment, tiered by their follower count on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, for posting at least 15 eligible reels a month on at least 10 separate days. The older Performance bonus no longer exists, because Meta ended it on August 31, 2025 and folded it into Content Monetization.
This guide covers the bonus-style programs only. Ongoing pay for how your posts perform belongs to Facebook Content Monetization, and every earning tool is compared in how to make money on Facebook.
Dated program timeline
Facebook has run several bonus programs, and older guides still describe ones that are gone. The timeline lines each one up with its status on October 1, 2026, the dates that matter and the page that records them.
| Program | Status on October 1, 2026 | Key dates | What took its place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance bonus | Ended | Merger into a single program announced October 2, 2024; last day to earn August 31, 2025 | Content Monetization, paying on performance across formats | Meta announcement, help page |
| In-stream ads and Ads on Reels | Ended | Folded into the same merger, with the same August 31, 2025 cut-off | Content Monetization | Content Monetization help |
| In-stream ads for Live | Ended | Meta set June 15, 2026 as the end date | Content Monetization, for eligible live creators | Availability page |
| Breakthrough bonus | Page still live, United States only | Promoted on a Meta creator page dated May 6, 2025 | Nothing; it runs alongside Fast Track | Bonus page, May 2025 page |
| Creator Fast Track | Taking applications in four countries | Launched March 18, 2026 for the US and Canada; the UK and Australia appear on the page between the May 5 and May 12, 2026 archive captures | The current program | Launch post, BBC, May 5 capture, May 12 capture |
How Creator Fast Track pays
Meta's program article describes three monthly payments earned by posting 15 eligible reels each month, with no minimum view requirement. The amount depends on your follower count on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, in these tiers:
- 20,000 to 99,999 followers: US$100 to US$450 a month, with Meta setting the figure from an evaluation of your social presence, according to the program page.
- 100,000 to 999,999 followers: US$1,000 a month, per Meta's help article.
- More than 1,000,000 followers: US$3,000 a month, on the same article.
Payments are in US dollars and come on top of anything you earn from Content Monetization, which acceptance opens straight away and which, according to the program page, you keep after the three months end. Meta also says accepted creators get increased reach on their eligible reels. The conditions still bite: reels must be public, original and new to Facebook, they must comply with the Creator Content Monetization Terms, and Meta decides eligibility at its discretion.
Creator Fast Track eligibility self-check
Answer every line before you apply. Meta asks for all of them, so a single no means it is better to wait or to look at Content Monetization's interest form instead.
| Check | Meta's requirement | Yes or no | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where you live | Based in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or Australia | Application article | |
| Age | 18 years of age or older | Application article | |
| Facebook Page | An existing Page, or one you create, on a Facebook account at least 30 days old | Application article | |
| Recent Facebook reels | No Facebook reel posted in the past six months | Application article | |
| Outside audience | An Instagram, TikTok or YouTube handle with at least 20,000 followers | Program page | |
| Recent views | At least 30,000 video views in the last 60 days on that account | Program page | |
| Who made the content | High-quality content filmed or created by you | Program page | |
| Phone and app | The Facebook app installed on your phone, since you apply through it | Application article |
Workload check before you accept
The posting rule is the real cost of the program. Meta's program page lets you use reels you have already made, provided they are your own work and have never appeared on Facebook, so the first job is counting the unused originals you already hold. Then answer these honestly:
- Can your back catalogue, new filming or a mix of both cover the monthly reel count for the whole program without the quality dropping?
- Can uploads be spread across enough separate days even in weeks when you travel, fall ill or have a shoot elsewhere?
- Do any of the reels you plan to reuse contain music, clips or footage you do not hold rights to? Ownership claims can withhold earnings, as Meta's Content Monetization page explains.
- Would posting the same reel on Facebook conflict with any exclusivity clause in a brand or platform deal you have already signed?
- If an editor or manager helps you, who uploads each reel, checks that it is public and records the date?
Monthly posting tracker
Each monthly payment depends on meeting the posting rule in that month, so track it the way Meta counts it. Copy the table into a spreadsheet and fill one column per month of the program.
| Requirement | Meta's bar | Month 1 | Month 2 | Month 3 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible reels posted | At least 15 in the month | Program page | |||
| Separate upload days | Reels uploaded on at least 10 different days | Program page | |||
| Visibility | Every counted reel set to public | Help article | |||
| Originality | Your own work, never posted on Facebook before, though it may have run on other apps | Program page | |||
| Instagram recommendations | Instagram posts that Facebook shows as recommended content do not count toward the offer | Program terms | |||
| Policy check | Each reel meets the Creator Content Monetization Terms and Content Monetization Policies | Help article | |||
| Payout account | Set up after acceptance, with personal details confirmed | Application article |
Watch the definition of a month. Copies of the program page from the first weeks, such as the one captured on May 5, 2026, carried a footnote counting the 10 upload days within each 30-day period, while the live page now says within each month. If your offer in the app gives exact dates, follow those over either wording.
The Instagram row matters if you crosspost. Because the terms exclude Instagram content that Facebook merely recommends, count only reels that are published to your Facebook Page, and log the upload date of each one so the separate-days rule is easy to prove.
Applying, the waiting list and agency invitations
Applications run through the Facebook app. Meta's application article says to install the app on your phone, follow the apply link and expect to hear within a few days whether you have been approved or added to the waiting list; Meta keeps reviewing applications and tells you if your status changes. Once accepted, you agree to the Facebook Creator Content Monetization Terms and set up your payout account and personal information.
Meta also uses agency partners to find creators for the program, and the same article names them: Carter Pulse, Famous Birthdays, Influur, La Neta, NeoReach, Obviously, Renoir and Shorthand Studios. It adds that Meta Media Experts may contact eligible creators by phone, text or email from an @meta.com address. Treat that as a filter: an approach from anyone not on the list, or from an address outside @meta.com that claims to speak for Meta, deserves suspicion, and applying through Meta's own link costs you nothing.
Planning for month four
The monthly payments stop after the third month, but the program page says Content Monetization access carries on. Use the program to learn what your Facebook audience is worth without the bonus: each month, record your Content Monetization approximate earnings and qualified views next to the Fast Track payment, so that by the end you know which formats and topics actually earn.
Our Facebook earnings-rate worksheet sets out the columns for that record. If performance earnings in the final month look small beside the bonus, treat it as the cue to change your content mix while the payments are still arriving, not after they have stopped.
Breakthrough bonus: the US-only alternative
Meta's Breakthrough bonus page was still live on October 1, 2026. Its eligibility list is open to creators based in the United States who are 18 or older, have a presence on another social app they can link, and have or create both an Instagram professional account and a Facebook Page, and it reviews applications from creators with at least 20,000 followers on another app first. Accepted creators are invited into Content Monetization and can qualify for up to US$5,000 in extra bonuses during their first 90 days, set out in a personalized offer in the Facebook app.
Meta does not explain how the two programs relate, and their gates differ: the Breakthrough page says you don't need to be brand new to Facebook or Instagram, while Fast Track is limited to creators who have not posted a Facebook reel recently. A US creator who might qualify for both should read each offer's terms in the app before accepting either.
Limitations of this guide
Bonus programs change faster than anything else Meta runs. This guide reflects Meta's help pages, program pages and terms on October 1, 2026, plus archived copies of the Fast Track page, and Meta can change the tiers, the countries or the posting rule whenever it chooses. The pages do not say how long Fast Track will keep accepting applications, how the waiting list is ordered or how Meta picks a payment within the lowest tier.
Treat any bonus as business income until a registered tax professional tells you otherwise; this is general information, not tax advice. Eligibility for the rest of Facebook's tools is in our Facebook monetization requirements guide, and the nearest equivalent elsewhere is covered in TikTok Creator Rewards eligibility.