Royalties
Content ID Royalties
Content ID royalties are paid when your music is used in other people's videos on YouTube; its fingerprinting system finds the use and monetizes it for you.
Where this sits
Content ID Royalties
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
Content ID royalties are paid when your music is used in other people's videos on YouTube. YouTube's Content ID system fingerprints uploads against a reference database, and when it finds your recording it places a claim and routes that video's ad revenue to you, even though someone else posted it.
Good to know
Content ID Royalties: common questions
- Do I earn when other people use my song on YouTube?
- Yes. Content ID matches the use and monetizes it for you, separate from your own uploads. Notes registers your recordings so this is captured.