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TikTok Royalties
A TikTok play can earn recording and songwriting royalties. Notes delivers the recording and registers the composition side. Flat subscription. No royalty cut.
TikTok is the leading short-form video platform globally and one of the most important music-discovery surfaces of the past decade. Songs that go viral on TikTok routinely chart on DSPs weeks later. ByteDance licenses recordings from rightsholders for use in user-generated videos.
Best for Notes. Musicians who release to TikTok and still need the publishing and neighboring-rights sides registered, not only the recording delivery.
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How Notes collects this
Notes delivers your music to TikTok's licensed sound library so it's available for creators worldwide. Songwriter credits are registered with PROs and The MLC so the publishing share of every use is paid. Per-use licensing royalties from TikTok are reconciled in one place, with no percentage taken from your earnings. Notes does not take a percentage of royalties.
The two pools
Where this sits on the royalty ring
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
Each arc is a /learn royalty type. The ring is the same chart as the glossary hub.
By platform type
Which royalties a play can earn
| Platform type | Recording | Mechanical | Performance | Neighboring | Sync |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interactive streaming (Spotify, Apple Music) | ● | ● | ● | — | — |
| Non-interactive radio (Pandora, SiriusXM, iHeartRadio) | ● | — | ● | ● | — |
| Download / DJ stores (Bandcamp, Beatport) | ● | ● | — | — | — |
| Short-form & social (TikTok, Meta, Snap) | ● | ● | ● | — | ● |
| Fitness, sync & background (Peloton) | ● | — | ● | — | ● |
| Karaoke & sing-along (Singa, WeSing) | — | ● | ● | — | ● |
Interactive streaming (Spotify, Apple Music) pays recording, mechanical, and performance royalties, not neighboring rights, which come from non-interactive radio via SoundExchange. Karaoke also generates a print (lyric) royalty not shown above. ROXi-style on-demand music-video and karaoke TV is audiovisual, so it leans on sync and master-use licensing rather than the statutory mechanical.
Questions
FAQ
- What are TikTok royalties?
- TikTok is the leading short-form video platform globally and one of the most important music-discovery surfaces of the past decade. Songs that go viral on TikTok routinely chart on DSPs weeks later. ByteDance licenses recordings from rightsholders for use in user-generated videos.
- How do I get my music on TikTok?
- Add your release in Notes and we deliver it to TikTok's licensed sound library, so creators can use your song in their videos worldwide, with your credits and ISRCs attached.
- Do I earn royalties when creators use my song on TikTok?
- Yes. Uses on TikTok generate royalties, and Notes reconciles them alongside the rest of your catalog, with no percentage taken from your earnings.
- Does Notes handle the songwriting side too?
- Yes. Your songwriter credits are registered with PROs and The MLC, so the publishing share of every use is collected alongside the recording side.
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Sources
Notes is an independent music distribution and publishing administration service. Named platforms and collection societies are independent organizations. This page is not affiliated with, authorized by, or sponsored by them. TikTok is a trademark of TikTok Ltd. Notes is not affiliated with, authorized by, or sponsored by TikTok.