Creators of original music need their work protected on YouTube. And there are still many original beats and songs on the platform that don’t belong to the YouTube Content ID library. YouTube has paid over $3 billion to rights holders who have monetized use of their content in other videos through Content ID. Are you missing out on this revenue stream? YouTube Content ID partner platforms can help you start to get this music monetized. Whether you’re making beats at scale or an artist or band regularly releasing music, your work should be monetized on YouTube. It’s time to secure the digital fingerprint for your music.
What is the YouTube Content ID?
YouTube Content ID is a digital fingerprint that content creators can use to identify and manage their copyrighted content. Media uploaded to YouTube is compared against audio and video files registered with the YouTube Content ID by content owners.
If there is a match with your registered YouTube Content ID content, a copyright notice will appear, and you can take action. You can take action in the following ways:
- Monetizing the video (run ads on top of it)
- Mute the audio matching your music
- Block the video entirely
- Clear the copyright claim
- Track the video’s statistics
It is free to get music registered into the YouTube Content ID library, but free might now always be the solution for you. Are you already selling your beats through Airbit? It makes sense to register those same beats for YouTube monetization with them. Is your band releasing many songs this year? YouTube monetization through your digital distribution platform is the ideal choice. The pros and cons of each platform are explored below. See what maps best to your current state or ambitions as a musician.
These are the top YouTube Content ID partner platforms.
Airbit
Airbit is the top platform to sell your beats. And for beatmakers and music producers, YouTube Content ID is extremely important. Think about the number of beatmakers who offer free beats as a marketing tool. If that one free beat is being used by 10 different artists, there are 10 potential revenue streams for you now on YouTube. There are many beatmakers past and present that aren't protecting their music in this regard. Airbit allows you to easily submit your beats for YouTube monetization. Beatmakers and music producers will earn 80% of their royalties collected by Airbit.
Ditto Music took our top honor as the best digital distribution platform. Aside from their amazing $19/year for unlimited releases of music, they also are doing right by artists in regards to YouTube monetization. All tracks uploaded will be protected with YouTube Content ID and earn 90% of the royalties collected by Ditto. Excellent stuff for any independent artist, band, or musician.
Routenote is another top digital distribution platform. The free tier of the platform allows independent artists to distribute their music without any sign-up fees. What's the catch? Routenote will take 15% of your earnings from all the platforms its distributed to. YouTube is no different. 85% for free uploads is absolutely fantastic. Well done by Routenote.
AdRev
AdRev is one of the OG YouTube partner platforms for Content ID. They partner with many other marketplaces to handle YouTube monetization as well. They even handle this for our top ranked sync licensing music library, Jamendo. You will need to apply to participate in the self service portion of their Content ID service. They do keep 20% of the money you earn when using their self service platform. A trusted platform that many rely on.
Orfium
As a rights administrator with a direct deal with YouTube and an 80% artist payout, Orfium can ensure you get paid royalties from every video that contains your music. This also goes for Facebook. With no upfront fees and monthly payments, Orfium supports artists and bands to help their careers flourish.
Audiam
Audiam is another platform that will find videos on YouTube using your compositions without a license, and gets you back your percentage of the revenue. They also makes sure the data remains clean and accurate to assure the pipeline of revenue comes to you. They've been around quite some time as well and are trusted by many big players in the music industry. They do take 25% of the royalties earned by your music collected from YouTube.
Identifyy is the self service platform of HAAWK. This one platform can increase your music's earning potential not only on YouTube, but Facebook and Instagram as well. The user interface and reporting of the platform is very nice and its extremely easy to get started. The only downside is they do retain 30% of what you earn which is on the higher side as compared to the competition.
