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YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) / United States

YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) Royalty Rates: United States

YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) in United States benchmarks at $11.22 RPM for the paid streaming tier through Jun 2026.

Paid - Streaming

$11.22

RPM, USD per 1k streams

In United States's platform ladder, that sits 3 of 18 alongside comparable rows from Peloton and Gabb Music. It is 2.7x the local published median of $4.17. The local high is Peloton at $47.78, leaving a 77% below gap to the top row. The 12-month average is $11.12. Paid is 2.7x the free/ad-supported RPM.

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12-month average

$11.12

Market Profile

YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) in United States

Service median

1.6x median

Service leader

52% below

Market percentile

79.59%

Paid / free

2.7x

Benchmark Rows

Tier RPM
Free - Ad-supported $4.09
Paid - Streaming $11.22

Tier Split

Paid - Streaming

23.59%

$11.22

Free - Ad-supported

76.41%

$4.09

Rate History

Jun 2026

$11.56

+0.60

May 2026

$10.96

-0.49

Apr 2026

$11.45

+0.90

Mar 2026

$10.55

-2.34

Feb 2026

$12.89

-0.83

Jan 2026

$13.72

+1.26

Dec 2025

$12.46

-0.69

Nov 2025

$13.15

+1.77

Oct 2025

$11.38

+6.61

Sep 2025

$4.77

-5.44

Aug 2025

$10.21

-0.57

Jul 2025

$10.77

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Market Ladder

United States, USD per 1k

# Platform RPM
01 Peloton $47.78
02 Gabb Music $24.04
03
YouTube (Music & Art Tracks)
$11.22
04 Amazon Music $8.88
05 TIDAL $8.83
06 Apple Music $6.23
07 MediaNet $5.75
08 Spotify $4.64
09 YouTube (Content ID) $4.26
10
YouTube (Music & Art Tracks)
$4.09
11 Pandora $3.75
12 Spotify $3.24

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Source

Dynamoi royalty ledger

Method

Aggregated, anonymized RPM

Coverage

High coverage