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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 $11.21 RPM for the paid streaming tier through May 2026. In United States's platform ladder, that sits 2 of 17 alongside comparable rows from Peloton and TIDAL. It is 3.0x the local published median of $3.75. The local high is Peloton at $47.27, leaving a 76% below gap to the top row. The 12-month average is $11.09, with the latest reading -15.0% vs. 90 days prior. Paid is 4.5x the free/ad-supported RPM.

Paid - Streaming

$11.21

RPM, USD per 1k streams

12-month average

$11.09

90-day movement

-15.0%

Market Profile

YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) in United States

Service median

1.6x median

Service leader

52% below

Market percentile

80.00%

Paid / free

4.5x

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Benchmark Rows

Tier RPM
Free - Ad-supported $2.50
Paid - Streaming $11.21

Tier Split

Paid - Streaming

24.03%

$11.21

Free - Ad-supported

75.97%

$2.50

Rate History

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

+0.02

Jun 2025

$10.75

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Market Ladder

United States, USD per 1k

# Platform RPM
01 Peloton $47.27
02
YouTube (Music & Art Tracks)
$11.21
03 TIDAL $9.03
04 Amazon Music $8.86
05 Apple Music $6.21
06 MediaNet $5.72
07 Spotify $4.61
08 YouTube (Content ID) $4.25
09 Pandora $3.75
10 Spotify $3.28
11 Amazon Music $2.92
12 Pandora $2.60

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Source

Dynamoi royalty ledger

Method

Aggregated, anonymized RPM

Coverage

High coverage