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YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) / South Africa

YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) Royalty Rates: South Africa

YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) in South Africa benchmarks at $3.84 RPM for the paid streaming tier through Jun 2026.

Paid - Streaming

$3.84

RPM, USD per 1k streams

In South Africa's platform ladder, that sits 1 of 6 alongside comparable rows from Apple Music and Spotify. It is 2.4x the local published median of $1.58. The 12-month average is $3.93.

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12-month average

$3.93

Market Profile

YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) in South Africa

Service median

0.6x median

Service leader

84% below

Market percentile

38.78%

Benchmark Rows

Tier RPM
Paid - Streaming $3.84

Rate History

Jun 2026

$5.32

+0.68

May 2026

$4.64

+1.03

Apr 2026

$3.61

+0.63

Mar 2026

$2.98

-1.93

Feb 2026

$4.91

+0.68

Jan 2026

$4.23

+0.61

Dec 2025

$3.62

-0.44

Nov 2025

$4.06

+0.55

Oct 2025

$3.51

-0.76

Sep 2025

$4.28

+1.09

Aug 2025

$3.18

-1.05

Jul 2025

$4.23

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Market Ladder

South Africa, USD per 1k

# Platform RPM
01
YouTube (Music & Art Tracks)
$3.84
02 Apple Music $3.21
03 Spotify $2.19
04 YouTube (Content ID) $0.98
05 Spotify $0.08
06 TikTok $0.0033

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Source

Dynamoi royalty ledger

Method

Aggregated, anonymized RPM

Coverage

Standard coverage