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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 $3.86 RPM for the paid streaming tier through May 2026. In South Africa's platform ladder, that sits 1 of 6 alongside comparable rows from Apple Music and Spotify. It is 2.5x the local published median of $1.56. The 12-month average is $4.03, with the latest reading -5.6% vs. 90 days prior.

Paid - Streaming

$3.86

RPM, USD per 1k streams

12-month average

$4.03

90-day movement

-5.6%

Market Profile

YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) in South Africa

Service median

0.6x median

Service leader

84% below

Market percentile

40.00%

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Benchmark Rows

Tier RPM
Paid - Streaming $3.86

Rate History

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

-0.88

Jun 2025

$5.12

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Market Ladder

South Africa, USD per 1k

# Platform RPM
01
YouTube (Music & Art Tracks)
$3.86
02 Apple Music $3.18
03 Spotify $2.15
04 YouTube (Content ID) $0.97
05 Spotify $0.09
06 TikTok $0.0033

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Source

Dynamoi royalty ledger

Method

Aggregated, anonymized RPM

Coverage

Standard coverage