Of course, you are free to give attribution on the non-attribution audio as well, but you are not required to. These are pretty self-explanatory, but the attribution on attribution required audio is the only requirement-you can still use the audio however you see fit. There are two flavours of Creative Commons license available non-attribution and attribution required. As of right now, all of the audio is licensed under Creative Commons, meaning it is free to use for any personal or commercial endeavour.

Now we get to the meat of this topic-the licensing of the audio you can find in this library. You can play the audio directly from YouTube Audio Library, so you don’t need to download it to decide if it is right for the content you are making. The audio available in YouTube Audio Library can be filtered by several aspects, including length, genre, mood, and whether attribution is required. In the past, YouTube Audio Library was a separate part of YouTube that could be accessed publicly, but it was moved into YouTube Studio relatively recently. And, of course, there is no cost to open a YouTube account and get access to YouTube Studio. It is accessible to YouTube users only, though the licenses on the files are creative commons, meaning they are free to use, you just need access to YouTube Studio to get to them.

YouTube Audio Library is a collection of audio spanning several genres and types of music.

But, as always, there is a little more to know before you go grabbing all the music. We’re going to dive into this topic in more detail, of course, but the short answer is yes, you can use YouTube Audio Library files on Instagram, as well as other platforms. YouTube goes to great lengths to ensure it doesn’t run afoul of any copyright laws, and those lengths include providing an entire audio library for YouTubers to use in their content so they don’t need to use copyrighted music.īut how generous is the terms and licensing on YouTube’s music library? For instance, can YouTube audio library be used on Instagram? What about Facebook? TikTok? Or even just your own independent movie project?

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