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Free YouTube Shorts music distribution

Upload your release once with SpaceMedia, include YouTube Shorts in your 250+ DSP delivery, and reach short-form viewers and creators searching for music to use in videos while keeping control of your rights and royalties.

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YouTube Shorts

  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Deezer
  • TIDAL
  • SoundCloud
  • Amazon Music

YouTube Shorts plus major stores, social apps, creator platforms, and regional DSPs.

Video and content platform

Why release on YouTube Shorts?

YouTube Shorts helps artists reach fans through short videos, creator trends, hooks, and rapid discovery loops. SpaceMedia lets you include it in the same release workflow as Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, YouTube Music, and other stores.

Best for hook-driven singles, chorus snippets, dance tracks, and songs with shareable moments.

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How to upload music to YouTube Shorts

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Start your release

Create a SpaceMedia account, upload your master audio, cover artwork, artist name, contributors, and release metadata.

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Choose YouTube Shorts

Select YouTube Shorts and any related stores from the delivery network before submitting your release for review.

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Go live and promote

After approval and delivery, use your store links, social profiles, and smart links to drive fans to your release.

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Release checklist

Free distribution

Start on the free SpaceMedia plan and distribute to eligible DSPs without upfront delivery fees.

Keep your rights

You stay in control of your music rights, metadata, and artist identity.

250+ DSP network

Add YouTube Shorts alongside mainstream, social, regional, and discovery destinations.

Support video-led discovery, music search, shorts, and creator-friendly release moments.

Use accurate artist names, titles, and rights data before delivery.

Connect YouTube Shorts activity with smart links and launch content.

YouTube Shorts distribution FAQ

Yes. SpaceMedia supports free music distribution workflows for artists who want to release to YouTube Shorts and other eligible DSPs.

Create a release in SpaceMedia, add your audio, artwork, artists, credits, and metadata, then choose YouTube Shorts during distribution setup.

Yes. SpaceMedia is a distribution platform. You keep control of your rights while we help deliver the release to selected DSPs.

Yes. You can include YouTube Shorts together with Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Instagram, Amazon Music, Deezer, TIDAL, and more.

Ready to publish to YouTube Shorts?

Upload your release once with SpaceMedia, include YouTube Shorts in your 250+ DSP delivery, and reach short-form viewers and creators searching for music to use in videos while keeping control of your rights and royalties.