How Your Music Reaches Shorts
When InterSpace delivers your release to YouTube, your track can be added to the YouTube Shorts audio library, letting creators add your song to their short-form videos. Every time your sound is used, it helps expose your music to new listeners and links back to your track.
What You Need to Do
- Distribute normally. There is no separate Shorts upload. Availability comes from your standard YouTube delivery.
- Wait for full delivery. It can take some time after your release goes live for the sound to appear in the Shorts library.
- Search for your song inside the Shorts creation tool under "Add sound" to confirm it is available.
If Your Song Is Not Showing as a Sound
- Allow additional time beyond your release date, since Shorts availability can lag behind streaming.
- Make sure the release is fully live on YouTube Music, not just approved.
- Uncleared samples or content matches can restrict a track from being offered as a sound.
- If it is still missing well after release, open a support ticket with your release details.
Make the Most of It
Encourage your fans and creators to use your sound, pin a Short using your song on your channel, and pair it with your Smart Link so viewers can go straight to streaming.