TikTok integrates YouTube Music to Add to Music app enabling users to save music they discover on TikTok directly to their TikTok Songs playlist on YouTube Music. This latest addition to the Add to Music app joins Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Deezer, [South Korean service] Melon and Amazon Music who are already integrated into the app.
Tracy Gardner, TikTok’s Global Head of Music Business Development said, “Add to Music App continues to deliver real results for the music industry, with hundreds of millions of track saves translating into billions of streams on music streaming services. By partnering with YouTube Music, we’re expanding this impact globally, helping artists reach new audiences while giving fans a seamless way to engage with the music they discover on TikTok.”
Add to Music App appears as a button that says Add Song next to a track name at the bottom of a TikTok video in the For You Feed, inviting users to save the song to the music streaming service of their choice. The first time a user presses the Add Song button, they can choose to save it to YouTube Music. Users can also choose or switch their preferred music streaming service at any time by going to Settings and Privacy on TikTok.
The track will then be saved to their TikTok Songs playlist on YouTube Music. Following the first use of the Add to Music App feature, YouTube will then become the default music streaming service for future track saves. Users can also use the Add to Music App feature from an artist’s Sound Detail Page.
Since the global roll out of Add to Music App in 2024, the feature has generated well over a billion track saves – and many billions more streams – on music streaming services.
