There are a few different reports you can download to understand how your content is performing on Creator Music. These reports are available for Music Label and Music Publisher partners:
- License fee revenue reports: Summary and Transactional
- Usage report
License fee revenue reports
License fee revenue reports include both a summary and a transactional report. The Summary report shows licensing revenue data for each sound recording asset ID. The Transactional report shows licensing revenue data for each individual transaction.
These reports are available on a monthly basis to partners that earned at least $100 (or the equivalent in local currency) in licensing revenue in a calendar month. To download your License fee revenue reports:
- Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
- From the left menu, select Reports
.
- At the top of the page, click Financial reports.
- In the License fee revenue section, select the report you’d like to download from the Download reports column.
Report field descriptions
License fee revenue report: Summary|
Field |
Description |
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asset_id |
YouTube-generated ID for the associated sound recording asset |
|
asset_title |
Title of the sound recording asset |
|
asset_label |
Asset labels associated with the asset |
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asset_type |
Asset type (e.g. sound recording) |
|
custom_id |
Custom IDs associated with the asset |
|
isrc |
ISRC associated with the asset |
|
upc |
UPC associated with the asset |
|
grid |
GRID associated with the asset |
|
artist |
Artist associated with the asset (from the asset metadata) |
|
album |
Album associated with the asset (from the asset metadata) |
|
licenses |
# of licenses purchased |
|
license revenue - usd |
License revenue shown in USD |
|
Field |
Description |
|
date |
Date of purchase |
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asset_id |
YouTube-generated ID for the associated sound recording asset |
|
asset_title |
Title of the sound recording asset |
|
asset_label |
Asset labels associated with the asset |
|
asset_type |
Asset type (e.g. sound recording) |
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custom_id |
Custom IDs associated with the asset |
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isrc |
ISRC associated with the asset |
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upc |
UPC associated with the asset |
|
grid |
GRID associated with the asset |
|
artist |
Artist associated with the asset (from the asset metadata) |
|
album |
Album associated with the asset (from the asset metadata) |
|
transaction type |
License purchase / Refund: license (negative value) |
|
retail price - usd |
Price indicated by partners per segment in the license strategy |
|
final partner earnings - usd |
License revenue calculated as: final_partner_earnings: (item_revenue_usd_micros - transaction_fee ($0))* split * ownership_percentage |
Usage report
The Usage report shows views on licensed videos grouped by sound recording asset. This report is available on a monthly basis. To download your Usage report:
- Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
- From the left menu, select Reports
- At the top of the page, click Licensing.
- In the Usage section, select the report you’d like to download from the Download reports column.
Report field descriptions
Usage report
|
Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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month |
Month of the report |
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country |
Country of the viewer |
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asset_id |
YouTube-generated ID for the associated sound recording asset |
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asset_title |
Title of the sound recording asset |
|
asset_label |
Asset labels associated with the asset |
|
asset_type |
Asset type (e.g. sound recording) |
|
custom_id |
Custom IDs associated with the asset |
|
isrc |
ISRC associated with the asset |
|
upc |
UPC associated with the asset |
|
grid |
GRID associated with the asset |
|
artist |
Artist associated with the asset (from the asset metadata) |
|
album |
Album associated with the asset (from the asset metadata) |
|
views |
# of views on licensed video |
Revenue sharing data
To check your Creator Music revenue sharing earnings:
- Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
- From the left menu, select Reports
- Download your monthly financial reports.
- From the left menu, select Claimed Videos
.
- Export a list of claimed videos.
- Filter the exported file by "Revenue sharing with uploader".
- Match these video IDs with the video IDs from your financial reports.
Creator Revenue Sharing Financial Summary Report
The Creator Revenue Sharing Financial Summary Report contains the revenue and views generated by your revenue sharing assets, and will only be generated when such revenue/views occur for the month.
- Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
- From the left menu, select Reports
- At the top of the page, click Financial reports.
- In the "Ads Revenue" and "Subscription Revenue" section, select the Video Revenue Sharing report from the "Download reports" column.