Is Mixkit music free for YouTube?
Yes. Mixkit's Stock Music Free License allows YouTube and social media video, including commercial use, and does not ask for a credit. If a claim lands, Mixkit asks you to email it.
Not completely safe. Music from Mixkit can still get a copyright claim. For music with full protection, use the safest options.
- Type
- Free library
- Cost
- Free
- Credit
- Not needed
- Copyright claims
- Claims happen
- How a claim clears
- Contact the artist or provider
- Monetised videos
- Allowed
- Platforms named
- YouTube Shorts
- Site
- mixkit.co
The licence
Mixkit is Envato's free library, and its music has one licence, the Stock Music Free License. Mixkit's licence page lists what it allows:
| Allowed | Not allowed |
|---|---|
| YouTube videos | CDs and DVDs |
| Social media video posts | TV and radio broadcasts |
| Podcasts | Video games |
| Online marketing ads | |
| Educational use |
Commercial and non-commercial use are both covered. You may modify the music and use it "on any web or social media platform".
The other item types on Mixkit have their own licences. Only stock video has a Restricted version; music does not.
The catch
"YouTube videos" carries an asterisk on the licence page. It leads to one line: "If you receive a claim, please forward the details to team@mixkit.co for assistance."
Mixkit does not say why claims happen or how fast it clears them. It also has no safelist, code or certificate. The only route it gives is that email.
What you cannot do
You cannot remix a track into a new piece of music, claim it as your own, or register it with a rights management service such as Content ID. Mixkit's user terms add that the library comes "as-is", without a promise that the items infringe no one's rights.
How to clear a claim
- Note the claim details in YouTube Studio: the claimant and the track it names.
- Email them to Mixkit at the address on its licence page, with the video link and the Mixkit track you used.
- Mixkit does not give a response time. For a Short over one minute, YouTube blocks the video while the claim is active, so swap the track if you cannot wait.
Common questions
Do you have to credit Mixkit music?
The Stock Music Free License does not ask for a credit. It lists what is allowed and not allowed, and attribution is not on either list.
Can you remix Mixkit music?
Not into a new track. The licence rules out remixing a track or putting it in "a music-only track". Cutting it to fit your video is modifying, which the licence allows.
Sources
- Mixkit License (Stock Music Free License)mixkit.co
- Mixkit user termsmixkit.co
- Understand three-minute YouTube Shorts (YouTube Help)support.google.com
Facts checked against the sources below on . Licences and prices change, so read the provider's own page before you rely on one.