The good news is that there are options available.

Also, copyright holders can change the permissions they grant for the use of their music at any time.

Open YouTube Studioby visitingstudio.youtube.com.

Person adding copyrighted music to YouTube legally

Theresa Chiechi / Lifewire

It’s also available through the menu (via your profile photo in the corner).

SelectAudio libraryon the left.

This page shows both music and sound effects that you could use for free.

The main menu on YouTube’s website

This is also how you find music for YouTube that doesn’t require attribution.

Hover your mouse over the audio you want to use, and then selectDownloadto save it to your gear.

Now, you could import the file into yourvideo editing softwareto use it with your YouTube video.

YouTube Studio’s Audio Library Music tab

Saving an MP3 from YouTube Studio’s Audio Library