Why Are There Unmonetized Streams in my Royalty Statement?

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DSPs do not monetize 100% of the streams or videos that use your music. This happens for several reasons:

  1. Streaming during a trial period. Some DSPs like Deezer don't pay royalties when a user streams your track during their free trial period.
  2. Tracks streamed without ads. Some subscription DSPs offer a free tier monetized through advertising. If no ad was shown during a stream or video view, no royalties are generated. For example: not every YouTube video view has an associated ad.
  3. Royalties paid for content creation, not views. Some DSPs like TikTok pay based on the number of videos created with your music, not the number of views those videos receive.