Copyright-free Music for Facebook Videos (Myth-busting + Safe Alternatives)

Audiodrome is a royalty-free music platform designed specifically for content creators who need affordable, high-quality background music for videos, podcasts, social media, and commercial projects. Unlike subscription-only services, Audiodrome offers both free tracks and simple one-time licensing with full commercial rights, including DMCA-safe use on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. All music is original, professionally produced, and PRO-free, ensuring zero copyright claims. It’s ideal for YouTubers, freelancers, marketers, and anyone looking for budget-friendly audio that’s safe to monetize.

Every time you upload a Facebook video, the same question pops up: will this track keep your sound or kill your reach? This guide cuts through copyright-free slogans and shows you how to choose tracks with real licenses, clear proof, and controlled risk.

Table of Contents


TL;DR – 5 key takeaways
  • bullet Focus on clear permission, over slogans. Aim for written licenses that name Facebook, Instagram, ads, and cross-platform use instead of magic no copyright promises.
  • bullet Use genuinely safe sources. Rely on Meta Sound Collection, reputable royalty free libraries, careful free catalogs, or original music instead of random no copyright playlists.
  • bullet Treat shortcuts as inspiration only. YouTube no copyright playlists, vague sites, or in-app stickers rarely carry the contracts you need for cross-platform campaigns.
  • bullet Follow a repeatable process. Decide usage, pick a matching source, save the license, follow attribution or allowlisting rules, then check uploads for early issues.
  • bullet See licensing as a cost shield. Modest subscription or business licenses usually beat the time, re-edits, and lost trust from a single messy copyright problem.

Every time you plan a new video for your Page, you probably open a new tab and type “copyright-free music for Facebook videos” into search. You worry about muted audio, surprise warnings, and a drop in reach. One track should help your brand sound polished instead of causing problems you need to fix later.

Google search results for ‘Facebook copyright free music’ showing Meta Sound Collection, Pixabay Facebook audio library and Bensound as top results.

Search results then promise easy answers with phrases like “no copyright music”, “copyright-free,” and “music you can use on Facebook videos”. Each site claims safe tracks and simple rules. As you scroll through playlists, buttons, and big claims, you still wonder what those phrases actually mean for your real uploads inside Facebook.

Google results page showing YouTube videos promising ‘Facebook free music for reels’ and ‘no copyright music for Facebook’ with thumbnails using copyright-free headlines.

You rarely care about legal theory itself, you care about clear permission that covers Facebook today and future posts across Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and ads. The real goal is proof that your chosen track fits that whole picture. You want simple terms that match how you really publish content every week.

BASIC LICENSING PATH

TrackarrowLicensearrowPlatforms (FB, IG, YT, TikTok, Ads)

Right now, this topic might create tension every time you export a video. A clear plan for music use can replace that tension with calm and control. When you understand where your tracks come from and what each license covers, your Facebook workflow starts to feel professional, predictable, and easier to manage.


Here is the short version so you can understand what copyright-free music for Facebook truly covers before you choose a track for your next upload.

What Most People Mean by “Copyright-Free Music for Facebook”

When people say copyright-free free they usually think about music that behaves like a safe shortcut. They imagine audio that rarely triggers warnings or takedowns and slides through every upload. They picture tracks that work for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and ads with zero extra thought once they drop them on a timeline.

YouTube Shorts home feed displaying multiple videos about copyright-free or free background music for creators, including tutorials and download tips.

In reality, copyright law protects almost every serious piece of music. The question that truly matters is whether you hold a license or written permission that covers the way you publish your content. Once you look at music this way, you move the focus from vague labels to clear agreements that support your work.

US Copyright Office text explaining that copyright protects original works like songs, not ideas or systems.

The Only 4 Types of Music That Are Actually “Safe” for Facebook

Four clear groups of tracks give that kind of safety on Facebook when you understand how each group works.

Meta Sound Collection sits inside the Facebook and Instagram environment and offers tracks with platform-specific permission. You choose a song from that library, and Facebook connects it to agreements that cover use inside Meta products for ordinary creators.

Meta Sound Collection music picker showing recommended tracks and quick-pick categories for Facebook and Instagram videos.

Royalty-free libraries such as Bensound and Soundstripe sell licenses that cover repeat use across a wide range of videos. You pay through a subscription or single track fee and gain permission that fits real publishing habits across Facebook, YouTube, and other places.

Royalty-free music service banner offering unlimited music for video creators on YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok.

Free stock, Creative Commons, and public domain tracks create another path for Facebook use when the license clearly covers social media and commercial projects. Sites such as Pixabay, Free Music Archive, Mixkit, Free Stock Music, and Chosic show those terms on each track page.

Stock site licence summary listing allowed uses with green ticks and prohibited uses with red X icons.

Original music or commissioned tracks give a strong level of control because you either own the piece or hold a direct license. Catalogs such as Audiodrome document rights for Facebook and other channels, which turn each track into a predictable long-term asset.

Why “No Copyright Music for Facebook” Is Legally Misleading

The phrase no copyright music for Facebook suggests a world with no rules, yet copyright always shapes how you share sound. That slogan feels simple and friendly, and it appears across playlists, banners, and thumbnails. It pulls creators in because it sounds like a shortcut to clean audio and calm uploads.

Red no-symbol over a copyright sign used as a generic “no copyright” graphic.

Marketing language around copyright-free or no copyright music often helps libraries such as NCS or Free To Use attract attention, but those tracks still sit inside specific terms. You follow rules around attribution, commercial scope, and channel allowlisting when you use them. Clear credits and careful reading matter as much as the music itself.

NCS usage policy text stressing that free music use depends on proper artist and song credit in the description.

In the end, you search for permission that fits Facebook and every other place where your video travels, and you want proof of that permission. A short slogan fails to deliver that level of certainty. A saved license, order number, and link to terms gives you something solid when a platform raises a question.

Safe music lives in writing: If you fail to screenshot a license that names Facebook, treat that track as unfit for serious campaigns.

How Facebook Actually Treats Music in Videos

Facebook treats music differently from other parts of your video, so it helps to understand how the platform thinks about songs, rights, and uploads before you choose a track.

Meta’s Music Guidelines – What They Say in Practice

Meta writes its music guidelines around deals with labels, publishers, and collecting societies, so those deals sit on top of your own choices as a creator. Facebook uses separate agreements to decide which songs can appear in user content. At the same time, Meta still expects you to respect copyright law in your own country.

Facebook Creator Studio Published tab showing a list of video posts, performance icons and status indicators used to monitor issues with music on a Page.

Inside those guidelines, Facebook looks at different types of content through slightly different lenses. Short organic posts and Reels usually pass through automated checks that match audio against reference tracks. Sponsored posts and Facebook Live streams trigger tighter scrutiny because music flows in real time and brands connect campaigns to that content.

What Happens If You Get Music Wrong on Facebook

When a track falls outside what your license allows, Facebook tools flag that audio and limit how viewers experience your video. Sometimes the platform keeps the video online but mutes sections that carry the song. In other cases, Facebook blocks the video entirely in certain countries or removes it from public view.

Facebook notification saying your video is partially muted because it may contain music that belongs to someone else.

Repeated problems build a pattern that affects more than one upload. Pages and profiles can face reduced reach, weaker recommendation signals, and review by internal teams when music issues come up again and again. Clear rules and evidence for each track turn that ongoing worry into calm confidence about every new post.

Facebook’s Own Sound Collection vs Other Music Sources

Meta Sound Collection sits inside Creator Studio and the in-app tools as a curated library of tracks and sound effects. Facebook offers those files for use on its own platforms, so you can pick music that already fits existing deals. You browse by mood, length, and style, then drop the file into your edit.

Meta Sound Collection interface showing pop tracks with filters for genre, mood, duration, vocals and tempo.

That convenience works perfectly when you stay inside Facebook and Instagram, yet it gives little help once you repurpose the same edit for YouTube, podcasts, or broadcast projects. Those rights flow from Facebook to your Meta content rather than to your brand as a whole. You still need separate coverage for every outside channel.


Before you pick a track for your next upload, it helps to walk through the shortcuts you already use and see where hidden risk sits.

YouTube “No Copyright Music” Playlists for Facebook Videos

You scroll YouTube, type no copyright music and land on long playlists with bold titles and smooth cover art. Big channels and labels such as NCS feel serious, so those tracks look safe for everything. A single click lets you download or rip the audio and drop it straight into a Facebook edit.

YouTube playlist titled New NCS Song 2025 with multiple NoCopyrightSounds tracks labeled as no copyright music.

Under the surface, things work very differently from what those titles suggest. The uploader might hold zero real rights over that track, or hold permission only inside YouTube. Often, the description includes specific credit text or links that you must follow, and if you skip a line, your Facebook upload stands on shaky ground.

Random “Copyright-Free Music” Sites with Vague or Missing Licenses

You also see small sites that shout copyright-free music for Facebook across banners and buttons. They promise free downloads with huge genre lists and no clear rules. You search, grab a file, maybe read a short tagline, and rush back to your edit without a proper sense of what that promise covers.

Free To Use Music free license page explaining non-commercial social use, attribution requirement and a list of prohibited uses.

Later, inside Reddit threads or Facebook creator groups, you meet stories that feel uncomfortably familiar. Someone used music from a copyright-free site and still received a mute or a block. Another creator trusted a bold slogan, then spent hours arguing with support because no one could see a proper license or set of usage terms.

Using Popular Tracks via Facebook’s In-App Music Stickers Then Re-Uploading Elsewhere

Reels and Stories invite you to add popular songs with a simple music sticker so the process feels safe and official. A lot of creators then export that same clip and upload it to YouTube, TikTok, or an ad account with the expectation that everything still sits inside the same agreement.

Instagram Stories sticker tray showing options like Music, Add your music, Poll, Quiz, Link and other interactive stickers.

In reality, each platform signs its own deals with labels and publishers for those built-in tools. Permission for a sticker on Facebook or Instagram covers that specific product, not your whole content universe. Once you reuse that file outside Meta, you step away from those platform deals and need separate rights for each new channel.

“Free to Use As Long As You Credit” – Where People Slip

Another tempting path uses music that promotes itself as free when you add a credit. NCS, for example, lets independent creators use tracks when they follow strict attribution rules and policy pages. Free Stock Music and Free Music Archive also allow commercial projects, yet every track comes with its own license text and conditions.

NCS help page explaining how to credit songs properly, instructing creators to copy and paste the provided credit section or link.

Trouble usually arrives through small lapses rather than dramatic theft. You forget to paste the full credit line, shorten a link, misread a CC symbol, or edit out required wording when you repurpose a caption. Facebook then treats the audio as unlicensed even though you tried to play fair, simply because your proof of permission looks incomplete.


To keep this practical, let us walk through the libraries that already appear in your search results when you look for copyright-free music for Facebook and see what each one really offers.

Meta Sound Collection (Facebook / Instagram’s Own Library)

Inside Facebook and Instagram, you first meet Meta Sound Collection, an in-app and web library of tracks and sound effects that connect directly to Meta’s own music deals. You pick songs from that catalog, and Facebook treats those choices as cleared for use on its platforms. The trade-off comes when you export edits to other channels, because you then leave the comfort of those internal agreements.

Facebook Sound Collection interface showing Quick Picks music categories and a list of tracks with filters, artist names, genres, tempos, and Add to Favorites button.

Pixabay Music – “Facebook Audio Library” Landing Pages

Once you move outside Meta, you often land on Pixabay Music, which promotes royalty-free and copyright-free audio that fits social posts, stories, and general video projects. The Pixabay license allows free commercial use across platforms and skips mandatory credit in many cases, while still including a list of prohibited uses and content ID wrinkles that you need to understand. This mix of freedom and fine print rewards creators who read the license page before they drop a track into a Facebook timeline.

Pixabay-style royalty-free music search results with track titles, grey waveforms, length, genre tags, and download icons in a vertical track list.

Bensound

Bensound positions itself as a curated royalty-free catalog that stays copyright safe and cleared for YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and other video platforms so you can publish with confidence. Free tracks come with a clear attribution requirement, while paid plans unlock broader coverage and remove the need for credits in descriptions. The structure works well for creators who want a simple path from free experiments to a stronger license once their channel grows.

Bensound pricing table with four plans - Individual, Professional, Business, and Enterprise - showing monthly euro prices and bullet-point license features.

InAudio

InAudio focuses on royalty-free tracks for web usage, social media, and YouTube, and highlights that you can upload projects without fear of copyright strikes. Its license terms mention Facebook and Instagram explicitly, so you see social coverage right inside the documentation. This clarity helps when you handle brand content because you know exactly which platforms sit inside the deal from day one.

InAudio pricing plans screenshot with four cards for monthly, annual, lifetime access, and unlimited enterprise, each listing features like unlimited usage and commercial rights.

Epidemic Sound (Facebook / Ads Pages)

Epidemic Sound uses dedicated Facebook pages to speak directly to creators who stream, post, and run ads on the platform and promises music and sound effects that avoid copyright headaches. A subscription opens access to a large catalog and covers use across social channels, including Facebook videos and advertising campaigns. The trade-off lies in ongoing subscription cost and the need to choose the plan that properly reflects whether you publish for yourself, a brand, or clients.

Epidemic Sound subscription comparison showing Creator, Pro, and Enterprise plans with euro prices, channels per platform, and notes about licensing for social and paid ads.

NCS (NoCopyrightSounds)

NCS builds its entire identity around copyright-free music for creators and speaks directly to independent video makers, streamers, and influencers. The label allows free use of its tracks in user-generated content as long as you follow the usage policy and credit the artist and NCS in the exact format they provide. That model suits gaming clips and personal channels, yet raises questions for agency work or paid campaigns where you need a more formal commercial license.

NCS catalog grid displaying recent no-copyright tracks with colorful cover art, track titles, upload times, genres, and play buttons.

Soundstripe

Soundstripe offers subscription-based music licensing and markets safe licensing for YouTube, Facebook, and other outlets with simple terms for regular creators and marketers. You choose either a subscription or a single song license, then download tracks that Soundstripe pre-clears for use across platforms. This approach gives steady coverage for active content teams, although it encourages you to commit to a service rather than wander between random free sites.

Soundstripe pricing page with three columns—Individual, Business, Enterprise—highlighting features like unlimited socials, ad use, and full commercial licensing protection.

Free-Stock-Music.com

Free-Stock-Music.com aggregates tracks that usually carry Creative Commons licenses, with a strong focus on CC BY material that allows commercial projects when you credit the artist. The site explains attribution in simple language and offers paid upgrades that remove the credit requirement and broaden usage to advertising and broadcasting. This layered approach suits creators who feel comfortable handling CC symbols but still want an option to buy a straightforward license for client work.

Screenshot of Free Stock Music Christmas playlist with colored waveform bars and buttons to buy a license in euros for each track.

Artlist

Artlist runs a large subscription catalog and splits its offering into Social and Pro licenses so you can match coverage to your role. The Social license targets personal and small creator channels and covers key platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, while Pro steps up to global commercial use and client projects. Clear plan labels and help articles make it easier to choose a license that matches how far your Facebook content travels.

Artlist subscription options for Music & SFX, AI Suite, and Artist Max, each card listing monthly price, included assets, and extensions for editing software.

FreeToUse / Free To Use Music

Free To Use Music brands its catalog as free and safe background music for personal user-generated content on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. The label offers high-quality tracks with simple download access and highlights that personal creators can monetize content while they credit the music source correctly. For brands and commercial campaigns, Free To Use nudges you toward specific licenses and plans so that your rights keep pace with your revenue.

Free To Use Music pricing screenshot with Personal and Commercial plans, monthly euro prices, and checkmarks for features like unlimited social usage and videos cleared forever.

HookSounds

HookSounds presents itself as a source of original, handmade royalty-free tracks and leans into exclusivity and custom scoring for brands that care about a distinct sound. The service confirms that you can use its music on Facebook and Instagram when you hold a valid subscription or single license and when you allowlist your channels through its dashboard. This combination of allowlisting and support appeals to agencies and companies that want help with rights management as their content scales.

HookSounds or similar library pricing table with Creator, Scale, and Enterprise plans, showing monthly USD prices, number of channels per platform, and digital ads coverage.

Mixkit

Mixkit offers a gallery of free stock music that you can download as MP3 files and drop straight into social videos, including Facebook content. The license permits free use for online video, podcasts, and social media with simple conditions and no registration step, while setting clear limits for uses such as games or broadcasts. That mix of openness and boundaries works well for creators who want free tracks and still feel comfortable with a basic license page.

Screenshot of Mixkit free background music page showing grid of waveform players with track titles and description text about downloading free music for videos.

Free Music Archive (FMA)

Free Music Archive functions as an open repository of original music by independent artists and uses Creative Commons and similar licenses rather than a single blanket agreement. Each track page carries its own license badge, so you can check conditions before you place the music behind your Facebook video. This setup gives a huge variety but rewards careful filtering and record keeping, especially when you build commercial campaigns or client content.

Screenshot of Free Music Archive track list with play buttons, album column, Creative Commons license info and genres for each song.

Chosic

Chosic curates free background music and highlights a dedicated section for Facebook that offers royalty-free tracks, which you can use even in commercial projects. The site describes its catalog as free, no copyright music, and provides MP3 downloads for a wide range of moods and genres. Licenses still lean on Creative Commons structures, so you gain the best results when you check each track page and save proof of terms alongside your edits.

Screenshot of Chosic royalty-free music list with waveform previews, large download buttons and play counts for each track.

AudioJungle

AudioJungle works as a paid marketplace for individual music tracks and sound effects, and gives you a clear price for each song. Its standard license covers streaming web video and social media for defined audience sizes, while broadcast licenses step up to television, film, and large-scale campaigns. This tiered system fits brands and agencies that want one track for a specific Facebook campaign and need written proof that their audience size sits within the license.

Screenshot of AudioJungle search results showing rows of stock music items with waveform previews, prices and sales stats.

At this point, you already see that slogans create confusion, so now you can choose a music path that actually fits how you publish videos.

Option 1 – Facebook Sound Collection for Facebook-Only Videos

Facebook Sound Collection works best for creators who focus on Facebook and Instagram and keep their edits inside the Meta platforms. If you run a Page, publish Reels, or simple feed videos and rarely export those clips elsewhere, this option keeps your life simple. You open the built-in library, search by mood or length, and drop tracks straight into your posts.

Meta help text describing Sound Collection as rights-cleared songs and sound effects that keep Facebook reels from being demonetized or muted.

Meta covers Sound Collection through its own deals, so you gain strong comfort inside Facebook and Instagram. You pay nothing extra, you skip separate contracts, and you can move fast while still using licensed audio. For early-stage creators, this combination of price, speed, and safety creates a very friendly starting point.

Meta help text explaining that licensed music payouts depend on rights holder agreements and that royalty-free and Sound Collection tracks avoid adjustments.

The trade-off arrives when your content travels. Rights from Sound Collection stay tied to Meta products, so the same edit needs fresh music or a separate license when you upload to YouTube, TikTok, a client channel, or an ad manager. As your reach grows, you start to feel that limit, and you look for a more flexible source.

Meta help text warning that if platform music rights expire for a song used in a story or reel, the video may be muted.

Option 2 – Subscription Royalty-Free Libraries

Subscription libraries such as Epidemic Sound, Soundstripe, Artlist, HookSounds, Bensound, and InAudio suit creators, brands, and agencies that publish across several platforms. You treat music as part of your production stack alongside cameras and editing tools. Once your calendar includes Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and short-form video, a single library that covers all of them starts to feel attractive.

Google results page showing Epidemic Sound, PremiumBeat, Soundstripe and Bensound promoted as royalty-free music libraries for online video creators.

These services curate large catalogs so you can search by genre, mood, tempo, or use case and pull in fresh releases throughout the year. Their teams write clear licenses that mention social media and, on higher tiers, cover ads, sponsorships, and client projects, so one subscription can support a whole content pipeline. That structure gives your team a shared, dependable music source.

250,000+ tracks" headline from a royalty-free music catalog highlighting catalogue size and monthly new tracks available for video projects.

You still weigh some trade-offs before you sign up. Subscriptions create ongoing costs, so you gain real value only if you publish regularly and treat video as a core channel. You also need to pick the right plan, for example, personal creator or business, social only, or full commercial, so your license matches every way you use the tracks.

Option 3 – Free Stock, CC, and Public-Domain Music

Free stock libraries, Creative Commons catalogs, and public domain collections fit creators who watch every euro and feel comfortable reading license text. If you enjoy digging for hidden gems and do not mind a little homework, this route can support Facebook content at a very low direct cost. You trade money for time and attention.

Google results page with Pixabay Music and Free-Stock-Music listings offering free royalty-free music downloads for social media and YouTube videos.

Sites such as Pixabay, Free Stock Music, Free Music Archive, Mixkit, Free To Use, Chosic, and labels like NCS offer tracks that support commercial projects when you respect their rules. With correct attribution and within license limits, you can publish Facebook videos that carry strong, polished music while you keep your budget lean. For solo creators, this can feel very empowering.

Meta Sound Collection song information popup showing track title, artist and shareable link with reminder to use the music only on Facebook or Instagram.

Complexity enters as you scale your output. Each track carries its own license, especially inside Creative Commons catalogs, so you check symbols, read terms, and store proofs for every song you use. If your spreadsheets slip or your team loses track of sources and credits, your risk level rises, and you spend more time chasing missing details.

Option 4 – Custom Licenses

Custom or specialist licenses work best for brands, agencies, and businesses that treat Facebook as one part of a larger marketing system. These teams want clear contract language that covers Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, ads, and client projects in one document. They also value a stable catalog, simple renewal terms, and real human support when questions come up.

Blank synchronization license agreement template outlining sections for composition title, market, territory and term for using music in a film project.

Option 5 – Specialist Licenses

A specialist catalog such as Audiodrome sits in this space and offers business-focused licenses that spell out rights in plain language. Instead of chasing vague copyright-free labels, you store a contract, track names, and invoices that align with your campaigns and reporting. You emphasize clarity, documentation, and predictability rather than any idea of magic immunity, so your music policy starts to feel like a normal, professional part of your brand operations.

Excerpt from Audiodrome Business License grant of licence showing clause that allows syncing tracks to content for Facebook and other social platforms.

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Quick Facebook Music License Checklist

  • The site clearly mentions social media, Facebook or Reels inside its license or usage terms.
  • I can open and save a written license page, PDF or terms link for this music source.
  • I understand if the license is non-commercial or commercial, and I know where Free To Use style free tiers stop.
  • I know whether attribution is required and I am ready to follow the exact credit format, for example NCS or Free Stock Music.
  • If I plan to run ads or boost posts, the license clearly allows paid advertising and not only organic posts.

Red Flags That Mean You Should Skip This Track on a Client’s Facebook Page

When a site hides its license or terms page, your risk level climbs fast. You rely on clear written rules to protect client work, so a vague or buried license should push you toward a different track.

When a page shouts phrases like copyright-free or no copyright yet skips real detail, it behaves like promotion rather than a contract. Client projects need platforms, uses, and limits spelled out, so that slogan on its own should raise concern.

A license that talks about YouTube uploads yet ignores Facebook already shows a narrow focus. Client work on a Facebook Page needs explicit coverage for that platform, so a YouTube-only clause sends you back to search for better terms.

Personal use language sounds friendly until you handle real budgets and client expectations. When a license mentions personal or non-commercial use, and your brand earns money from the video, that mismatch creates risk and pushes you toward a business-specific agreement.


Cost vs Risk: The Economics of “Free” vs Licensed Music for Facebook

This is where numbers meet peace of mind, so you can pick a music route that fits your budget and your stress levels.

What a Single Copyright Issue Can Cost in Time and Stress

One claim can slow your week more than you expect. You might file a dispute, re-export the edit, upload again, and then explain the delay to a client or manager while reach slips during the hold. That chain of small tasks eats hours of creative energy that you could spend on the next campaign.

BASIC CLAIM HANDLING PATH

ClaimarrowDisputearrowRe-editarrowRe-uploadarrowClient email

For agencies and brands, the impact grows even larger. A blocked Facebook post often triggers new review rounds, fresh design work and another round of approvals while a deadline hangs overhead. Compared with that rerun of creative work, a clear license from a service such as Soundstripe or a similar library feels like a simple line in a predictable budget.

Simple Per-Video Cost Comparison

A free track from a Creative Commons or stock site looks attractive when you see a zero price tag. You pay instead with extra time as you read licenses, track credits, and fix problems when a platform questions your use. As your content calendar fills with Facebook videos, that invisible cost starts to show up in late nights and rushed edits.

Creative Commons license terms highlighting Attribution, NonCommercial and NoDerivatives conditions that affect whether music is safe for Facebook videos.

A carefully chosen subscription spreads its fee across every post you create. When you publish several Facebook videos each week, the price per clip often drops to the cost of a coffee or less. You also gain a habit of pulling tracks from one trusted place, which keeps your workflow smooth and your documentation consistent.

Subscription pricing pop-up showing Pro Yearly and Pro Plus Yearly music licensing plans with monthly costs for creators using tracks on social media.

A per-track business license works well when you plan a focused campaign and want one signature sound across all social and ads. You pay once for that track, keep the invoice with your campaign files, and then reuse the music across every edit inside the agreed scope. The per-video cost usually shrinks again as you roll the same theme across multiple assets.

Free tracks still feel expensive: One claim, a re-edit, and an annoyed client often outweigh a year of predictable fees from a solid subscription.

Choosing the Right “Music You Can Use on Facebook Videos” for Your Situation

The best music choice depends on who you create for, where your videos appear, and how much pressure sits on each upload, so it helps to see yourself in one of these simple scenarios.

Hobby Creator / Personal Page

You share videos because you enjoy the process, and you mainly post for friends, community, or a small audience. Budget feels tight, so Meta Sound Collection gives you an easy first step, and you add tracks from trusted free catalogs such as Pixabay, Chosic, Free To Us,e and NCS with proper attribution. This mix keeps costs low while you learn how music licenses work in practice.

Growing Creator with Brand Deals & Cross-Posting

Your content starts to land brand mentions, small sponsorships, and regular cross-posting across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. At this stage, one solid subscription library, such as Epidemic Sound, Soundstripe, Artlist, HookSounds, or Bensound, supports that growth and keeps rights consistent. You still reach for a specialist track now and then when a campaign needs a very specific mood.

Audio waveform timeline with Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube icons above it, illustrating one soundtrack exported to multiple social platforms.

Local Business / SMB Running Facebook & Instagram Ads

You run a local brand or small business, and your Facebook and Instagram activity leads directly to sales and bookings. Every boosted post and ad set needs music that clearly sits inside a license for advertising and regional campaigns, so business-ready royalty-free subscriptions with ad coverage fit well. For key promotions, you might choose a per-track business license from a specialist library such as Audiodrome and keep that contract with your marketing files.

Meta Ads Manager music panel showing song search, filters and Instagram Reels preview, illustrating how Facebook suggests tracks for ad placements.

Agency Handling Multiple Client Accounts

You manage content for several clients, and your real product is trust, predictability, and clean reporting. A centralized catalog, either through a high-level subscription or a specialist library, lets your whole team draw from the same safe pool of tracks, while a simple internal checklist keeps track names, licenses, and projects aligned. Random tracks from unverified no-copyright sources drop out of the picture because your agency’s reputation matters more than any short-term shortcut.

Spreadsheet of marketing projects listing client, track name, Audiodrome Business License ID, term, territory and license link used for Facebook campaigns.

This simple process turns background music from a guess into a clear, repeatable habit you can trust on every project.

Step 1 – Decide the Usage

Before you search for a track, decide what this video needs to do. Ask if it will stay as an organic post or also run as an ad or boosted post. Clarify whether you publish for yourself or for a client, and whether the same edit will appear only on Facebook and Instagram or also on YouTube and TikTok.

Step 2 – Pick a Source That Matches Your Usage

Once you know the job of the video, choose a music source that fits that job instead of starting from random playlists. Meta Sound Collection suits Meta only posts, while a solid subscription covers cross-platform campaigns, and a free or Creative Commons catalog fits careful budget use. A business license from a specialist library works well when you plan clear paid activity and client work.

Planning table for Facebook video concepts listing each video’s goal, platforms, whether it is organic or paid, and if it is for a client or own brand.

Step 3 – Read and Save the License (Screenshot / PDF)

When you find a track you like, open the license page before you hit download. Save the URL, PDF, or terms page, along with any order or transaction ID if you paid for the music. Write down the track name, the library, and the date so you can prove permission later if Facebook raises a question.

Desktop folder grid with one central folder labeled “License Agreements,” suggesting organized storage of music licenses and rights documents.

Step 4 – Follow Attribution and Allowlisting Instructions Exactly

Next, check whether the source expects a credit or channel registration. If you use NCS, copy their credit format word for word, and if you use Free Stock Music under a CC BY license, include the full credit line they describe. For HookSounds, complete the allowlisting process for your Facebook and Instagram channels so the system recognizes your use as cleared.

YouTube audio library panel showing a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 music track with full credit line and license links ready to copy.

Step 5 – Upload, Then Spot-Check for Issues

After you upload the finished video, give it a short review instead of moving on straight away. Look for any music-related notices inside Creator Studio and play the video with sound on desktop and mobile to confirm that audio runs correctly. If a flag appears, you already have your license, receipts, and notes ready to support a calm, clear response.


Free / No Copyright Facebook Music Sources Compared
Site / LibraryFree vs PaidAllowed on Facebook?Commercial use?Attribution?Cross-platform?
Meta Sound CollectionFreeYes, on Facebook / Instagram content.Yes, inside Meta products.No.Meta only.
Pixabay MusicFreeYes, under Pixabay license.Yes, with basic restrictions.No, optional.Broad online / social.
NCS (NoCopyrightSounds)Free for creatorsYes, if you follow policy.Yes, for creator UGC.Yes, specific credit line.Social UGC focus.
Free To Use MusicFree + paid plansYes, for personal UGC.Personal monetization; wider use may need plan.Policy based.Social platforms.
MixkitFreeYes, under Mixkit license.Yes, for many projects.No, optional credit.Broad online / social.
Free-Stock-Music.comFree CC + paid tiersYes, allowed for social.Yes, with CC BY or paid license.Yes for free CC; no for paid tiers.Web / social, ads with higher tiers.
ChosicFreeYes, for tracks marked for Facebook.Yes, where license allows.Often yes under CC.Social / online, track based.
Free Music Archive (FMA)FreeTrack dependent.Some tracks yes, some no.Usually yes under CC.Case by case, per track.

Subscription / Paid Libraries for Facebook Creators

Short note before you paste it in: prices and terms change over time, so treat these as approximate starting points and always double-check each site’s current pricing and license page before you rely on it for client work.

Subscription / Paid Libraries for Facebook Creators
LibraryPricing from*Social media coverageAds coverageKeep rights after cancelling?
Epidemic Soundfrom €8.99/mo (Creator)Yes, major platforms incl. Facebook.Yes on Pro / business plans.Yes for videos posted while active.
Artlistfrom €9.99/mo (Music & SFX)Yes, Facebook, IG, TikTok, YouTube.Yes on Pro / Business tiers.Yes, lifetime use for created projects.
Soundstripefrom $19.99/mo (Pro, billed yearly)Yes, major social incl. Facebook.Yes on Pro / higher plans.Yes, existing videos stay licensed.
HookSoundsfrom $8.49/mo (Creator, annual)Yes, all main social platforms.Yes on Scale / Enterprise plans.Yes, projects stay cleared.
Bensoundfrom €9.99/mo (Individual)Yes, YouTube, Facebook, IG, TikTok.Yes if plan/license includes ads.Yes, perpetual for licensed uses.
InAudiofrom $5/mo (annual; $6.59 monthly)Yes, unlimited digital / social.Yes; big TV/high-budget needs upgrade.Yes, no end date for licensed uses.
AudioJunglefrom $9/trackYes, web and social per project.Yes with Broadcast / extended licenses.Yes, one-time license per project.

Where a Specialist Royalty-Free Catalog Fits Into This Picture

Once you understand how loose “copyright-free music for Facebook” can feel, a specialist catalog starts to look less like a luxury and more like a steady base layer. A business-focused library such as Audiodrome steps in at the point where you care about contracts, clients, and repeat campaigns just as much as you care about the sound of a track.

Top of the Audiodrome Business License document showing parties, address and introductory terms.

Instead of a single slogan, you receive a written Business License that spells out exactly what you can do with each track. It grants sync, master, mechanical, and public performance rights for projects that embed the music and then names the real places where you publish content: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Snapchat, podcasts, streams, TV, apps, and events.

Audiodrome licence clause 9.2 highlighting sync rights for video ads and social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

The licence runs worldwide and in perpetuity and allows unlimited projects for your own brand and for client work as long as the track stays embedded inside a project. That structure feels much closer to a long-term asset than a one-off download.

Audiodrome licence text underlining that the buyer receives a non-exclusive worldwide perpetual licence.

For Facebook creators, the key strength lies in the way the agreement joins social content and monetization in the same set of clauses. The licence covers ads, boosted posts, Reels ads, and in-feed video while you keep all lawful advertising and platform revenue that flows from your project.

Audiodrome licence clause 4A granting platform monetization rights on Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and other services.

The document also explains how Audiodrome handles claims and even includes indemnity language for genuine infringement disputes, so when a platform flags a video, you already have a contract paragraph ready instead of a vague promise from a landing page.

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FAQs

These are real questions creators ask when they try to add music to Facebook videos without losing reach or revenue.

Where can I find copyright-safe music for Facebook videos so my posts stay online?

Reddit r/facebook thread titled ‘Where to find copyright free music to use on FB? Don’t want my posts to get taken down’ from a small business owner.

You can use Meta Sound Collection for Facebook and Instagram only, or trusted royalty-free catalogs that give you a written license. Look for sites that name Facebook in the terms and allow commercial use, not just personal projects. Save the license page or PDF with the track name so you can prove permission later.

If I use music from Facebook’s ads library, will it affect monetization on all my videos?

Reddit r/facebook discussion titled ‘Will using copyright music from the Facebook ads library demonetize ALL your videos or just the ones that include this song?’

Music from Meta tools can limit monetization on any video that uses that track, not your whole Page. Facebook separates videos that include popular commercial songs from videos that use fully licensed royalty-free tracks. To protect revenue, keep ad library music for brand or engagement goals, and use cleared library music for videos that you want to monetize.

What music works best for cross-platform videos across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube?

Reddit r/SocialMediaMarketing post asking ‘What sounds/music do you use for cross-platform vids?’ about using audio across TikTok and other channels.

The safest option is a track from a royalty-free library or a business license that clearly covers all these platforms. That way, you can export one edit from your editor and upload it everywhere with the same music. Platform sounds and stickers work well for native Reels or Shorts, but they rarely travel cleanly to other sites.

Why did I get a copyright claim on music that Facebook or a library called “royalty-free”?

Facebook group post in Facebook Bonus Program Issues asking why a video labeled as royalty-free music received a copyright claim on Facebook.

Royalty-free only means you pay once and skip ongoing royalties, not that no one owns the copyright. If the platform or library does not give you a clear license, Content ID can still flag the track when it matches the original owner’s reference file. Check that your license covers social video and monetization, then use that document when you dispute incorrect claims.


Bring Your Facebook Music Choices Under Control

When you treat music as a clear business decision, Facebook feels far less unpredictable. You pick sources that match your usage, save proof, and publish with intent. Over time, that habit turns copyright checks into a quick routine instead of a late-night panic.

Dragan Plushkovski
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Audiodrome was created by professionals with deep roots in video marketing, product launches, and music production. After years of dealing with confusing licenses, inconsistent music quality, and copyright issues, we set out to build a platform that creators could actually trust.

Every piece of content we publish is based on real-world experience, industry insights, and a commitment to helping creators make smart, confident decisions about music licensing.

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