Aren’t music royalties paid through Content ID, not channel monetization? My royalties and stats on TooLost seem to be reported way too low.
Hello, I’m an artist releasing music through TooLost, and I have a question about YouTube Content ID.
Let’s say I released a song called A through TooLost. On YouTube, the video for that song shows music information in the description, like in the example image. I understand that this means the Content ID has been properly recognized.
My question is, if I upload a music video, a visualizer, or a full version of the same song A on my artist channel, shouldn’t that same music information also appear in those videos too?
I’m asking because it seems that TooLost only tracks streams and pays royalties when that music information appears in the description, which means it seems that the Content ID is recognized only when the music information appears as shown in the example image.
After looking into it in detail, I found that Content ID and channel monetization operate completely separately.
So if that’s the case, shouldn’t the same music information also appear on my music videos, visualizers, or any videos that include the full version of the released song, so that the streams and royalties can be properly tracked and paid?
To help clarify my question, I’m attaching the following video links. In the description of each video, you can see that the same song was used, and the image showing the music information indicates that YouTube has correctly recognized the same Content ID for each one
I’ll use the popular song “Shape of You” as an example.
Original
https://youtu.be/JGwWNGJdvx8?si=7fqvASOWW1uJ155F
other videos that include the same song
https://youtu.be/liTfD88dbCo?si=0UnEDYsbmknN3HLs
https://youtu.be/MhQKe-aERsU?si=7SoEwPpa2DUqL4Ir
https://youtu.be/X7nP7yglyJY?si=nZOmapihIiMZessF
https://youtu.be/_dK2tDK9grQ?si=IJOMrQj2TKfXxQhx
https://youtu.be/4jh2H5qFb44?si=2LQK7_y04oejbQHZ
https://youtu.be/mhtHz8qKMvA?si=Mm8bbCBNg7PYtfvk
https://youtu.be/VkAt-6P0i5Y?si=hnR4ZZ_oo1uzwN-Z
https://youtu.be/UaLlxT8Nu8c?si=oQ3-X5cnxSp1IWK0
https://youtu.be/DrRyIPF9HGI?si=BCUkJKtLwVhDWeJE
https://youtu.be/L6ij3XR67DM?si=_5qnuVk9Iuaf7oeJ
Most of those videos are from other channels but use the same song. Even lyric videos or videos from different channels correctly recognize the music through Content ID, so I would like to understand why in TooLost’s system, other uploads on my own artist channel such as music videos or visualizers are not properly recognized by Content ID and are excluded from the streaming statistics and royalty payments.
This is clearly separate from channel monetization and Content ID.
Posted Nov 4, 2025, 5:22 PM UTC