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0.18%
0.18% -- save rate for YouTube Shorts to YouTube Music (2026)
The YouTube Music save rate from YouTube Shorts views was 0.18%.
- Based on a test of three catalog tracks
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Value
0.18%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
480,000
Geography
CO
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
MelodicMind
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Tier B
https://www.melodicmind.co/news/youtube-music-shorts-attribution ↗
Source Article
YouTube Music Shorts Attribution Launch, Conversion Data Released
YouTube ties Shorts views to song saves on YouTube Music
YouTube's new attribution data shows artists how Shorts impressions actually convert to YouTube Music saves. The numbers are surprising.
YouTube rolled out per-song attribution from Shorts views to YouTube Music saves this month, mirroring wha…
Original Research
MelodicMind
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Methodology
First-party attribution test across three test catalog tracks used in Shorts; ~480,000 total Shorts views
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IndustryMedia
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Channelsocial
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YouTube Shorts to YouTube Music: 0.18% save rate. Source: MelodicMind (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-shorts-music-save-rate-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-shorts-music-save-rate-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>0.18%</strong> -- save rate for YouTube Shorts to YouTube Music<br><small>Source: MelodicMind (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-shorts-music-save-rate-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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