Short answer: The Commercial Music Library holds the songs TikTok offers businesses for their content. A TikTok Business Account sees only those songs when it adds a sound. Instagram’s licensed music library is intended for personal, non-commercial use, and Instagram says certain business accounts do not have access to it. For royalty-free music, Instagram points to the Meta Sound Collection. TikTok’s and Meta’s pages said so on November 13, 2026.
What the Commercial Music Library is
TikTok’s Business Help Center calls the Commercial Music Library (CML) a global music library of 1 million songs. It says the library helps make it easier for businesses to find music to soundtrack their content on TikTok. Its article on the library was last updated in July 2025, and its article on how to use it in July 2026. Both give that size.
The library includes all styles, genres and regions, with songs from independent and emerging artists and from top-tier music houses. TikTok says it is free for businesses to use.
TikTok’s blog post on the library shows no date and gives another figure, more than 600,000 tracks.
Where to find it in TikTok
The sounds you see in the TikTok app depend on the account type. With a Business Account, tapping Add Sound on a new video shows only sounds from the Commercial Music Library, which TikTok calls Commercial Sounds.
With a personal account, the same screen shows all sounds. To choose from the library, tap the Sounds button and select Commercial Sounds from the dropdown.
TikTok’s blog post describes the same route and adds that all songs on the Commercial Sounds page have commercial usage rights. If you do not see the library in the app, it says to make sure you are using a Business Account.
Our guide to the TikTok business account covers the account types and how to verify a business.
The library also has a web version in TikTok Creative Center, which the blog post calls the desktop version of the CML. There you can browse, listen and search by region, usable placements, themes, genre, mood and duration.
The how-to article gives these steps. Select the region where your campaign runs, to find music available in that region. Choose all music or a playlist. Then filter by usable placements, themes, genre, mood and duration, or search with the box.
Up to 10,000 Commercial Sounds can be displayed at a time, the article notes. The blog post adds that the entire library stays available through search and filters.
Where TikTok says to use it
TikTok’s Business Help Center says businesses cannot use the general music library for commercial usage. Instead, they should use the Commercial Music Library for all commercial TikTok activities, including organic content (a duet, react or stitch with user videos too), video ads and branded content.
After you select Commercial Sounds, the how-to article says you can use them for organic or paid content.
What TikTok says about other sounds
TikTok Support has an article on the commercial use of music. TikTok recommends that you only use music from the Commercial Music Library when you post content that promotes a brand, product or service. It explains that this music is pre-cleared for commercial use. It adds that the licenses it holds for music outside the library do not cover the commercial use of music in content.
Content that promotes your own business is in that group. TikTok’s article on promoting a brand lists promoting yourself or your own business, and says you have to turn on the content disclosure setting for such posts.
If you use an original sound or music from outside the library, TikTok says you have to agree to its Music Usage Confirmation. It asks for it when the content disclosure setting is turned on.
The confirmation says that either the video has no copyright protected music, or you have obtained and paid for all necessary licenses to use the music in the post. If you cannot confirm either one, TikTok asks you not to accept. A note adds that if you post anyway, the post might be taken down.
TikTok’s Business Help Center has a similar note. For original sound from other users or other licensed sounds in organic or paid content, it asks you to make sure you have obtained a proper license.
The blog post says that using the General Music Library through a personal account to promote your business puts you at risk of copyright infringement. It adds that those songs are not pre-cleared for commercial content, which it defines as any content posted by a brand.
A sound can also be removed after you post. TikTok Support says it removes sounds if they violate copyright restrictions or its Community Guidelines. If you did not add the original sound, you get no notification. TikTok gives details on the reason.
To see the reason, open the muted video in the TikTok app and tap View details at the bottom. It shows whether the sound was removed for a copyright claim, a Community Guidelines violation or both. Then tap Change sound, choose a new sound and tap Post. You can also trim the sound and adjust the volume.
In our view, Commercial Sounds is the simpler route for a business post, because the confirmation applies to sounds from outside the library.
Instagram and the licensed music library
Professional accounts on Instagram are set to Business or Creator, according to its help. Business accounts are best for retailers, local businesses, brands, organizations and service providers. Creator accounts are best for public figures, content producers, artists and influencers.
Instagram’s help on the licensed music library says the music in it is intended for personal, non-commercial use. To make sure the music is not used for commercial purposes, certain business accounts and certain types of posts do not have access to the library. Licensed music may also be unavailable in certain countries or regions.
The page does not say which business accounts or which posts lose access, and it does not mention creator accounts.
Instagram’s help on audio problems covers songs you cannot reach. The cause might be that the library is not available for your account type or in your country or region, it says. It might also be that the licensing agreements with rights holders changed.
The same page says the audio on content you made could be muted because you do not have access to the Licensed Music Library. It also names a change in the licensing agreements, or a rights holder who blocked your content because it contains content they own. It says you may be able to replace the track.
Our guide to Instagram Reels covers the audio of a reel you plan to boost.
Royalty-free music for Instagram
Instagram’s help says that if your account does not have access to the licensed music library, you may be able to use the Meta Sound Collection. It describes the collection as over 14,000 songs and sounds that are entirely royalty free and safe to use in Reels and Instagram Stories. It adds that the content can be used for commercial purposes like ads.
To find it, swipe up and select the Music sticker in Stories, or tap Audio in the Reels camera.
The Meta Sound Collection page offers thousands of audio tracks and sound effects, free to use in any videos you create and share on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta’s Business Help Center gives another figure, for Facebook: nearly 16,000 original songs or sound effects that are rights-cleared and free to download. It says all audio from the Sound Collection is labeled Royalty-free in the audio library. It also says a reel that uses the audio is not demonetized or muted due to a copyright violation.
For ads, Instagram’s help on Ads Manager says the music currently consists of royalty-free audio from the Meta Sound Collection. It says the feature is currently available for single image ads in Instagram Reels, Stories and Feed. It adds that music is not available for ads that use existing posts.
In our view, for a business reel, open the Sound Collection first, because it is the one Instagram describes as usable for commercial purposes.
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What to check before you post
In our view, check these points before you post for the business:
- The sound comes from Commercial Sounds, not from the general library.
- If you chose a sound from outside the library, you read the Music Usage Confirmation before you accepted it.
- The region you chose in the library is the one where the video runs.
- You know whether your Instagram account has the licensed music library or only the Sound Collection.
- The audio of a reel or an ad comes from the Sound Collection when the licensed library is not available.
- You know where View details and Change sound are, in case TikTok removes a sound.
RememberOn TikTok, a Business Account sees only Commercial Sounds, and TikTok recommends only that library for content that promotes a business. Instagram says certain business accounts do not have the licensed music library, and the Meta Sound Collection is its royalty-free option. The pages said so on November 13, 2026.
Questions about the TikTok Commercial Music Library
How many songs are in the TikTok Commercial Music Library?
TikTok’s Business Help Center says the library has 1 million songs, in articles updated in July 2025 and July 2026. TikTok’s blog post on the library says it offers more than 600,000 tracks. All of them were read on November 13, 2026.
Where do I find Commercial Sounds on TikTok?
With a Business Account, tap Add Sound on a new video and you see only Commercial Sounds. With a personal account, tap the Sounds button and select Commercial Sounds from the dropdown. TikTok also has a web version in Creative Center.
What happens if a business post uses a song from outside the library?
TikTok says you have to agree to its Music Usage Confirmation when the content disclosure setting is turned on. A note on that confirmation adds that if you post anyway, the post might be taken down. TikTok also removes sounds that violate copyright restrictions or its Community Guidelines.
Does every Instagram business account have the licensed music library?
Instagram’s help says the licensed music library is intended for personal, non-commercial use. It adds that certain business accounts and certain types of posts do not have access to it. If your account does not have access, you may be able to use the Meta Sound Collection.
Can a business use the Meta Sound Collection in ads?
Instagram’s help says the content in the Sound Collection can be used for commercial purposes like ads. Its Ads Manager page says the music there currently consists of royalty-free audio from the Meta Sound Collection. It lists single image ads in Instagram Reels, Stories and Feed.
Sources
All read on November 13, 2026. From the TikTok Business Help Center: About the Commercial Music Library (last updated July 2025) and How to use the Commercial Music Library (last updated July 2026). From the TikTok for Business blog: Explore Royalty-Free Music in the Commercial Music Library. From TikTok Support: Commercial use of music on TikTok, Promoting a brand, product, or service and A sound was removed from my video. From TikTok’s legal pages: Music Usage Confirmation. From the Instagram Help Center: Access to the licensed music library on Instagram and Problems with audio on Instagram. Also from that help center: How to add music to ads using Ads Manager and About professional accounts on Instagram. From Meta: Meta Sound Collection and, from its Business Help Center, Use Sound Collection for reels on Facebook.