---
title: Does DistroKid collect US mechanical royalties?
publisher: RapCanon
canonical: https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/distrokid-mech_us/
license: CC-BY-4.0
retrieved: 2026-08-13
---

> Only via a separate paid product. Not included in standard distribution. Covered only by the separate paid DistroKid Publishing product.

Royalty coverage

 
# Does DistroKid collect US mechanical royalties?

 
 
Paid add-on

 
Not included in standard distribution. Covered only by the separate paid DistroKid Publishing product.

 
 
What this stream is. The songwriting side of a US stream, paid under the statutory blanket licence administered by The MLC. Separate from the recording payment above, and paid to whoever registered the WORK.

 Worth knowing about DistroKid - "Keep 100%" describes the MASTER side only. The publishing side is a separate paid product, and Content ID income is shared.
- With no PRO affiliation, your songwriter performance share is collected by nobody — not by DistroKid, and not automatically by anyone else.
 
 
Read from DistroKid's own documentation on 2026-08-13. Check it yourself — and if it has changed, tell us.

 
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## How to cite this page

**APA**
RapCanon. (2026). Does DistroKid collect US mechanical royalties?. Retrieved from https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/distrokid-mech_us/

**BibTeX**
```bibtex
@misc{rapcanon-tools-royalty-coverage-distrokid-mech-us,
  title  = {Does DistroKid collect US mechanical royalties?},
  author = {{RapCanon}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/distrokid-mech_us/},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-08-13}
}
```

**Wikipedia**
```
{{cite web |title=Does DistroKid collect US mechanical royalties? |url=https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/distrokid-mech_us/ |publisher=RapCanon |access-date=2026-08-13}}
```

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