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.