Sound effects for YouTube videos

Once you choose a plan, you can use our sound effects everywhere you want! Just make sure you connect your Epidemic Sound subscription to your YouTube channel, then you don't need to worry about copyright claims.

As many as you want! There are no limits on the number of sound effects you can or can’t use per month. As long as you’re subscribed, you can use everything from our catalog to soundtrack the internet!

YouTube does not offer sound effects per se on its platform. This means that if you want to add sound effects to your videos, you will have to go through a third-party sound effects provider.

Epidemic Sound’s catalog has over 200,000 sound effects to choose from and you can try all of them for free with our free trial.

The more expert filmmakers use a wide variety of sound effects to complement their videos. If used well, in fact, sound effects can elevate your content and make it feel more authentic. The sound effects that get used the most, according to our catalog, are the sound effects for transitions.

Everyone uses transitions, regardless of the complexity of the video you are creating or your level as a filmmaker/editor. This makes transition sound effects super important for your videos and a staple for any YouTuber out there.

If you want to add sound effects to a video you’ll need an audio file and your favorite video editor. If you’re unsure which video editing software to choose, check out our article about the best video editing apps and software.

Epidemic Sound, for example, allows you to download your sound effects in MP3 so that you can easily import them into your video editor and immediately place them where they need to be!

You definitely can! There’s plenty of video editors that you can use on mobile and now you can even download sound effects through our app on both iOS and Android.

When it comes to video editors for mobile, we like iMovie for iOS and PowerDirector for Android.