How to Add Your Own Sound to TikTok

To add your own sound to TikTok, record or upload a video that contains the audio you made, keep the original sound switched on, and post it; TikTok saves that audio as an “original sound” under your name that you and others can reuse. To speak over a video, tap Voiceover in the editor. After posting, you can rename the sound once.

An original sound is any audio that comes from your own video rather than TikTok’s music library. This guide covers recording one, voiceovers, naming it, and what you’re allowed to upload. Finding sounds others are using is covered in how to find trending sounds on TikTok. This guide is one of the trend tasks in how to find trends on TikTok.

How Do You Make an Original Sound on TikTok?

You make an original sound by posting a video whose audio is yours: TikTok turns the video’s soundtrack into a reusable sound automatically. Listed below are the 4 steps.

1. Tap + to record, or upload a video from your phone that contains your audio.
2. Skip Add sound, or keep Original sound switched on if you add music on top.
3. Edit and tap Next.
4. Post the video.

The sound appears as “original sound” followed by your username, and anyone can tap it to use it in their own videos.

How Do You Add a Voiceover to a TikTok?

To add a voiceover, open the editor after recording, tap Voiceover, and record over the video. Keep Keep original sound ticked to mix your voice with the video’s audio, or untick it to replace the audio with your voice. Tap Save when you’re done.

How Do You Rename Your Original Sound?

To rename your sound, open the video you made it with, tap the spinning record at the bottom right, and tap the pencil icon next to the sound’s name. TikTok lets you change the title only once, so pick a clear, searchable name. A descriptive name makes the sound easier for others to find in search.

How Do You Upload Music You Made?

TikTok has no button to upload an audio file directly; put your track under a video, for example a still image or a simple clip, in any video editor, and post that video with the original sound on. For distribution of your music on TikTok’s library, as opposed to an original sound, musicians use a music distributor that delivers to TikTok.

What Sounds Are You Allowed to Upload?

Upload only audio you own or have the rights to, such as your voice, your own music or licensed tracks. Uploading someone else’s song as an original sound can be muted or removed for copyright. Business accounts are limited to TikTok’s Commercial Music Library for licensed music, so original sounds are their main way to use custom audio.

How Do You See Who Used Your Sound?

Tap your sound’s name or the spinning record on your video to open its sound page, which lists every public video using it. Tracking how fast a sound spreads across many videos is covered in how to scrape TikTok sounds and music data, where apidojo’s TikTok Scraper collects the videos behind a sound’s music URL at $0.30 per 1,000 posts (Apify).