Find music and podcasts in YouTube Music

With YouTube Music, you can listen to music and podcasts that you love. Learn how to browse and find music and podcasts in the YouTube Music app.

How to use and navigate the YouTube Music app to customise your listening experience

Note: Users in selected countries/regions may encounter different product experiences.

Discover music and podcasts on the Home tab

When you sign in to YouTube Music with your Google Account, you can take a look at customised stations and recommendations based on your current mood, activity or listening history. You'll also see recommendations based on music and podcasts that you've listened to on YouTube.

To find new recommendations, go to the Home tab . To filter your suggestions, tap a category at the top of your Home screen.

Remove personalised recommendations from the Home tab

To remove recommended content:

1. Long press on the content that you want to remove.
2. Select 'Not interested' to remove the content from your recommendations.

You can undo the removal by tapping Undo on the notification at the bottom of the screen after removing a recommendation.

Removing content from YouTube Music does not impact your recommendations on YouTube.

Adjust channel recommendations

To remove recommended content from an artist or channel:

1. On certain pages, such as your Home screen, find content from a channel that you don't want recommended to you.
2. Long press on the content.
3. Select Don't recommend artist or Don't recommend channel .

You can undo the removal by tapping Undo on the notification at the bottom of the screen after removing a recommendation.

Removing content from YouTube Music does not impact your recommendations on YouTube.

Delete 'Not interested' feedback

Your 'Not interested', 'Don't recommend artist' and 'Don't recommend channel' feedback may be used to influence your recommendations. To delete feedback that you've submitted:

1. Tap your profile photo .
2. Tap Settings Privacy and data Manage my feedback.
3. Tap the next to your feedback to delete it.

Explore new music and podcasts

The Explore tab lets you find new music and podcasts to expand your library. View popular releases, genres, playlists, podcasts, episodes and more in your country/region or browse by category.

Build your library

The Library tab displays your saved songs, playlists, albums and podcasts. YouTube Music Premium members can also view recently played songs, playlists and downloaded content.

Search for music and podcasts

The search bar helps you discover new music and podcasts that match your interests. Use the categories at the top of the page to filter your results.

You can also use Sound Search. Sound Search uses your microphone to identify songs and find matches on YouTube Music.

Build your YouTube Music library with Sound Search

To start a Sound Search:

1. Make sure that your microphone is enabled.
2. Sign in to the YouTube Music app .
3. Tap in the upper-right corner.
4. Tap .
5. Play, sing or hum a song.

If a match is found, you can play or save the song to your library. If there isn't a match, tap to try again.

Stay connected with your favourite artists

Use the Activity Feed in the top-right of the home page to find new releases from artists you follow, friend-curated playlists and more. You can also view comments and likes on videos or interact with your subscribers.

Browse artist or channel pages

Take a look at artist and channel pages to find creator-specific details like subscriber count, top songs and new releases. You can also find music and podcasts to add to your Library or download content for offline listening.