Terms of use

Last updated: 8 October 2026. By using UseSounds you accept these terms. If you do not, please do not use the site.

What UseSounds is

UseSounds is a free library of short sound clips shared as internet memes. Listening is free and unlimited. Most clips come from internet culture — films, shows, games, songs and videos — and belong to their respective rights holders. UseSounds does not own them and does not license them: they are shared for meme, commentary and personal use, and removed on request (see the takedown page).

Your use of the sounds

You are responsible for how you use a clip. Personal use, memes and commentary are common practice; commercial use (advertising, products, monetised productions) may require permission from the rights holder, which UseSounds cannot give. The origin shown on each page is our best information, not a legal guarantee.

Uploads

When you upload a sound, you confirm you have the right to share it, and you allow UseSounds to host, play and distribute it on the site. We may edit its title and tags, or remove it at any time.

Acceptable use

Do not use the site to break the law, to scrape or overload it, to get around its limits, or to upload anything hateful, sexual, or that exposes a private person.

Advertising and partner links

The site is funded by advertising and partner links, which are always labelled (see the affiliate disclosure). Offers from partners are governed by their own terms.

UseSounds Plus

UseSounds Plus is an optional subscription ($4.99 a month or $29 a year) that removes ads and sponsored blocks, lifts the daily download limit (1 download a day on the free plan) and removes the mark from video-maker exports. It does not sell, license or unlock any sound: every sound stays free to play for everyone, and the rules above about the clips apply to members too.

The 24h Pass ($0.99, sold until 2 October 2026) is a one-time payment for 24 hours of the same benefits, starting when the payment is confirmed. It does not renew. Because it starts immediately at your request, it is not refundable once started, except where the law says otherwise.

30 days paid once ($4.99) gives the same benefits for 30 days from the moment the payment is confirmed. It is not a subscription: it does not renew and nothing more is charged. If you live in the EU or UK, you can withdraw within 14 days and be refunded, as for the subscription.

One year paid in USDC (29 USDC on the Solana network, how to pay) gives the same benefits for 365 days from the moment the payment is confirmed on the network. It does not renew. Send the exact amount shown, in USDC, on Solana: a payment in another token or on another network cannot be matched to your order and may be lost. If a payment arrives but cannot be matched (for example a different amount), write to us with the transaction link and we switch Plus on by hand or send it back. If you live in the EU or UK, you can withdraw within 14 days and be refunded in USDC to the address that paid.

The subscription renews automatically at the end of each period until you cancel it. You can cancel at any time from your account page (“Cancel subscription”); you keep Plus until the end of the period already paid, and no further payment is taken. Payments are processed by Stripe. If you live in the EU or UK, you have 14 days after subscribing to withdraw and be refunded — write to contact@usesounds.com. Prices may change; a change never applies to a period you have already paid for and is announced by e-mail before your next renewal. Members who subscribed before 8 October 2026 keep the price they subscribed at for as long as their subscription stays active.

Sponsored sounds

Artists, labels and brands can buy a sponsored slot for a sound on the promote page. By ordering you confirm that you own or control the rights to the sound, and you allow UseSounds to host it, to let anyone play and download it for free, and to let people use it in their videos — during the campaign and afterwards, unless you ask us to remove it. The slot starts once we have reviewed the sound (within 48 hours of payment) and runs for the days bought. It is always labelled “Sponsored” and never changes rankings or the Trending list. We may refuse any sound (hateful, sexual, misleading, or not yours); a refused or unstarted order is refunded in full. Once a slot has started it is not refundable, except where the law says otherwise.

No warranty

The site is provided as is, without any guarantee of availability or accuracy. To the extent the law allows, UseSounds is not liable for any damage resulting from its use.

Changes and contact

These terms may change; the date at the top says when they last did. Questions: contact@usesounds.com.