"My video used a trending song and got muted/throttled. Why?"

"My video used a trending song and got muted/throttled. Why?"

Short answer: you used a song that's trending on the consumer app but not cleared for business or pro accounts.

Here's why. Platforms split their audio libraries. The viral chart track might be fully licensed for personal accounts but restricted for anything flagged as commercial or for business profiles, so it gets muted, region-blocked, or quietly suppressed. The fix: for any monetizing or business account, pull trending sounds from the commercial/library tab, not the consumer chart. If you must use a hot track, check the clearance badge first. A muted video isn't just silent, the algorithm treats audio-stripped trend content as broken and stops pushing it.