TikTok & YouTube Shorts Loudness

TikTok, Reels, Shorts normalize to -14 LUFS. Heavy compression, bass cut on phones.

Platform penalties from your screenshot

SoundBoost table: Original 0.0 dB Spotify +0.0 YouTube +0.0 AppleMusic -2.0 Tidal +0.0 Amazon +0.0 Pandora +0.0 Deezer -1.0 — matches lufs.org Spotify +0.0 Apple -2.0 YouTube 0.0 Tidal 0.0 Deezer 0.0 SoundCloud 0.0 Amazon 0.0 Bandcamp -3.0.

Device preview

Car, iPhone, MacBook, Headphones, TV, Home Theater, Bluetooth Speaker, Studio Monitors, Gaming Headset, Tablet with Simulation Intensity 100% Mono toggle — car cuts bass, iPhone mono, Bluetooth codec loss.