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Move your playlists from Pandora to YouTube Music without rebuilding anything by hand. Connect both accounts, pick what to move, and FreeYourMusic recreates it on YouTube Music with the same names and song order.
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Why move from Pandora to YouTube Music?
FreeYourMusic moves your playlists from Pandora to YouTube Music. It matches the songs one by one and lists anything that is not on YouTube Music, so you can fix it before you switch.
Supported transfers
Playlists (with original names + order)
Review missing tracks
Catalogs differ. Review the transfer results for tracks that could not be matched on the destination service.
How to transfer playlists from Pandora to YouTube Music
Four steps. The same on iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows and Linux.
Quick answer
To transfer Pandora to YouTube Music, install FreeYourMusic, select Pandora as the source and YouTube Music as the destination, choose the playlists you want, and start the transfer. The app finds each song on YouTube Music and lists any track it could not match.
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Connect Pandora as the source
Open FreeYourMusic, tap the Pandora tile on the "Select source" screen and sign in on the Pandora sign-in page. FreeYourMusic does not store your Pandora password.
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Choose YouTube Music as the destination
On the "Select destination" screen, tap YouTube Music and sign in. FreeYourMusic needs access to your YouTube Music library to create the playlists there.
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Select what to move
Tick the playlists you want on YouTube Music. Use the filters and the search field to find them, or select everything to move your whole Pandora library at once.
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Start the transfer and check the results
Tap "Begin transfer". FreeYourMusic matches every song on YouTube Music, keeps the playlist names and the song order, and shows a confidence score for each match. Use Rematch to fix any song it could not find.
Good to know before you move Pandora to YouTube Music
Pandora as the source
You need Pandora Premium to see your Pandora playlists. FreeYourMusic moves Pandora playlists only, not likes, albums or artists.
Read the Pandora guide →YouTube Music as the destination
Before the first transfer, your Google account needs a YouTube channel and one playlist that you create yourself on music.youtube.com.
Read the YouTube Music guide →What transfers from Pandora to YouTube Music
On every device
Move, convert or import: one transfer from Pandora to YouTube Music
Whatever you call it, it is the same job. You can move your Pandora playlists to YouTube Music, convert a Pandora playlist into a YouTube Music playlist, or import your Pandora library into YouTube Music. FreeYourMusic does all three in one transfer, for one playlist or for a library of thousands of songs.
Keep Pandora and YouTube Music in sync
Still adding songs on Pandora? With Premium, Auto-Sync checks your transferred playlists and adds new songs to YouTube Music automatically, so both libraries stay the same. Pricing →
Move Pandora to another service
Transfer to YouTube Music from another service
Moving from Pandora to YouTube Music, explained
Pandora is a radio-first, US-only service, so moving to YouTube Music adds full on-demand control, a free tier available worldwide and a vast catalogue reaching into live cuts, remixes and uploads. FreeYourMusic reads your Pandora library through Pandora’s official sign-in and recreates the playlists you made inside YouTube Music.
This guide explains what transfers, what cannot, how songs are matched, how long it takes, and how the two services really differ. If you just want to begin, install FreeYourMusic, connect both accounts and pick what to move — the detail is below.
What transfers to YouTube Music, and what does not
FreeYourMusic brings across the playlists you built on a Premium plan and recreates them as YouTube Music playlists. Thumbed-up songs, collected songs and followed artists stay behind. Counts are shown before you commit.
What cannot follow is the radio itself. A Pandora station is a living, genome-shaped stream, not a fixed list, so it does not transfer as a playlist. Your playlists are the starting point to rebuild similar listening on YouTube Music.
How FreeYourMusic matches your tracks
Each Pandora track is matched to the same recording in YouTube Music, preferring the ISRC code assigned to every recording and falling back to title, artist, album and duration otherwise. That precision keeps a large library from filling up with the wrong versions.
YouTube Music holds many versions of a song, so FreeYourMusic aims for the closest official match and flags anything uncertain for one-tap Rematch, letting you pick exactly the version you meant.
How long does a Pandora to YouTube Music transfer take?
Most transfers finish in minutes. With both accounts connected, around 1,000 tracks usually completes in under ten minutes. Larger libraries take longer, but the transfer runs on its own — start it and walk away.
FreeYourMusic runs natively on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and Linux, so the move is not tied to one machine. Start it on your laptop and follow progress on your phone; it is the same account and the same transfer.
Pandora vs YouTube Music: what actually changes
This is a shift from radio to on-demand, with a big jump in catalogue reach. Pandora is about seeding stations and thumbing tracks, US-only. YouTube Music gives you full on-demand control, a free tier available worldwide, personal uploads and a catalogue reaching into live and rare material.
Moving to YouTube Music hands you exact control and enormous breadth, with ties to YouTube and Google for discovery. What you leave behind is Pandora’s effortless, genome-tuned radio.
Do you need to keep Pandora while you transfer?
Yes — keep Pandora active until the transfer is finished and checked. FreeYourMusic reads your Pandora library while copying it into YouTube Music, and keeping both live means you never lose access mid-move.
Pandora has a free ad-supported tier in the US, and YouTube Music has a free tier available widely, with Premium adding background and offline play. Both connect through their own official sign-in, and your password is never shared with FreeYourMusic.
Tips for a clean migration
Before you move, gather the songs you care about into Pandora playlists, since playlists are what carries across. Tidy them so they reflect your current taste.
When the transfer finishes, resolve the Rematch list, build playlists from your imported songs, and use YouTube Music’s radio and personal-uploads features to round out the library. Download your favourites on Premium for offline listening.
Keeping Pandora and YouTube Music in sync afterwards
A one-time move is not your only option. If you keep Pandora for radio and YouTube Music for on-demand, FreeYourMusic’s Auto-Sync mirrors the libraries on a schedule so a song you add to a Pandora playlist appears on YouTube Music without effort.
And the transfer runs the other way too, from YouTube Music back to Pandora, if you want your playlists seeding new stations. Your collection stays portable. Download FreeYourMusic, connect Pandora and YouTube Music, and see how much comes across — the free tier lets you try first.
Frequently asked questions
How do I transfer my Pandora playlist to YouTube Music?
To transfer Pandora to YouTube Music, install FreeYourMusic, select Pandora as the source and YouTube Music as the destination, choose the playlists you want, and start the transfer. The app finds each song on YouTube Music and lists any track it could not match.
What exactly transfers from Pandora to YouTube Music?
FreeYourMusic moves your playlists from Pandora to YouTube Music. It matches the songs one by one and lists anything that is not on YouTube Music, so you can fix it before you switch.
Can I transfer Pandora playlists to YouTube Music for free?
Yes — the free tier moves 300 songs with no card required, and you get 300 more after a free email sign-up. Upgrade for unlimited transfers, Auto-Sync and Cloud Backup.
What happens to songs that are not on YouTube Music?
Catalogs differ between services and regions. FreeYourMusic lists every song it could not match on YouTube Music, so you can pick another version with Rematch or skip it. Nothing is dropped without you seeing it.
Will my Pandora playlists be deleted?
No. FreeYourMusic copies your music to YouTube Music and leaves your Pandora library as it is. You decide later whether to keep or cancel your Pandora account.
How long does a Pandora to YouTube Music transfer take?
Most playlists move in a few minutes. Large libraries take longer, because the time depends on the number of songs and on the limits of Pandora and YouTube Music. You can keep using your device while the transfer runs.
Can I transfer Pandora to YouTube Music on my phone?
Yes. FreeYourMusic runs on iPhone, iPad and Android, and on Mac, Windows and Linux computers. The steps are the same on every device.
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