Streaming platforms like Spotify, Youtube, Amazon, and Apple offer a wide variety of songs for users and this has become a new way for artists to earn money. Creators can generate income through the playback of their songs, but how much money is made per playback on these platforms?
Spotify is one of the most popular streaming services, and artists are paid between $0.0058 and $0.0084 per stream. This means that to earn $1, an artist needs approximately 115 to 170 plays.
For its part, YouTube also offers a large amount of content and artists receive income per reproduction. Payments depend on the ads shown, but artists are estimated to receive between $0.001 and $0.0012 per stream. This means that to earn 1 dollar you need between 833 and 1000 reproductions.
Amazon also offers a music streaming service and artists are paid between $0.0009 and $0.0011 per stream. This means that to earn 1 dollar you need between 1,000 and 1,110 views.
Finally, Apple Music also offers a streaming service and artists receive between $0.0064 and $0.0073 per stream. This means that to earn 1 dollar you need between 155 and 137 views.
In short, artists can earn money by having their songs played on streaming platforms like Spotify, Youtube, Amazon, and Apple. However, the amount that is received per reproduction depends on the platform that is used. Therefore, it is important that artists consider these details before deciding on which platform to publish their songs.
Pay-per-play on online music platforms varies widely. Spotify, for example, pays artists between $0.006 and $0.0084 per stream. YouTube pays approximately $0.0007 per view. Amazon Music and Apple Music also pay artists for streams, but exactly how much they pay hasn’t been disclosed. It’s important to note that these figures can vary depending on various factors, such as each artist’s individual license agreement or the country in which the songs are being played.
The Digital Music News portal has compiled the economic data and the money that each platform gives artists per reproduction. Spotify and YouTube, being the two queens of the roost, aren’t exactly the best behaved ones. The most generous with its artists is Tidal, which gives out $0.01284 per stream. It is followed by Apple with an average of 0.01 dollars and Amazon, with 0.00402. We go down quite a bit until we get to Spotify, which pays between 0.003 and 0.005 per listen. The last of the list is the king Youtube, which only gives 0.00069 dollars per reproduction. In other words, only artists with millions of followers can count on these two platforms as a source of true economic revenue, especially if the rights are distributed among several authors, and the representation and record companies also take their percentage.
For example, if we go to the premiere of Music Session 53, the most successful release in the history of music in Spanish, the truth is that it’s not that bad either. Those 50 million views on YouTube are only equivalent to 34,500 euros. Meanwhile, the 17 million on Spotify represent about 68,000. Taking into account that this money is divided, at least, between both artists, the truth is that we are far from talking about millionaire figures. Cristiano Ronaldo’s new contract in Qatar earns him 23,000 euros every hour of the day. Distant comparison, but to give us an idea of how far the economic league is from one star to another.
Although it does not seem very fair to artists, we are talking about two platforms that, despite a premium payment offer, show almost their entire catalog for free, with economic revenue through advertising. It is clear that the users willing to pay for a listen or playback represent a very small percentage of them. Perhaps they are that small number that continues to buy records and front row tickets to their concerts. Those, the true fans, are still the true economic support of the artists. Sorry Treasury, it’s not such a big deal.
How much money is earned per playback on Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, Apple…?
The Digital Music News portal has compiled the economic data and the money that each platform gives artists per reproduction. Spotify and YouTube, being the two queens of the roost, aren’t exactly the best behaved ones. The most generous with its artists is Tidal, which gives out $0.01284 per stream. It is followed by Apple with an average of 0.01 dollars and Amazon, with 0.00402. We go down quite a bit until we get to Spotify, which pays between 0.003 and 0.005 per listen. The last of the list is the king Youtube, which only gives 0.00069 dollars per reproduction. In other words, only artists with millions of followers can count on these two platforms as a source of true economic revenue, especially if the rights are distributed among several authors, and the representation and record companies also take their percentage.
For example, if we go to the premiere of Music Session 53, the most successful release in the history of music in Spanish, the truth is that it’s not that bad either. Those 50 million views on YouTube are only equivalent to 34,500 euros. Meanwhile, the 17 million on Spotify represent about 68,000. Taking into account that this money is divided, at least, between both artists, the truth is that we are far from talking about millionaire figures. Cristiano Ronaldo’s new contract in Qatar earns him 23,000 euros every hour of the day. Distant comparison, but to give us an idea of how far the economic league is from one star to another.
Although it does not seem very fair to artists, we are talking about two platforms that, despite a premium payment offer, show almost their entire catalog for free, with economic revenue through advertising. It is clear that the users willing to pay for a listen or playback represent a very small percentage of them. Perhaps they are that small number that continues to buy records and front row tickets to their concerts. Those, the true fans, are still the true economic support of the artists. Sorry Treasury, it’s not such a big deal.
