Spotify streaming royalties

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Hi TWiT hive brain,

Does anyone have an idea of how much Spotify pays out per listen?

Thanks.

2

For music? I guess that depends on the deal between record label and Spotify, but pretty sure it is fractions of a cent per listen. If you mean podcasts, I don’t think they pay anything as podcasts are freely available.

3

Oh yeah, the question was for music (keeping forgetting they do podcasts as well now). Thanks for the reply.

4

I think I have read that the artist themselves makes a penny or less per listen. But how much gets paid to the record company, I don’t know…

5

I suppose Spotify themselves are unlikely to give an average figure?

6

The thing you’re asking about, in North America anyway, is the Music Modernization Act.

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