Here’s some current streaming rates per service. Your rates might vary.
If you stream from…
- Spotify – between $0.0005 and $0.007
- Google Play – $0.0107
- YouTube Music – between $0.0013 and $0.0105
- Tidal – $0.0171
- Apple Music iTunes Match (US)
artists
Streaming’s Shortcomings
If everyone got their music from streaming? That’s a big problem.
Streaming…
- has no cross promotion with local events or the local economy.
- has no cross promotion with local unsigned bands.
- has no direct connection back to the artist.
- completely
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