
So, based on these stats, how much does Spotify pay for 1 million streams? About $3,300 to $3,500. But for most artists, this per-stream rate can vary between $.003 and $.005. What Streaming Pays Under the Market Share Payment SystemĪlthough you, the artist, don’t technically get paid an exact amount per stream, we’re able to see what the average per-stream rate is based on the data.Īccording to a dataset of over 1.5 billion annual streams and more than 350 albums, Spotify’s per-stream rate averages $.00348 (about one-third of a penny per stream).
A fan listened to your track, so you should get paid directly for that stream, right? I thought that at first, but things get a little more complicated when you compare the payouts of a MSPS verse the projected payouts of a UCPS.
