Streaming Services Royalties Calculator

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Choose whether you know your stream count and want to see royalties, or you have an income goal and want to know how many streams you need.
Select the platform you are distributing on. Each pays a different average per-stream rate.
Total streams on that platform in the period you want to calculate.
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Your distribution arrangement determines how much of the gross streaming royalty you actually receive. Flat-fee distributors let you keep 100% per stream; commission-based distributors and labels take a percentage.
If you co-wrote or co-own the master with others, enter only your percentage share. For a sole artist set this to 100.
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$360.00

Total payout from the platform before any distributor or label cut

Your net payout$360.00
Distributor / label cut$0.00
Per-stream rate0.0036USD/stream
Annual net payout$4,320.00
Gross royalty$360.00
Your net payout$360.00
Distributor cut$0.00

Estimated net royalty: $360.00 from Spotify.

  • Spotify pays an average of $0.0036 per stream, so 100,000 streams generate a gross royalty of $360.00.
  • If streams stay consistent, that projects to $4320.00 per year in net royalties.
  • Actual payouts vary month to month based on subscriber count, listener geography, ad revenue, and the platform revenue pool.

Next stepCompare earnings across multiple platforms to find where your audience delivers the best payout, and consider pitching your music to platform editorial playlists to grow streams organically.

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