Which Streaming Platforms Payout the Most to Artists?
Karnchea Barchue • March 20, 2022
This Is What Music Streaming Services Pay Artists

All the numbers: Spotify; TikTok; YouTube; Apple Music and more.....
Summary of the outcomes:
- Amazon — $0.73 per buy
- Amazon Prime — $1.39 per 1000 streams
- Amazon Unlimited — $10.96 per 1000 streams
- Anghami — $0.79 per 1000 streams
- Apple Music — $6.77 per 1000 streams
- Deezer — $4.12 per 1000 streams
- Google Play — $0.73 per buy
- Google Play All Access — $2.22 per 1000 streams
- KKBox — $4 per 1000 streams
- Medianet — $1.48 per 1000 streams
- Medianet Downloads — $0.70 per download
- Napster — $7.88 per 1000 streams
- NetEase — $0.41 per 1000 streams
- Spotify — $2.29 per 1000 streams
- Tidal — $6.85 per 1000 streams
- TikTok — $0.97 per 1000x used
- YouTube — $3.24 per 1000 views
- YouTube Red — $9.90 per 1000 views
In conclusion, there is a lot of difference between the payouts of different music streaming services. Yet, every streaming service adds to the total size of the pie and so every cent adds up. Every time you publish a new song, you are adding an additional revenue stream to the entire pie. Over time it all adds up. Even the small bits.
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