Spotify Royalty Calculator

Enter your streams for a rough range of what they might earn on Spotify, and how the same number compares on other platforms. Spotify has no fixed per-stream rate, so every rate here is an example you can change. Results are estimates before any distributor and rights-holder splits, unless you enter your share.

Streams

Currency

Spotify low rate per stream ($)

Spotify high rate per stream ($)

Your share after splits (%)

Keep at 100 to see the estimate before splits.

Estimated Spotify earnings

$300.00 to $500.00

This is an estimate before distributor and rights-holder splits, not a Spotify figure. Real earnings can be higher or lower, because they depend on your share of streams in each market. This is an estimate after the share you entered, not a Spotify figure. Real earnings can be higher or lower, because they depend on your share of streams in each market.

This may earn nothing on one track

Spotify says a track needs at least 1,000 streams in the previous 12 months, and a minimum number of unique listeners, to count towards recorded music royalties. Read Spotify's policy

The same streams on other platforms

Change any rate to match your own statements.

Spotify

Uses your rates above

$300.00 to $500.00
Amazon Music

Duetti 2024 sample

Amazon Music rate per stream in US dollars $880.00
Apple Music

Duetti 2024 sample

Apple Music rate per stream in US dollars $620.00
YouTube

Duetti 2024 sample

YouTube rate per stream in US dollars $480.00
Tidal

Commonly quoted

Tidal rate per stream in US dollars $1,300.00
Deezer

Commonly quoted

Deezer rate per stream in US dollars $600.00
SoundCloud

Commonly quoted

SoundCloud rate per stream in US dollars $300.00
Pandora

Commonly quoted

Pandora rate per stream in US dollars $130.00

Rates are entered in US dollars per stream. A higher rate doesn't mean a platform would earn you more overall, because your streams on each one will differ. Results in GBP and EUR use the European Central Bank reference rates for 6 November 2026, and your payout will use a different rate.

Where the example rates come from

Spotify: the range is Delaynote's assumption. The low end matches the $3.00 per 1,000 streams in Duetti's 2024 report, and the high end allows for markets and catalogues that earn more.
Amazon Music, Apple Music and YouTube: from the same report, which is based on Duetti's own data for independent music. It notes that rates vary widely with an artist's revenue mix.
Tidal, Deezer, SoundCloud and Pandora: figures commonly quoted by other royalty calculators. We couldn't trace them to an original source, so treat them as rough.

How Spotify pays

No fixed rate: Spotify says no service pays a fixed amount per stream, and that money is shared out by streamshare, your share of total streams in each market.
Royalty pool: Spotify says about two-thirds of music revenue goes to rights holders.
Rights holders: Spotify says it pays rights holders, not artists directly, so your distributor or label pays you under your agreement with them.
Eligibility: a track needs at least 1,000 streams in the previous 12 months to count towards recorded music royalties.

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