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In the digital age of music, understanding your potential earnings has never been more crucial. Enter the Spotify Royalties Calculator. But what exactly is it?
Simply put, a Spotify royalty calculator, often referred to as a Spotify earnings calculator, is an invaluable tool designed to give artists an estimate of how much their streams will earn them in royalties.
The beauty of the Spotify royalties calculator is its simplicity. By inputting specific data, such as stream count and location, it provides an approximation of earnings.
We even have a feature on our site that lets you input an Artist Profile URL to get an accurate estimate of their earnings based on what countries they're most popular in.
Streaming royalties (and subsequently, royalty calculators) are calculated based on a few major factors such as:
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The type of music streaming platform – There are two types of music streaming platforms, and these are on-demand and non-interactive. On-demand is the way you're likely used to listening to music. Think Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, etc. On the other hand, non-interactive platforms are like radio channels or podcasts where the music being played is up to the host and not the listener.
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The music streaming platform – Every music streaming platform calculates royalties a little differently, thus needing different payout calculators. How much you get paid per stream can depend on any number of factors, such as how popular you are, whether the fans listening to your songs are paid subscribers or not, or what countries you streams come from. So, keep in mind that the royalty calculator of a platform, including the Spotify royalties calculator, may calculate a different total than another music streaming platform. Ours is specialized for Spotify.
On Spotify, each royalties are pooled by country, so you get paid differently depending on which countries your listeners are streaming from. In countries where the cost of Spotify Premium is high (like the US and Canada), you earn more, and in countries where it's low (like India and the Philippines), you earn less.
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How much of the song was streamed – The last major factor when figuring out your total streaming revenue calculator is how long listeners listened to your song. On Spotify specifically, a "stream" is if a listener listens for 30 seconds or more. Whether they listen for the entire song or just 30 seconds, your royalties are the same.
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As mentioned, each platform pays differently and has different factors that come into play to determine your stream’s total payout.
As for how much Spotify pays per stream, they pay roughly $0.00238 per stream. This is based on the Worldwide Average (all the countries added up, divided by number of countries). So, 1000 streams would be around $2.38, and 100,000 streams would be $238, and 1,000,000 streams would be $2380.
The actual amount Spotify pays per stream will change based on where your streams are coming from.
To earn a living wage in today's economy you'll likely need to get over 1,000,000 streams per month, which equates to $2,380.
Streaming royalties are the payments that artists, songwriters, and other rights holders receive every time their song is played on popular music streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube.
These royalties, which can be estimated using a royalties calculator or an earnings calculator, are crucial, often making up a significant portion of an artist's or songwriter's income.
When a song is created, the songwriter owns the copyright. This song can be performed by the songwriter or another artist. Regardless of who performs it, the songwriter retains the publishing rights.
In contrast, the performer or band that records the song holds the master rights. If our songwriter or artist partners with a publisher or record label, these entities also become rights holders.
Once the song is available on platforms, for example, Spotify, fans can listen on-demand. For every listen, the rights holders receive royalties. To get a clearer picture of potential earnings, artists often turn to a Spotify royalty calculator.
Songwriters receive their royalties through organizations like Performance Rights Organizations (PRO) and Mechanical Rights Organizations (MRO). On the flip side, the recording artist typically receives their earnings through their record label or a distribution agency, which is what our earnings calculator aims to estimate for you.
In essence, every time you enjoy a track on Spotify or another service, you're directly contributing to the livelihood of the talented individuals behind the music.