Spotify: This is how much money musicians get per stream

On Spotify, musicians get paid per stream. But we often hear that the remuneration is so low that artists can’t make a living from it.

How much money musicians get per stream on Spotify

Each song played on Spotify earns musicians different amounts of money. These even differ depending on the country in which the user listens to Spotify. The royalties are far lower than you probably thought.

• In Germany, musicians on Spotify receive 3,398 euros per 1 million streams, as igroovemusic has determined. This equates to 0.0033 euros for one stream, 34 cents for 100 streams, and 3.39 euros for 1,000 streams.

• Artists in Iceland get the most money: they get 6,376.23 euros per 1 million streams. Switzerland and Finland follow directly behind. The USA is in the middle with 3,881.01 euros per million streams.

• Musicians in Iraq receive the least money. They receive just 175.08 euros in royalties from Spotify for 1 million clicks.

• For smaller bands that don’t get several million streams for their songs, the remuneration from Spotify is therefore not enough to live on. More than a small additional income is not possible here.

Earning opportunities on other music platforms

Spotify is known as the music platform with the most subscribers. However, when it comes to royalties for musicians, Spotify is by no means in first place. Here are some of the other platforms and the money they pay to their musicians :

• Napster is one of the first online music platforms and is one of the better paying providers in the industry. For 1 million streams, artists here get $19,000, according to qmx.de.

• With Apple Music, users of Apple products quickly become paying subscribers. This makes for a payout of $7,830 per 1 million streams after all.

• The online shop giant Amazon Music offers its musicians only slightly better conditions than Spotify: here there is $4,020 for 1 million clicks.