U.S. Music Streaming Royalty Calculator
Calculating How Much Creators and Rights Holders Make in the United States
In a world where content is king—and in music, most of that content is streamed— recording artists, writers and other members of the value chain increasingly need access to vital financial information that is crucial to plan and build their careers.
Our Music Streaming Royalty Calculator below draws from our deep market experience and analysis into the data collected from direct source payors to provide accurate, up-to-date and easily accessible streaming revenue information.
We offer this information as a public service. Transparency of information is essential in a data driven world. If you want to do something about the information you see, our attorneys and consultants are ready to help you make a difference in your business ventures.
Music Streaming Royalty Calculator
Number of Streams
By entering below the royalty shares that you own or collect on a track you can estimate the royalty amounts that you will actually receive for any given number of plays after label and publisher/administrator shares have been deducted.
Label Royalties
Song Royalties
*after deduction of publisher/administrator share(s)
*Publishers may have direct deals with DSPs that materially alter calculations
and payouts.
**PRO fee deductions have not been included.
Here are the creators and/or rights holders entitled to payments, by color code.
Sound Recording Owners
Mechanicals
Performance
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*Starting with the March 2024 period, Spotify is reporting 98% of subscriptions as “bundles” where only 52% of subscription revenue is attributed to music for purposes of mechanical royalty payments. The amount that “stays with Spotify” reported above is an estimate based on a non-reduced service revenue figure (i.e. our estimate of Spotify service revenue prior to the 48% “bundling” reduction)
Rates are updated monthly and correspond to play-activity of three months prior (i.e. calculations in May reflect the rates applicable to January usage).
