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Numbers, models and honest answers about the music economy.
Spotify's 1,000 Stream Rule: Why Your Small Tracks Earn Nothing
Since April 2024, Spotify tracks with fewer than 1,000 streams a year earn no royalties. Here is how the rule works, where the money goes, and the 2026 lawsuit challenging it.
Streaming Royalty Calculator UK: What Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music Pay
Work out what your streams earn in pounds. Per stream rates for Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music, a worked table, and the sum to do yourself.
How Much Does Apple Music Pay Per Stream in the UK?
Apple Music pays more per stream than Spotify, but it does not publish a rate. The best estimate in pounds, how it compares, and why per stream is the wrong number to watch.
PRS vs PPL: How to Register Your Songs and Collect Every UK Royalty
PRS pays the songwriter and PPL pays the recording. Who joins which, what each one collects in the UK, and the checklist to make sure you are not leaving money behind.
Split Sheet Template: A Free Music Split Sheet You Can Copy
A plain split sheet you can copy today. What to put on it, who signs, and the mistakes that hold up your royalties.
Can You Buy Spotify Streams? Why Play Counts Are the Easiest Thing in Music to Fake
Streams are for sale, bot farms run on them, and Spotify now fines tracks that get caught. Here is what buying plays really costs you, and why RAAYDR shows no public play counts at all.
AI Music Is Over Half of New Uploads. What That Does to Your Royalties
Deezer now receives around 90,000 fully AI-generated tracks a day, more than half of all new uploads. Here is how that reaches your royalty statement, and how much of it depends on the way you get paid.
Where Your £9.99 Actually Goes on RAAYDR
A full breakdown of a £9.99 RAAYDR subscription: what comes off the top for VAT, publishing and card fees, and how the rest splits between artists, tastemakers and the platform.
How Much Does Spotify Actually Pay Per Stream? (2026, With Real Numbers)
Spotify pays artists roughly £0.003 per stream. We prove it with a real distributor dashboard: $24.6K earned from 6.92 million streams.
How Many Streams Do You Need to Earn £1,000 a Month From Music?
At Spotify's roughly £0.003 per stream you need about 333,000 streams a month to earn £1,000. Here is the working, and a different way to get there.
What Are the Best Spotify Alternatives for Independent Artists in 2026?
Bandcamp for direct sales, SoundCloud for fan-powered royalties, Apple Music for a higher per-stream rate, RAAYDR for listening-share income.
What Is Attention-Based Streaming Payment? User-Centric Royalties Explained
Attention-based payment divides each listener's subscription among the artists they actually played, in proportion to listening time. Explained.
How Do Music Producers and Songwriters Get Paid? (And How to Know If You're Owed Money)
Producers and songwriters are paid through upfront fees, royalty splits and publishing royalties. Here is where the money leaks, and how to claim it.
What Is RAAYDR? The Attention-Based Music Streaming Platform, Explained
RAAYDR is a music streaming platform where subscriber money flows to artists by each listener's actual listening share, not a global per-stream pool.