How Much Do Streams Pay? Royalty Charts
Estimated payouts for common stream counts on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, TIDAL, Deezer and YouTube videos, and how many streams it takes to reach a money goal. Every figure is a range from public 2025 and 2026 estimates, because no platform pays a fixed rate. For your own mix of platforms, use the free Streaming Royalty Calculator.
Estimated pay per stream
| Platform | Per stream | Per 1,000 streams |
|---|---|---|
| Spotify | $0.0022 to $0.005 | $2.20 to $5.00 |
| Apple Music | $0.007 to $0.010 | $7.00 to $10.00 |
| Amazon Music | $0.004 to $0.008 | $4.00 to $8.00 |
| YouTube Music | $0.0007 to $0.0071 | $0.70 to $7.10 |
| TIDAL | $0.0064 to $0.015 | $6.40 to $15.00 |
| Deezer | $0.0011 to $0.0064 | $1.10 to $6.40 |
| YouTube videos (monetized views) | $0.00087 to $0.00164 | $0.87 to $1.64 |
Estimates only. No platform publishes a fixed rate: what a stream pays varies by the listener's country, free or paid plan, the month and your distributor, label or publishing deal. Ranges come from public 2025 and 2026 estimates. This is not financial or legal advice.
How much do streams pay: under 10,000 streams
How much do streams pay: 10,000 to 999,999 streams
How much do streams pay: 1 million streams and up
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How many streams to make a money goal
The rule behind every page: payout is roughly streams times the per stream estimate, and streams needed is the goal divided by it. About 80% of what a stream pays goes to the recording and 20% to the song, as a rough guide.