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How Much Does Spotify Pay Per Stream?

By Chris Huff

Thu May 1st, 2025 14:49:28

By Disc Makers' Author Chris Huff

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Spotify is often referred to as a “necessary evil.” Obviously, it’s the most-popular streaming service in the world. From that perspective, it’s clearly good to have your music on there; availability to listeners is always a good thing as an unknown/beginning artist. But most of us are all too familiar with Spotify’s predatory payment practices and the difficulty of actually making any real money, let alone getting enough people to stream your music to make enough to buy a cup of coffee. Some use that as a reason to ditch Spotify altogether, which is not an unreasonable point...

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