This is well known. They pay out based on percentage of total plays rather than percentage of a given user's plays. If a band has exactly one fan total who onl

This is well known. They pay out based on percentage of total plays rather than percentage of a given user's plays. If a band has exactly one fan total who only listens to them instead of getting whatever is left of that person's fees after the platform cut the band will get almost nothing, despite commanding 100% of one person's attention. There is some advocacy around this that explains it better: http://subscribershare.com/ http://subscribershare.com/