The New York Times seems to claim a 70/30 split [1]. However the devil is in the detail as there are plenty of claims from artists of hundreds of thousands of p

The New York Times seems to claim a 70/30 split [1]. However the devil is in the detail as there are plenty of claims from artists of hundreds of thousands of plays resulting in a few dollars being earned. It may be that the split is correct, but that high profile artists are getting a higher rate per stream? Others claim Spotify is great for being discovered [2] and that this is where its value lies for them (as artists). [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/technology/streaming-music-economics.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/technology/streaming-musi... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/13v4i4k/spotify_pays_me_24k_usdmonth_as_an_artist_and_i/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/13v4i4k/spotify_pa...