Spotify pays $400 a month for 100,000 streams[0]. And that may be split between the artist and a publisher if the artist went through one (probably not if they'

Spotify pays $400 a month for 100,000 streams[0]. And that may be split between the artist and a publisher if the artist went through one (probably not if they're small). So an artist has to be extremely popular to get any real money from streaming. The way smaller artists make money is through live gigs (nothing wrong with that). [0] https://soundcamps.com/spotify-royalties-calculator/ https://soundcamps.com/spotify-royalties-calculator/