calculations

909 billion streams per year $0.0021 per for compositions $0.0023 per for recordings

Spotify has over $12 billion in revenue, 574 million monthly active users with an average of 132 streams per user…

in the U.S. the CRB sets rates for composition and recording royalties in 2023 streaming platforms must pay 15.1% of their revenue for compositions and average $0.0023 per stream for recordings

a gold record used to require 500,000 album sales and would earn $8,500,000

now a gold record requires 750,000,000 streams and earns $3,300,000

recording royalty rates

10,000 streams……..$     21 to $     26

50,000 streams……..$   105 to $   130

100,000 streams……$   210 to $   260

250,000 streams……$   525 to $   650

500,000 streams……$1,050 to $1,300

1,000,000 streams….$2,100 to $2,600

composition royalty rates

10,000 streams………………..$     22

50,000 streams………………..$   111

100,000 streams………………$   222

250,000 streams………………$   554

500,000 streams………………$1,108

1,000,000 streams…………….$2,215

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