Spotify paid out $10 billion to the music industry for 2024

28 January 2025
The streaming service says that there are now "well over 10,000 artists" that make at least $100,000 per year from Spotify alone.

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notafanboy, 28 Jan 2025Smaller artists need to work harder.Don't buy our music if you don't like it. Great artists don't use Spotify

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    Anonymous, 29 Jan 2025Or just store music locally :) just like the (not so) old daysi do store music locally and play them for doomsday scenarios which can happen anytime.

      Music artists are overpaid anyway that's why I pirate.

        notafanboy, 28 Jan 2025Smaller artists need to work harder.YOU need to think harder

          notafanboy, 28 Jan 2025Smaller artists need to work harder.Maybe *you* should try being a small artist yourself. Piss poor take.

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            • 29 Jan 2025

            Stu, 29 Jan 2025Yeah let's create DeMu (Decentralised Music).Or just store music locally :) just like the (not so) old days

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              • 29 Jan 2025

              Moki, 29 Jan 2025Spotify in Q1 made 3.5 bil , Q2 3.8 bil , Q3 4 bil and Q4 a... moreYeah let's create DeMu (Decentralised Music).

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                • 29 Jan 2025

                Spotify in Q1 made 3.5 bil , Q2 3.8 bil , Q3 4 bil and Q4 around 4.2 bil
                Total: 15.5 bil
                10 bil goes to artists
                5.5 bil goes to the industry itself.
                That is outrageous. That means they can literally buy another music service worth 5 bil and still have 500 million to pay it's workers, managers, bosses, advertisements etc.
                Who gets those 5 bil ? Nobody knows *wink wink* (totally not the owners pockets and investors)

                  notafanboy, 28 Jan 2025Smaller artists need to work harder.It’s funny how your username is notafanboy when you defend shitty corporations for paying artists poverty wages

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                    • 29 Jan 2025

                    uhm TECHNICALLY the users paid 10 billion clams

                      gingermark, 28 Jan 2025Sadly they royally screw over smaller artists. Smaller artists need to work harder.

                        Sadly they royally screw over smaller artists.

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