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r/YoutubeMusic on Reddit: YouTube Music pays more for artists than GPM, Apple Music and Spotify
August 5, 2020 -
I have seen many people thinking that Google changed its service from GPM to YTM because it can pay less for artists. But that's not true. Here is the source:- https://soundcharts.com/blog/music-streaming-rates-payouts
A line from the article:- Youtube is a multi-sided platform in terms of payout. There are at least three separate payouts under the brands’ umbrella: per YouTube Red/YouTube Music stream ($0.008), per video-stream on the official artist’s channels ($0.00164) and videos monetized through Content ID ($0.00087).
So YouTube Music pays $0.008 and next is Apple Music which pays $0.005 per stream. Anyhow Napster, Tidal and Amazon Music are best in terms of paying to artists.
Still it doesn't change the fact that YouTube Music app sucks in usability comparing to GPM.
Xposure Music
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How Much YouTube Pays Per Stream | Xposure Music
June 4, 2025 - The average payout for a stream on YouTube Music is around US $0.0071 per stream. Estimates show a broad range: from about US $0.0003 (at the 5th percentile) up to ~US $0.015 (95th percentile) depending on region, subscription tier, and user ...
How much does YouTube music pay artists
I wonder if the very obscure artists I listen to are surprised to get their small payment? More on reddit.com
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May 26, 2025YouTube Music streams from video views
A couple of things here. When you distribute on CD Baby, anybody that uses your song will automatically be attached to that song through YouTube music, and it will get registered for potential payment. However I'm not sure where you heard YouTube pays more than Spotify but it is the opposite. I've been with CD Baby for 20 years, and I really like them as a distributor. 👍👍 Below is a link to a payout per stream service list. https://virpp.com/hello/music-streaming-payouts-comparison-a-guide-for-musicians/ More on reddit.com
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November 2, 2023How well does YouTube music pay artists!?
No one here actually knows for sure More on reddit.com
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January 9, 2023how much does Youtube music pay us through DK? feel like i'm not getting paid much from these streams/views
Are the plays from premuim accounts or free because that makes a big difference More on reddit.com
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Indie Music Academy
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Spotify Royalty Calculator - Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, +
Amazon Music is a digital music streaming service that offers an ad-supported tier at no cost to music lovers. As of 2021, YouTube Music paid an average per-stream rate of between $0.0006 and $0.0084.
LabelGrid
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How Much Does YouTube Music Pay Per Stream in 2025? - LabelGrid
July 15, 2025 - YouTube Music royalty amounts vary a lot. A sample of 5,127 YouTube Music streams from March 2025 shows payouts ranging from roughly $0.0003 to $0.015 per qualified audio stream; the volume-weighted average is $0.0071.
BUZZMUSIC
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How Much Does YouTube Pay Artists in 2025? The Truth Behind the Stream
March 27, 2025 - But the big question still remains: How much does YouTube actually pay artists in 2025? Let’s break it down. As of this year, YouTube pays artists an average of $0.003 to $0.005 per stream.
Sugo Music Group
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YouTube Music Pay Per Stream: A Guide To Artist Payouts
February 17, 2025 - Still, various other factors affect your YouTube Music pay per stream. This includes whether the upload was independent, through a distributor, or under a record label. Therefore, YouTube Music’s payment structure is not one-size-fits-all. And you need to consider these factors to understand how much ...
Quora
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How much money does YouTube pay musicians? - Quora
Answer: YouTube doesn’t pay musicians. They pay content creators, and they don’t pay them very much. I refuse to click on clickbait titles, and I don’t follow channels that exist simply to post commercials in between the commercials that YouTube inserts into the middle of posts.
Royalty Exchange
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How Music Streaming Platforms Calculate Payouts Per Stream 2025 – Royalty Exchange
Streaming platforms vary widely in how much they pay artists and rights holders per stream. TIDAL offers the highest rate at $0.01284 per stream, while YouTube Music sits at the lower end, paying approximately $0.00069 per stream.
RouteNote
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How much music streaming services pay per stream in 2025 - RouteNote Blog
May 22, 2025 - For official content uploaded to YouTube, music earns on average between $0.005 and $0.007 depending on whether the listen comes from a visitor to the website or a paying YouTube Premium subscriber.
VIRPP
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Music Streaming Payouts Comparison: A Guide for Musicians — VIRPP
July 17, 2023 - YouTube pays artists $0.00164 per stream for their own channel’s streams and $0.002 per stream on YouTube Music. Artists earn a minimum of $0.00069 per stream for music played on other creator’s videos, under Content ID instances.
Talentir
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What Are YouTube Royalties and How Do They Work?
July 8, 2024 - On YouTube Music, you’ll get paid per stream. The average payout right now is $0.004 per stream, which means that you’ll make $
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Quora
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How much does YouTube music pay artists? - Quora
They do pay an extremely small amount to songwriters. It’s thousandths of a penny for a play, and it’s complicated, algorithmic and impossible to figure out. In order to be paid as a songwriter, you have to have an agreement with ASCAP, ...
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Do artists get paid when their songs are played on YouTube videos? - Quora
Answer: I believe they do when their channels are monetized. For the record, the Vevo channels that are on YouTube is often the official channel for that artist. Therefore, since it is their channel, it is often monetized. I am sure they get atleast a royalty payment when the video is clicked on.
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r/YoutubeMusic on Reddit: How much does YouTube music pay artists
May 26, 2025 - Lower income countries is much ... £0.00. For music video's with an Official artist account it is apparently $0.00167 consistently for every stream but I'm yet to get my statement to show how it actually looks....
Charles Cleyn
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Which Streaming Service Pays More?
The highest paying streaming service goes to Napster with $0.019 per stream and 53 streams needed to earn one dollar. The lowest royalty payment is for Pandora, with a measly $0.00133 per stream and 752 streams needed to earn one dollar.
Whipped Cream Sounds
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How Much Does YouTube Music Pay Per Stream? (Explained & Answered) - Whipped Cream Sounds
March 6, 2024 - With the average YouTube Music per-stream payout it would take roughly 136 streams to make $1, which is much better than the 235 or 334 streams it takes to make a dollar on Amazon and Spotify respectively.
Pandora CloudCover
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Music Streaming Earnings | Find Out What Artists Get Paid | Blog
There are dozens of music streaming services online, from the big players like Spotify and Apple Music to smaller services like Deezer and Tidal. Regardless of its size or market dominance (or lack thereof), every platform has its own user base, which determines its pricing model and selling point. This means that artists earn a different share of revenue from each streaming service. This table contains data from VIRPP about how much a platform pays an artist per stream:
TuneCore
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YouTube Music – TuneCore
Paid Streams: When a subscriber streams your music, you get paid a proportionate share of YouTube Music's subscription revenue per month calculated on terms set out in TuneCore's blanket agreement with the store (this usually excludes streams during a subscriber's free trial). Payments will fluctuate each month, depending on the amount of subscription revenue generated and how often your music was streamed.