Xposure Music
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How much does YouTube pay per stream in 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 ...
Reddit
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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.
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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 ...
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 $
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reddit
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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....
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.
Deliver My Tune
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how much does youtube music pay per 1000 streams?
December 14, 2024 - Region of the Listener: If your listeners are based in countries with higher ad revenue, like the United States or Europe, you’re likely to earn more per 1000 streams compared to listeners in countries with lower ad rates.
LALAL.AI
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Music Streaming Royalty Rates in 2022
March 3, 2025 - YouTube Music pays out around $1 per 136 streams, $100 per 13,605 streams, and $1000 per 136,054 streams. Tidal is markets as an artist-centric streaming service, so it’s no wonder that it pays almost 3 times as much as other platforms.
YouTube
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What Do You Get Paid For 1,000,000,000 Streams? - YouTube
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Bridgermusic
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Bridger - How much do I get paid on YouTube as an artist?
Sadly, this is especially true about YouTube Music, where artists make $0,008 per stream. The platform also has the technology to scan every video and spot which ones use your music to get your royalties.
Hacker News
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YouTube pays less per stream to the rights holders than Spotify, however. | Hacker News
January 20, 2024 - This will take my Spotify income from pitiful to non-existent · 1,000 streams is $4.00. That's a coffee
Winamp
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Winamp Blog - How do you earn money as an artist on YouTube in 2024?
Artists on YouTube Music reportedly earn $0.0008 per stream, meaning they need 125,000 streams to earn $1,000.
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, ...
YouTube
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MUSIC ROYALTY STREAMING PAYOUTS FOR 2025 | MUSIC INDUSTRY TIPS - YouTube
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Published March 20, 2025