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As far as I recall. YT Music pays even less than Spotify does unfortunately.

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You cannot make a difference this way. Their music is a commodity they have signed agreements to sell. They probably (in the vast majority of instances) had almost no bargaining power in this and a lot of signed artists don’t make a penny from their work, at all.

If you really like an artist, contact them via their official channels and ask if you can send them money directly or donate to a charity they like.

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Yeah you’re right. Actually I was just thinking about this streaming space and perhaps switching away from Spotify, over to Tidal but probably it wouldn’t make a big difference to the respected artists I’m listening to.

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here’s a TL;DR summary for what we’ve got:

  1. Spotify paid the artists $0,0032 per stream
  2. Apple Music got the average rate of $0,0056
  3. Google Play Music landed a $0,0055 payout rate
  4. Deezer fell slightly lower at $0.00436

From https://soundcharts.com/blog/music-streaming-rates-payouts#streaming-payouts-on-spotify-apple-music-google-play-and-deezer which is admittedly a bit old.

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I believe YouTube music premium streams actually pay more than Spotify but the cross between YouTube paying way less and YouTube music paying more causes some confusion.

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According to the soundcharts link below, they pay about half of spotify’s pay.

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