SandwichesAreNice@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoHow much streaming services pay musicians per streamlemmy.worldimagemessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageHow much streaming services pay musicians per streamlemmy.worldSandwichesAreNice@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square103linkfedilink
minus-squareassembly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoExcept I have like 12k streams on Spotify and have never gotten anything from them. I have a small number on other platforms and have received at least something from them.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoMaybe they only pay once you reach some amount? I know that Steam don’t pay you until you reach at least 100us, and 12k sum to 52us.
minus-squareassembly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoI’m sure that’s probably the reason but at the same time, I’m getting paid from the other platforms where I have far far less streams.
minus-squarebss03@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoI was very confused by your post because “us” was read by me as “microseconds” instead of how you meant it as “USD”. I was thinking “100 microseconds is a really short play time; surely people listen it the tracks for at least that long.”
Except I have like 12k streams on Spotify and have never gotten anything from them. I have a small number on other platforms and have received at least something from them.
Maybe they only pay once you reach some amount? I know that Steam don’t pay you until you reach at least 100us, and 12k sum to 52us.
I’m sure that’s probably the reason but at the same time, I’m getting paid from the other platforms where I have far far less streams.
I was very confused by your post because “us” was read by me as “microseconds” instead of how you meant it as “USD”.
I was thinking “100 microseconds is a really short play time; surely people listen it the tracks for at least that long.”