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# Average Spotify Subscriber Pays $5.50 Per Month And Falling. That’s Less Money For Artists, Labels
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/average-spotify-subscriber-pays-550-per-month-and-falling-thats-less-money-for-artists-labels/
- Published: 2019-01-14T12:22:19.000Z
- Updated: 2019-01-14T12:22:19.000Z
- Description: The average price that a Spotify subscriber pays in dropping, and that has artists and record labels worried. Despite a stated price of $9.99 USD / €9.99 EU , the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/01/average-spotify-subscriber-pays-550-per-month-and-falling-thats-less-money-for
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, Major Labels, Music Business, Streaming, MENA, music, musician, musicians, Spotify, streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:00

[![Spotify New $](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad389b72c200c-pi "Spotify New $")](https://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad389b6b0200c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)The average price that a Spotify subscriber pays in dropping, and that has artists and record labels worried. Despite a stated price of $9.99 USD / €9.99 EU , the actual average price paid global is just $5.50 per month and falling.Spotify prices vary from country to country based on local currency, and according to the streamer, what each market will bear. Logically, subscribers in a developing country will pay far less than in the US. But in November, when [Spotify launched in the Middle East and North Africa](https://www.hypebot.com/why-is-spotify-charging-5-per-month-in-one-of-the-worlds-richest-countries/) (MENA), regionwide pricing meant that users in some of the richest countries in the world were paying half of what the US and EU pay.**Half Price In The Richest Countries On Earth**Within MENA, the United Arab Emirates are among the world's richest countries with a per capita GDP of $68,250 USD and Saudi Arabia ranks just behind the U.S. at 12th richest with a $55,260 GDP per capita. In Saudi Arabia and UAE, Spotify is said to be charging 19.99 Saudi Riyal and 19.99 dirham respectively, which is about $5.33 USD per month. Other wealthy MENA countries include #1 Qatar at $124,930 GDP per capita and #7 Kuwait with $69,670 GDP per capita.$5 student discounts also lower Spotify's average subscription revenue, as do $15.00 for 6 account family plans and 3 months for 99 cents trial subscriptions. According to an [analysis](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-average-spotify-subscriber-is-paying-5-50-a-month-and-record-labels-hate-it-776925/?ref=hypebot.com) by Tim Ingham for Rolling Stone, the average Spotify subscriber around the world is paying over $20 less per year than four years ago. "Taken as a snapshot at the end of 2014, then, the average Spotify subscriber was paying €65.53 per year, which, at the prevailing annual exchange rate, translates at U.S. $87.09, or $7.26 per month. "That average should fall even further in 2019 when Spotify enters India's massive music market with prices expected to be near the local equivalent of $5\. 

  
Label NegotiationsAll of this has labels worried and are certain to be a major topic as Spotify renegotiates its current licensing deal with Universal at the end of Q1, followed in 2019 by Sony and then WMG.