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# Bandcamp Has Paid $100 Million To Artists, Plans Artists Subscriptions
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/bandcamp-has-paid-100-million-to-artists-plans-artists-subscriptions/
- Published: 2015-03-06T10:35:33.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-06T10:35:33.000Z
- Description: Direct to fan music sales platform Bandcamp has been a hit with independent artists and labels. Today we found out just how popular Bandcamp is, along with its plans for the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/bandcamp-has-paid-100-million-to-artists-plans-artists-subscriptio
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Tech, Startups & Funding, Bandcamp, Digital Music News, Google, independent music, iTunes, New York City, Nicki Minaj, Spotify, Taylor Swift, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![image from www.eartothegroundmusic.co](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb07feb24f970d-150wi "image from www.eartothegroundmusic.co")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb07feb24f970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Direct to fan music sales platform **Bandcamp** has been **a hit with independent artists** and labels. Today we found out just how popular Bandcamp is, along with its **plans for the future of D2F**

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Bandcamp has paid out more than $100 million to artists and labels since it launched in 2008\. At a time when music sales are falling, purchases on Bandcamp have increased 30% in the last year and now average $3.5 million per month. That "works out to about 16,000 records a day," co-founder Ethan Diamond told [Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6494559/bandcamp-hits-100-million-payout-milestone-plans-artist?ref=hypebot.com). "One every five seconds, twenty-four-seven."

[![image from www.hypebot.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c75b3d77970b-250wi "image from www.hypebot.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c75b3d77970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

As we [reported](https://www.hypebot.com/bandcamp-adds-video-tests-artist-subscriptions/) last October, Bandcamp has been testing features that would allow [fans to subscribe Patreon-style](https://www.hypebot.com/bandcamp-adds-video-tests-artist-subscriptions/) to artists. Diamond now says that the startup has plans to broaden the offering and launch it publically soon.

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