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# How Much Money Is Music Streaming Actually Worth? [INFOGRAPHIC]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-much-money-is-music-streaming-actually-worth-infographic-draft/
- Published: 2015-07-13T09:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-07-13T09:30:00.000Z
- Description: The ways in which music streaming services generate revenue and how that revenue is divided has been a topic of both controversy and confusion. This article helps break down how. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/07/how-much-money-is-music-streaming-actually-worth-infographic-dr
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, Apple Inc., Compound annual growth rate, Deezer, Free music, Google, Market value, MarketResearch.com, Pandora Radio, Spotify, Streaming media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Spotify-vs-pandora-whats-the-best-app-for-streaming-music](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1371d68970c-200wi "Spotify-vs-pandora-whats-the-best-app-for-streaming-music")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1371d68970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)The ways in which music **streaming services** generate **revenue** and how that revenue is divided has been a topic of both **controversy** and **confusion**. This article helps break down how much **money** is made from streaming services like **Spotify** and **Pandora**, and how it is **divided**.

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*Guest Post by *Bobby Owsinski* on [Music 3.0](http://music3point0.blogspot.com/2015/07/how-much-is-music-stream-actually-worth.html?ref=hypebot.com)*

There's a lot of confusion in the marketplace about how much a music stream is worth. To say that it's a complicated issue is an understatement.It depends upon all of the following factors:
- What type of service (interactive like **Spotify**, or non-interactive like **Pandora**)
- Which tier (free or paid subscription)
- Which territory it's played in (they all pay different royalty rates)
- Your marketshare (on Spotify you get paid more if you get played more)
As you can see, it's impossible to say exactly what each stream is really worth, and the best we can do is get an average. **Billboard** has done just that with a great infographic that gives you an approximate worth of a stream coming from Spotify and Pandora.![Value of a Music Stream image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/3-bp-blogspot-com/-brDTvw1aZPE/VZ1clRtTZfI/AAAAAAAAKx8/-lpu9qKSXJ4/s1600/value_of_a_music_stream2.jpg "Value of a Music Stream")  

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