{"id":87903,"date":"2021-09-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=87903"},"modified":"2022-04-05T15:48:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T14:48:21","slug":"royalties-calculator-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/royalties-calculator-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"Use this new royalties calculator to work out how much your music streams are worth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmat.com\/\">BMAT Music Innovators<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span style=\"color:#3366FF\"> A royalty calculator, supported by BMAT Music Innovators, gives artists an estimate of their earnings from music streaming \u2013 and also features a very addictive interactive game.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A song royalties calculator based on <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/can-i-add-my-own-music-to-spotify\/\">Spotify<\/a> streams shines a light on how much artists earn from streams of their tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, created by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/21\/royalties-calculator-creator-interview\/\">Gabi Ferrat\u00e9<\/a> and launched with the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/bmat-imb-music-scholarships\/\">BMAT Music Innovators<\/a>, wants to give artists and labels a more transparent look at how much they should be earning from streaming services. Fans can also see an estimate of the amount their favourite artists might make from their plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The important word here is \u201cestimate\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s nearly impossible to know <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-much-money-is-1000-streams\/\">exactly how much a stream is worth<\/a>, with a variety of factors affecting the outcome such as a listener\u2019s location, what platform they use and their subscription tier. Record label cuts and <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-know-if-your-music-distributor-is-a-good-price\/\">distributor fees <\/a>for artists also affect the amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/royalties-calculator-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87907 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This particular project is based on the stream rates <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/soundcharts\/what-do-music-streaming-services-pay-per-stream-and-why-it-actually-doesnt-matter-96b24247f9b6\">from this article<\/a> and on their current number of Spotify <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-release-music-on-spotify\/\">listeners<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who has more <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/who-are-the-biggest-artists-in-the-world-in-2021\/\">monthly listeners<\/a> \u2013 Tones and I or Rosal\u00eda? Tame Impala or P!nk? The royalty calculator project also features an interactive game where you pick which is the higher or lower of two artists by listeners. My winning streak was 13, which I was unreasonably pleased about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Play_royalties-calc.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87906 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/royalties-calculator.com\/\">Have a play with the royalties calculator here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Streaming royalties are a <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/music-streaming-inquiry-uk\/\">hotly debated topic<\/a>, especially since stay-at-home orders during the pandemic boosted the use of streaming services but cancelled <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-book-your-first-gig\/\">gigs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/tips-for-returning-to-live-music\/\">tours<\/a> and the revenue that comes with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/get-unlimited-music-releases-for-free\/\">RouteNote<\/a> we\u2019re serious about making sure independent artists and labels earn every cent they\u2019re entitled to from streams of their music. That\u2019s why our distribution is <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/get-your-music-to-millions-of-listeners\/\">free, and always will be<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re constantly looking for new ways to give your music the <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/10-top-tips-for-musicians-using-social-media-2021\/\">biggest reach possible<\/a>. As well as putting your music onto all the major streaming platforms around the world, we make sure your royalties are collected from <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-do-i-collect-youtube-royalties\/\">YouTube<\/a> streams, and get your songs onto <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/get-your-music-out-on-instagram\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/get-your-music-out-on-tiktok\/\">TikTok<\/a> so your music can be heard across the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\">Get your music online for free with RouteNote today.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A royalty calculator, supported by BMAT Music Innovators, gives artists an estimate of their earnings from music streaming \u2013 and also features a very addictive interactive game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":87904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[29434,2443,29431,29437,29432,29435,29433,29438,29436,29439],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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