That is basically nothing for any artist that isn’t in the top tier of mainstream success.
Did you not read your own article you linked to?
- 1,000 monthly streams ≈ $3-5 (enough for a coffee)
- 10,000 monthly streams ≈ $30-50 (could cover your streaming subscription)
- 100,000 monthly streams ≈ $300-500 (now we’re talking meaningful income)
- 1,000,000 monthly streams ≈ $3,000-5,000 (potentially livable wage depending on your location.
https://simplebeen.com/artists-make-on-spotify/
You’re essentially pirating music by using Spotify
As above, you can see the payout rates in the article... a liveable wage on just Spotify alone is not equivalent to piracy which pays artists nothing, this is on top of Apple Music etc
In 2024, Spotify alone paid out a record $10 billion to the music industry—totaling nearly $60 billion since our founding.
10 billion in a year is not piracy (which is $0), are you the author of the article?