How artists really get paid on Spotify

Ever wonder where your $9.99/mo subscription goes?

TL;DR - Premium Subscribers pay Spotify, Spotify pays the righstholders, the rightsholders pay the artists based on individual contracts

Turns out you can't actually directly publish your own music to Spotify either...

I did a deep dive on how spotify makes money and how artists actually get paid here, some good lessons from a streaming giant 👉 https://www.sturppy.com/resources/how-spotify-makes-money-the-truth