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Back of the napkin:

$0.004 per play

https://www.makeuseof.com/how-much-spotify-pay-per-stream/

~6M monthly listeners

https://www.newsweek.com/spotify-unlikely-drop-joe-rogan-ove...

$24k/month

~$300k/year

Not sure how much goes directly to Neil and how much of a cut the record label gets.

Neil Young’s net worth is ~$200M

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/rock-s...

So, he’s losing about 0.15% of his net worth as a result.

Or, if he had a $100k/year salary, about $150 before taxes, maybe around $75 after taxes.

https://www.makeuseof.com/how-much-money-does-spotify-pay-ar...

> Several things come into play for Spotify artist payouts like the listener's subscription tier and country of origin, the number of streams a song has, advertising revenue per market, and distribution contracts.

> In a tweet, classical violinist Tasmin Little with 755,000 monthly subscribers has disclosed earning £12.34 ($17) for five to six million streams.

The only way we'll know is if they release the information, and my guess is that neither party will do so publicly. I would guess $2k/mo. but I could be wrong. This is still pretty good considering there are multiple streaming platforms.

Just checking out Neil Young on YouTube Music he has only approx 440k subscribers, vs someone like Jason Mraz with 3.4M. I am guessing that the numbers on Spotify are likely skewed by a bit as well.

I think that would be for someone with a net worth of $100k, not someone with a $100k/year salary.

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