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How much are artists really making on Twitch? - Water & Music
- Crucially, Spotify announced that 7,500 musicians are making at least $100,000 per year through its platform, which isn’t much considering the service is available in 93 markets.
from Spotify CEO Daniel Ek explains how the company plans to help artists (and itself) make money by Ashley Carman
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- To make $1000 per month, a creator needs about 100K Instagram followers, 2M views monthly on YouTube or 25M on TikTok (New Creator Manifesto, 2021). Contrast this with platforms that provide a more competitive mechanism for creator monetization. Just over 200 subscribers on Substack, OnlyFans, Twitch or Patreon at $5 per month will yield the same $... See more
from Web3 and Media by Troy Young
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- The top 1% of musicians now make ~77% of revenue in music. Many factions of the independent musical infrastructure have become closer and closer aligned with corporate interests and advertising supported journalistic models in order to keep their head just slightly above water, and are in danger of losing their distinction and identity as a result.
from SoundCrowd: Tokenizing & Collectivizing Soundcloud by Mat Dryhurst
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