Spotify launches website to share global streaming economy data

Spotify Loud & Clear is made to increase transparency

From streaming on Spotify alone, Spotify explained to see growth from artists at all stages of their career: since 2017, the number of artists generating

• more than $50K/yr is up 80%

• more than $100K/yr is up 85%;

• and more than $1M/year is up 90%.

57K artists now represent 90% of monthly streams on Spotify — a number that has quadrupled in just six years, meaning that the number of the most played artists in the world is growing & is now more diverse.

Loud & Clear explain concepts like average royalties generated, average listeners by categorizing Spotify’s artists into 8 different categories but also how many artists were within each category in 2020.