It's $5/mo or $55/year. And the vast majority of the money is still from advertising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_Radio#Business_model

Between

> advertising comprised 88% of Pandora's total revenues

and

> the vast majority of Pandora's users remain on the free, ad-supported model

There's really no way to know how revenue compares on a per-user basis between paid and ads.

Music is universal, and enhances quality of life. If Twitter went away, I promise there would be no difference in quality of life. No one is going to pay for Twitter.

Is your argument that if Pandora went away, quality of life would change?

For those using it to listen to music, yes. When people inevitably move onto whatever is post Twitter, people will still need to listen to music.

Pandora is one of many music services. If Pandora shut down, they will just move to another, quality of life will not change.

That's my point. If Twitter shut down, it wouldn't matter, so people aren't going to pay for it. Tweeting isn't a quality of life enabler, music is.