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Re:Backing Up Spotify by cm2012 on Saturday December 20, 2025 @07:32PM (#46341113)
That seems reasonable?

Assume an artist (either directly or through a rights holder) makes 1/3 income from streaming, 1/3 from merch and physical albums, and 1/3 from live events.

40m streams per year would be 800k per week. 200k fans worldwide playing 4 times per week on average could get you there. Thats like a decent sized but not enormous youtube channel.

200k fans worldwide would also support the ticket sales and merchandise sales aspects.

Re:Backing Up Spotify by tayo42 on Saturday December 20, 2025 @10:02PM (#46341839)
You only need 5000 fans to buy your CD/album/w.e at $15 to make 80k
Re:Backing Up Spotify by cm2012 on Saturday December 20, 2025 @10:24PM (#46341962)
Per year, which is a big lift compared to them pressing play on Spotify
Re:Backing Up Spotify by tayo42 on Sunday December 21, 2025 @08:00AM (#46344527)
Yeah but you need a quarter million people every week according to that guy. That will drop off over time.