Update to Release Day Economics

The figures for iTunes, eMusic, etc… have not changed since we published Release Day Economics in September 2011, but payouts from streaming services like Spotify and Deezer have increased fairly significantly so we thought we would update the numbers.

SPOTIFY: 

Spotify’s payouts increased 56% in 2011 compared to 2010. Per stream payouts were on average 0.003 EUR in 2010, in 2011 the average grew to 0.0047 EUR/play. 

So if you listen to our album all the way through, we’ll get 0.042 EUR.

If you listen to the album 10 times on Spotify, we’ll get 0.42 EUR

If you listen to it a hundred times, we’ll get 4.23 EUR

If you listen to the album 1,000 times (once a day for 3 years!) we’ll get 42.30 EUR.

DEEZER:

Deezer’s payouts increased 116% in 2011 compared to 2010.

We’ve been getting 0.0127 EUR/play from them recently.

That’s 0.11 EUR/album play.

So if you listen to the album 10 times on Deezer, we’ll get 1.14 EUR. 

If you listen to it a hundred times, we’ll get 10.14 EUR. 

If you listen to the album 1,000 times (once a day for 3 years!) we’ll get a whopping 100.14 EUR!