According to The Trichordist, a website of “artists for an ethical and sustainable Internet,” Apple Music is again the best value per stream accounting for nearly 25% of all streaming revenue on only 6% of consumption. In other words, it’s the best value per stream for artists.
Spotify generates the most overall revenue of any streamer (no surprise) at 44% of all streaming revenue on 22% of consumption. The Trichordist says You Tube’s Content ID is the major issue limiting growth contributing only 6% of revenues on over half of all streams, at 51% of total consumption.
Apple’s per stream rate also stabilizes this year hitting a per stream rate of .0675 which is much closer to where it was two years ago at .00783. The Trichordist’s numbers from 2018 showed a dramatic drop in Apple’s rate at .00495 which the site attributes to an expansion into new territories and a large number of 90 day free accounts that had not matured to fully paid subscribers.
