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Here are the figures for the top music sites:

Questions:

• Given their average payout for stream of $0.004 per song for Spotify, how many music streams would you have to listen to in order to cover a $9.95 monthly subscription?  
• Why do you think that the streaming services have such different payouts per stream? 
• Your friend says "I can make a good living just putting my music up on YouTube." Agree or disagree with him using the data provided above. 
• Do you think the payouts per stream will increase or decrease in the future? 

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Behind the numbers (from Visual Capitalist)

One would expect streaming services to have fairly similar payout rates every time a track is played, but this is not the case. In reality, the streaming rates of major players in the market – which have very similar catalogs – are all over the map.

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