| ▲ | happymellon an hour ago | |
No they aren't. I pay $5 and listen exclusively to artist A. 10 other people pay their $5 but listen exclusively to artist B. I would expect the artist cut of artist A to be the $5 (or their cut after Spotify), aka the artist I listen to. However the 10 other platform users have more free time so each listen to twice as much music by artist B. So my 1 hour is dwarfed by their 20 hours, and my artist would only get $2.60 (or their cut after Spotify). Overall listener plays. | ||