Streaming Pay Report: October 2026 edition

How these figures are made

Every figure is a median of Dynamoi's own data in US dollars, fixed on 28 Oct 2026.

• Sources. Streaming figures come from distribution royalty statements for music released through Dynamoi. YouTube figures come from YouTube Analytics for music channels connected to Dynamoi.
• Medians. A country rate is royalties per 1,000 streams for one service, country and listener tier. A platform's figure is the median of its paid-tier country rates, so every platform is compared on the same tier and each country counts once. The live platform comparison page uses each country's most-streamed tier, so its medians differ. The paid versus ad-supported gap divides the two tier rates within one service and country.
• Windows. Royalty statements cover Sep 2019 – Jul 2026. YouTube data covers 22 Oct 2025 – 21 Oct 2026. Royalty medians pool the whole statement window; they are not a single quarter.
• Small samples. A country and tier is published only with at least 50 streams, and a platform appears here only with paid-tier rates in at least five countries. A gap is shown only when both tiers have at least 1,000 streams, and a service median gap needs 3 such countries. A YouTube market is published with at least 1,000 views and 100 monetized playbacks, and ranks only with at least 10,000 views across 180 or more days.
• Scope. The platform table covers consumer streaming services. Fitness, social and rights-matching sources appear on the live pages. Creator RPM is what a channel earns per 1,000 views after YouTube's share; playback CPM is what advertisers paid per 1,000 monetized playbacks.
• Limits. These are benchmarks, not guaranteed rates. Your payout depends on country, tier, subscription mix, exchange rates and your distribution terms.

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Dynamoi. Streaming Pay Report, October 2026 edition. Figures fixed 28 Oct 2026. https://dynamoi.com/data/reports/streaming-pay-2026-10Copy

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