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Amazon Music / Japan

Amazon Music Royalty Rates: Japan

Amazon Music in Japan benchmarks at $5.27 RPM for the paid streaming tier through Mar 2026. In Japan's platform ladder, that sits 3 of 10 alongside comparable rows from YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) and Line. It is 71% above the local published median of $3.08. The local high is YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) at $10.79, leaving a 51% below gap to the top row. The 12-month average is $5.33, with the latest reading -10.6% vs. 90 days prior. Paid is 4.0x the free/ad-supported RPM.

Paid - Streaming

$5.27

RPM, USD per 1k streams

Rank

3 of 10

Tiers

2

Through

Mar 2026

12-month average

$5.33

90-day movement

-10.6%

Market Profile

Amazon Music in Japan

Service median

0.9x median

Service leader

54% below

Market percentile

45.45%

Paid / free

4.0x

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Benchmark Rows

Tier RPM
Free - Ad-supported $1.32
Paid - Streaming $5.27

Tier Split

Paid - Streaming

92.52%

$5.27

Free - Ad-supported

7.48%

$1.32

Rate History

Mar 2026

$4.23

-0.84

Feb 2026

$5.07

-0.33

Jan 2026

$5.40

+0.67

Dec 2025

$4.73

-1.56

Nov 2025

$6.29

+1.05

Oct 2025

$5.25

-0.36

Sep 2025

$5.60

+0.19

Aug 2025

$5.41

-0.05

Jul 2025

$5.46

-0.19

Jun 2025

$5.65

+0.30

May 2025

$5.35

-0.20

Apr 2025

$5.56

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Market Ladder

Japan, USD per 1k

# Platform RPM
01 YouTube (Music & Art Tracks) $10.79
02 Line $5.87
03
Amazon Music
$5.27
04 Apple Music $5.15
05 Spotify $3.77
06 YouTube (Content ID) $2.38
07
Amazon Music
$1.32
08 Spotify $0.32
09 Meta $0.02
10 TikTok $0.0072

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Source

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Method

Aggregated, anonymized RPM

Coverage

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