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NetEase / China

NetEase Royalty Rates: China

NetEase in China benchmarks at $0.94 RPM for the paid streaming tier through Jun 2026. In China's platform ladder, that sits 4 of 6 alongside comparable rows from Tencent Music and Apple Music. It is 41% below the local published median of $1.59. The local high is Tencent Music at $3.26, leaving a 71% below gap to the top row. The 12-month average is $0.94, with the latest reading +1.5% vs. 90 days prior. Paid is 1.0x the free/ad-supported RPM.

Paid - Streaming

$0.94

RPM, USD per 1k streams

12-month average

$0.94

90-day movement

+1.5%

Market Profile

NetEase in China

Service median

1.0x median

Service leader

current high

Market percentile

-

Paid / free

1.0x

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Benchmark Rows

Tier RPM
Free - Ad-supported $0.93
Paid - Streaming $0.94

Tier Split

Paid - Streaming

68.97%

$0.94

Free - Ad-supported

31.03%

$0.93

Rate History

Jun 2026

$0.96

+0.02

May 2026

$0.94

-0.01

Apr 2026

$0.95

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Mar 2026

$0.95

-0.11

Feb 2026

$1.06

+0.14

Jan 2026

$0.92

+0.02

Dec 2025

$0.90

-0.01

Nov 2025

$0.91

-0.01

Oct 2025

$0.91

-0.03

Sep 2025

$0.95

+0.04

Aug 2025

$0.90

+0.02

Jul 2025

$0.89

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Market Ladder

China, USD per 1k

# Platform RPM
01 Tencent Music $3.26
02 Apple Music $2.44
03 AllSaints Music Group $2.24
04
NetEase
$0.94
05
NetEase
$0.93
06 Tencent Music $0.52

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Source

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Method

Aggregated, anonymized RPM

Coverage

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