Spotify Says Over 13,800 Artists Generated $100,000 on the Platform Last Year: Loud & Clear Report

Artists From 75 Different Countries Made at Least $500,000 On Spotify Last Year

"The takeaway here is that music has become increasingly borderless," Spotify's Joe Hadley says of the company's latest loud and clear report released Wednesday

Spotify Says Over 13,800 Artists Generated $100,000 on the Platform Last Year: Loud & Clear Report

More than 13,800 artists generated at least $100,000 in 2025 from Spotify alone, nearly 1,400 more than last year, the company revealed in its latest Loud & Clear report published Wednesday (March 11). According to a post on the Loud & Clear website, more than one-third of artists in the $100,000 club “have increased their royalties tenfold in under a decade,” while eight in 10 artists who crossed the $100,000 threshold in 2022 “have remained …

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Spotify says artists from 75 countries made $500K+ in royalties in 2025, up from 66 in 2024; ~50% of an average artist's streams came from outside their country

Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter: Spotify says artists from 75 countries made $500K+ in royalties in 2025, up from 66 in 2024; ~50% of an average artist's streams came from outside their country  —  “The takeaway here is that music has become increasingly borderless,” Spotify's Joe Hadley says of the company's latest loud and clear report released Wednesday

Spotify Says 13,800 Artists Made Over $100,000 On The Platform Last Year

Spotify has revealed new numbers about the streaming economy, claiming more than 13,800 artists generated at least $100,000 from the platform in 2025. The figures come from Spotify’s latest ‘Loud & Clear’ transparency report, published this week, which also claims the company paid the music industry more than $11 billion last year alone, according to Spotify, that pushes its total lifetime payouts to roughly $70 billion. The company says the lat…