Recorded Music Royalty Estimator

How it helps

Use it for a focused task

The Recorded Music Royalty Estimator helps recording artists, producers, and musicians project earnings from recorded music across streaming platforms, download stores, and physical formats. You enter expected play counts, download units, or physical sales, select territories and platform types, and the estimator calculates gross royalties before splits, recoupment, or taxes.

It covers major streaming services, download stores, CD/vinyl sales, and includes territory-specific rate adjustments. The numbers are based on publicly reported average per-stream and per-unit rates as of early 2026, adjusted for known territory pricing differences.

Start by picking a preset scenario (Indie Single, Album Release, or Sync Placement) or enter your own numbers. Adjust the stream count, download units, and physical units for each format.

Good next steps

Make the result easier to act on

• Start with the examples or presets if you are unsure what to enter for Recorded Music Royalty Estimator.
• Try one realistic scenario first, then adjust the numbers or notes to compare another path.
• Use save or share from the project footer when you want to return to the same helper later.
• Open a related project below when the result points to a timing, budget, writing, planning, or comparison task.