SoundCloud Royalty Calculator 2026
SoundCloud pays about $0.003 per stream from its shared pool. Artists on fan-powered royalties have no fixed rate: each listener's money goes to the artists they play.
SoundCloud
$0.0030
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SoundCloud earnings by stream count
Streams Estimated Earnings
1,000 $3.00
10,000 $30.00
100,000 $300.00
1,000,000 $3,000.00
How many SoundCloud streams to make $1,000?
At $0.0030 per stream, you need approximately 333,334 SoundCloud streams to earn $1,000.
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SoundCloud
$0.0030* per stream
* SoundCloud's figure is its standard pooled payout. Artists who monetise directly on SoundCloud are paid by fan-powered royalties instead, with no fixed rate: each listener's money goes to the artists they play, so a loyal, paying fanbase can earn well above this.
Frequently asked questions
This calculator uses about $0.003 per stream, SoundCloud's standard pooled payout: about $3 per 1,000 streams and $3,000 per million, before any distributor or label share. Artists paid through fan-powered royalties have no fixed rate, so their figure can be well above this.
Instead of pooling all subscription and advertising money and splitting it by share of total plays, fan-powered royalties send each listener's money to the artists that listener actually plays. An artist with a loyal, paying audience can earn more per stream than the pooled rate; one whose plays come from many light listeners can earn less.
At about $0.003 per stream you need roughly 333,000 SoundCloud streams to make $1,000, before distributor or label fees. Under fan-powered royalties the number depends on who is listening, not only on how many plays there are.
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