Earnings Reports
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How and When Do I Get Paid?
Earnings reports and payments are available to you as soon as DistroKid receives and processes earnings from streaming services and stores. Streaming services usually deliver th...
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How Much Do Streaming Services Pay Per Stream?
The short answer, it varies. The rates streaming services pay aren't up to us -- and we have no control over changing them. We just send along the exact amounts that services s...
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How Much of My Earnings Does DistroKid Keep?
None! DistroKid does not take any percentage off the top of what stores send us for your earnings. When stores send us earnings reports, we send 100% of the earnings allocated ...
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When I Delete a Release, Do I Still Get My Earnings?
Yes. Let's say you decide to delete a release from availability for whatever reason. You will still get any earnings you may have earned while your music was live on streaming s...
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When Will the Next Earnings Reports Arrive?
If you're not seeing the latest reports yet, don't worry! Rest assured that we're working to get them to you ASAP. To see detailed information about the latest streams & sales...
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Does DistroKid Have a Referral Program?
Yes! Thanks for asking.To spread DistroKid to your friends and make some dough doing it: Sign into DistroKid Click on your profile picture in the top right Click "Referral P...
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Tidal Direct Artist Payouts
Tidal partnered with DistroKid to offer artists direct payments through Tidal Direct Artist Payouts. This payout model provided by Tidal ended on March 31st, 2023. How Direct A...
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What Info Is Contained in DistroKid Earnings Reports?
Click "Bank" to see your earnings reports for streams and sales. First, you'll see the summary report. It shows how much you've earned from each store & streaming service. You c...
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How many times has my song been downloaded/streamed?
To see the streaming and download stats on your releases, sign into DistroKid and visit your bank. From there, click on the blue button that says "SEE EXCRUCIATING DETAILS". Fro...
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Why Do Some Streams in My Bank Report Show Earnings of Zero?
There are several factors that streaming services use to calculate earnings.Some streaming companies might not pay earnings for listeners who are on a free trial or other promot...
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Can I Save My Bank Info to a File, and Open It in a Spreadsheet?
Yes!To see detailed information about your streams and sales once stores and streaming services have reported your earnings:1. Visit "BANK" 2. Click "> SEE BREAKDOWN BY STORE......
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I See Streams / Sales in My Daily Stats That Aren't Reflected in My Earnings Statements. Why's That?
DistroKid's "Musician Plus" and "Ultimate" accounts give you access Daily Stats. Sometimes (often, usually), the sale / stream numbers in Daily Stats differ somewhat from the fi...
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What happened with Apple Music and January/April/July/October 2017/January 2018/April 2019 earnings?
If it looks like we skipped a month, have no fear! We didn't skip it. Apple just jumped forward a month, that month. So streams that happened in Jan--which used to be reported a...
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How Do I Get A Gold Or Platinum Record Plaque?
If you think your single or album has sold more than 500,000 copies (gold) or 1,000,000 copies (platinum) in the US, or streamed the equivalent*, please let us know. We'll verif...
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How Much Does TikTok Pay Per Stream?
TikTok earnings are based off of the number of videos that use the artists music, not the number of streams those videos have. You may need to Google around and/or check their F...
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How Do I Get More Streams?
DistroKid offers a number of ways to promote your music such as HyperFollow, Mini Videos, Meme Generators, Synced Lyrics and more! Your creativity is the only limit to your succ...
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