Well, DistroKid stats are in for March 2024, and things are looking up. I got paid for plays on 18 different platforms, and almost 30,000 impressions. This is from 45 different countries. The pay I got wasn’t as good as some months, but some money is better than none. Facebook/IG was a big contributor. And this is for plays averaging 3-4 months ago.
One thing that surprised me is that Spotify’s numbers were from Jan 2024, and I’m still getting money from them. I thought that they were going to cut me off. Although their contribution was small, I’m not expecting anything nice from them. With their attitude towards smaller artists, I have been steering my potential listeners to other platforms with payouts of 25-600% higher than Spotify. So that this month, Spotify contributes to less than 5% of total impressions. Their loss is someone else’s gain.
The support I get from my listeners gives me the incentive to put out more music. I just wish I had more stats about what they listen to and where they’re from. According to stats from Spotify, most of my listeners are male, though I don’t know which music reverberates with who.
