Artist Aligned

Music royalty calculator

Estimate what your streams should be paying you across every royalty type — and how much is likely slipping past you because publishing, mechanical and neighboring rights are never claimed. Move the slider, pick the kind of distributor you use today, and compare the yearly cost.

Revenue recovery

Calculate Your Streaming Royalty Leak

Traditional distributors leave publishing, mechanical, and neighboring rights revenue on the table. See what you're losing.

150,000
10K5M

Estimates use blended industry per-stream rates. Actuals vary by territory and platform mix.

Estimated unclaimed publishing & mechanical leak

$1,944/ year

Publishing, mechanical and neighboring rights royalties generated by 1,800,000 annual streams that most distributors never collect on your behalf.

Artist Aligned flat cost vs. your current cost + hidden fees

Artist Aligned
$25
flat / year ($25–$75)
Other distributor
$1,967
fees + uncollected royalties
You save
up to 88%
no revenue share, ever

Royalty questions, answered

What royalties does this calculator estimate?

It estimates recording (master) revenue from your monthly streams, plus the publishing, mechanical and neighboring rights income that often goes uncollected when nobody administers those rights for you.

Where do the per-stream rates come from?

The calculator uses blended industry averages across major streaming services. Real payouts vary by service, territory, listener plan and your agreements, so treat the output as a planning estimate rather than a statement of earnings.

Why does a percentage-based distributor cost more?

A revenue share scales with your success: the more you stream, the more you pay. Annual-fee plans keep the cost flat, so the gap widens as your catalog grows.

How do I actually collect the missing royalties?

You need registrations and an administrator for the publishing side, and neighboring rights collection for the recording side. Artist Aligned surfaces the gaps and handles the registrations alongside distribution.