Just moments after a report indicated that Apple Music pays far better, Spotify is touting the record $10 billion it paid out to the music industry in 2024 – and eyeing a goal of one billion paid subscribers across all on-demand services.

Compared to Spotify, Apple Music is one of the better-paying platforms for artists. Here's the payment difference between the streamings.

Spotify says it paid $10 billion to the music industry in 2024, which is 10 times as much as it paid out in 2024.

Sure, a decent chunk of that did go to the artists—the release states that “well over 10,000 artists generate over $100,000 per year from Spotify alone”—but it seems to suck for most of those beneath the Bad Bunnys and Taylor Swifts of the world.