On principle, this is stupid and should be illegal. But financially, if your song had less than 1k streams, how much was Spotify paying you for it anyways? 50 cents?
@umaw.bsky.socialIn April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.