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How does the artist payout rate on Bandcamp compare to streaming royalties when fans buy digital tracks directly on Fridays?

ChatGPTgpt-61 query11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How does the artist payout rate on Bandcamp compare to streaming royalties when fans buy digital tracks directly on Fridays?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
Bandcamp artist revenue share digital sales 15% payment processing Bandcamp Fridays artist payout streaming royalties per stream comparisonGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (1)
Short factOther / navigationalComparison100%ConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model).

Searches and sources

ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
Bandcamp artist revenue share digital sales 15% payment processing Bandcamp Fridays artist payout streaming royalties per stream comparison Google ↗
  1. What are Bandcamp’s fees? · get.bandcamp.help
  2. Fair Trade Music Policy · bandcamp.com
  3. Bandcamp Friday Help · get.bandcamp.help
  4. Royalties Guide · artists.spotify.com
  5. How do artists and songwriters get paid? · loudandclear.byspotify.com
  6. Understanding Spotify royalties · support.spotify.com
  7. How do I get paid on Bandcamp, and how often? · get.bandcamp.help

Queries

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Bandcamp artist revenue share digital sales 15% payment processing Bandcamp Fridays artist payout streaming royalties per stream comparison
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