Which streaming service pays artists the most per stream? Benn Jordan has crunched the numbers – and the answer will surprise you [Video]

It’s no secret that streaming services are sparing in their compensation of the artists that make the music hosted on their platforms. Spotify in particular has a reputation for dispensing pitifully meagre royalties, with estimates coming in at an average of $0.003 to $0.005 paid out per stream.

If you ask us, that’s reason enough to avoid using the platform, and that’s before we’ve even mentioned Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s $100m investment in AI defence technology company Helsing. But if we want to support musicians (and avoid financing AI-powered military drones) while still enjoying the convenience of streaming, which service should we choose as an alternative?

That’s just one of the questions answered in musician and content creator Benn Jordan‘s latest video, a smorgasbord of “music industry data-porn” that addresses a trio of issues facing independent musicians …