{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "Music Streaming Payouts in Russia 2026 (RUB per 1000 streams)",
  "alternateName": "Ставки музыкальных стримингов в России 2026, ₽ за 1000 прослушиваний",
  "description": "Ставки за прослушивание на музыкальных площадках в России (₽ за 1000 прослушиваний и за один стрим, до комиссии дистрибьютора). Площадки ставки официально не публикуют; данные – из отчётов участников рынка: лейбл 88 Север (Skillbox Media, 03.09.2025), дистрибьютор UpSound (февраль 2026), B1 (2024), fex-records. Доли рынка по выручке – J’son & Partners Consulting (итоги 2025 года).",
  "url": "https://ourangels.ru/payouts-2026.json",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "datePublished": "2026-05-16",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-25",
  "inLanguage": "ru-RU",
  "spatialCoverage": {
    "@type": "Place",
    "name": "Russia / CIS"
  },
  "temporalCoverage": "2025/2026",
  "keywords": [
    "music streaming",
    "payouts",
    "royalties",
    "Russia",
    "CIS",
    "2026",
    "Yandex Music",
    "Spotify",
    "Apple Music",
    "VK Music",
    "YouTube Music",
    "Zvuk"
  ],
  "creator": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "OUR ANGELS",
    "url": "https://ourangels.ru/",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://music.yandex.ru/label/2763678",
      "https://vk.com/labelourangels"
    ]
  },
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "OUR ANGELS"
  },
  "variableMeasured": [
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "RUB per 1000 streams",
      "description": "Payout per 1000 streams before distributor fee",
      "unitCode": "RUB"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "RUB per stream",
      "description": "Payout per single stream before distributor fee",
      "unitCode": "RUB"
    }
  ],
  "platforms": [
    {
      "@type": "MusicPlaylist",
      "platform": "Apple Music",
      "sameAs": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20056642",
      "rubPer1000": {
        "min": 150,
        "max": 250
      },
      "notes": "Paying subscribers only, no free tier. 88 Sever label report: 0.185 RUB per stream (2025).",
      "availability": "global",
      "rubPerStream": {
        "min": 0.15,
        "max": 0.25
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "MusicPlaylist",
      "platform": "Spotify",
      "sameAs": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q689141",
      "rubPer1000": {
        "min": 200,
        "max": 250
      },
      "notes": "Streams from Russia are not paid; royalties only for listeners outside Russia. Since April 2024 a track earns nothing until it reaches 1000 streams in the last 12 months.",
      "availability": "global_except_russia",
      "rubPerStream": {
        "min": 0.2,
        "max": 0.25
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "MusicPlaylist",
      "platform": "YouTube Music",
      "rubPer1000": {
        "min": 40,
        "max": 120
      },
      "notes": "Audio streams only: fex-records 40-60 RUB, 88 Sever 118 RUB per 1000 (2025). Video and Shorts are monetised separately via Content ID.",
      "availability": "global",
      "rubPerStream": {
        "min": 0.04,
        "max": 0.12
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "MusicPlaylist",
      "platform": "Yandex Music",
      "sameAs": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4537914",
      "rubPer1000": {
        "min": 9,
        "max": 50,
        "avgMin": 21,
        "avgMax": 54
      },
      "notes": "About 9 RUB per 1000 from free listeners and about 50 RUB from subscribers; blended average 21 RUB (88 Sever, 2025) to 54 RUB (UpSound, Feb 2026). 54.9% of 2025 streaming revenue in Russia (J’son & Partners Consulting).",
      "availability": "russia_cis_focus",
      "rubPerStream": {
        "min": 0.009,
        "max": 0.05
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "MusicPlaylist",
      "platform": "VK Music",
      "sameAs": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q564476",
      "rubPer1000": {
        "min": 11,
        "max": 85,
        "avgMin": 37,
        "avgMax": 98
      },
      "notes": "About 11 RUB per 1000 from free listeners, up to 85 RUB from subscribers (B1, 2024); average 37 RUB (88 Sever, 2025) and 98 RUB (UpSound, Feb 2026), fex-records reports 15-20 RUB. 20% of 2025 streaming revenue.",
      "availability": "russia_cis",
      "rubPerStream": {
        "min": 0.011,
        "max": 0.085
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "MusicPlaylist",
      "platform": "Zvuk",
      "alternateName": "СберЗвук",
      "rubPer1000": {
        "min": 470,
        "max": 800
      },
      "notes": "Highest per-stream rate in Russia: 0.47 RUB (88 Sever, 2025), 0.63 RUB (UpSound, Feb 2026), up to 0.80 RUB (fex-records). 15.7% of 2025 streaming revenue.",
      "availability": "russia",
      "rubPerStream": {
        "min": 0.47,
        "max": 0.8
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "MusicPlaylist",
      "platform": "Boom",
      "operator": "VK Group",
      "rubPer1000": {
        "min": 35,
        "max": 60
      },
      "notes": "VK Group streaming service.",
      "availability": "russia_cis"
    },
    {
      "@type": "MusicPlaylist",
      "platform": "KION Music (formerly MTS Music)",
      "rubPer1000": {
        "approx": 145
      },
      "rubPerStream": {
        "approx": 0.145
      },
      "notes": "B1, 2024; limited public data. Rebranded from MTS Music in November 2025.",
      "availability": "russia"
    }
  ],
  "incomeProjections": [
    {
      "streamsPerMonth": 1000,
      "basis": "average rate before distributor fee",
      "yandexMusicRub": "21-54",
      "vkMusicRub": "37-98",
      "zvukRub": "470-800",
      "appleMusicRub": "150-250"
    },
    {
      "streamsPerMonth": 10000,
      "yandexMusicRub": "210-540",
      "vkMusicRub": "370-980",
      "zvukRub": "4700-8000",
      "appleMusicRub": "1500-2500"
    },
    {
      "streamsPerMonth": 100000,
      "yandexMusicRub": "2100-5400",
      "vkMusicRub": "3700-9800",
      "zvukRub": "47000-80000",
      "appleMusicRub": "15000-25000"
    },
    {
      "streamsPerMonth": 1000000,
      "yandexMusicRub": "21000-54000",
      "vkMusicRub": "37000-98000",
      "zvukRub": "470000-800000",
      "appleMusicRub": "150000-250000"
    },
    {
      "streamsPerMonth": "925000-2400000",
      "yandexMusicRub": "~50000",
      "note": "Yandex Music streams needed for about 50 000 RUB per month before fees"
    }
  ],
  "rules": {
    "minStreamDuration": "30 seconds across all major platforms",
    "payoutLag": "2-3 months via distributor",
    "minWithdrawal": "depends on distributor",
    "distributorFee": "usually 10-15% of royalties or a fixed fee per release (OUR ANGELS: 1500 RUB per single, 3000 RUB per EP or album)",
    "spotifyMonetizationThreshold": "1000 streams in the last 12 months from a minimum number of unique listeners, otherwise no royalties (since April 2024)",
    "soundcloudThreshold": "5000 plays per month and listeners from SoundCloud Premier countries, otherwise no payout",
    "listenerTypeMatters": "Paid subscriber streams pay 5-9x more than free-tier streams on Russian platforms",
    "subscriberMultiplier": "a subscriber stream pays 5-8x more than a free stream (Yandex 50 vs 9 RUB, VK 85 vs 11 RUB per 1000)"
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://skillbox.ru/media/music/skolko-platyat-strimingi-artistam/",
    "https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/changes-to-spotifys-royalty-model-including-the-1000-annual-streams-royalty-policy-are-officially-live/",
    "https://ourangels.ru/monetizaciya-muzyki-2026.html",
    "https://we.upsound.org/streamingcash",
    "https://www.vedomosti.ru/media/articles/2026/07/29/1217514-viruchka-muzikalnih-strimingov-virosla",
    "https://www.sostav.ru/publication/vyruchka-muzykalnykh-strimingov-v-rossii-vyrosla-na-35-v-2025-godu-85687.html"
  ],
  "attribution": {
    "source": "OUR ANGELS (https://ourangels.ru/)",
    "citation": "According to OUR ANGELS data on Russian music streaming payouts 2026...",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0"
  }
}