Viewing and understanding royalty payments in Spotify for Authors
For: Publishers and self-published authors with the Royalty reports permission. Learn more about access levels
To view your payment info and the account where you receive your royalties, go to Settings then Payment profile.
Types of royalties
There are two distinct types of royalties you’ll earn with your audiobooks on Spotify.
- À la carte audiobooks on Spotify: These royalties come from direct purchases of your audiobook by listeners on Spotify
- Audiobooks included in Spotify Premium plans: These royalties come from streams of your audiobook by Spotify Premium subscribers that have access to Audiobooks in their Premium plan
Learn more about audiobooks in Spotify Premium plans.
Your payout provider for royalties
We use Spotify Payouts and Tipalti to process royalty payments for Spotify for Authors.
New authors and publishers use Spotify Payouts to receive royalty payments.
If you already use Tipalti, you'll continue using it until we move your account to Spotify Payouts.
The provider you have may affect:
- The minimum amount you can receive
- Processing fees
- Exchange rate fees
We pay royalties in United States dollars (USD).
If you’re using Tipalti, you can choose to receive your payouts in Canadian dollars (CAD), which is subject to currency exchange fees.
Royalty payouts on Spotify Payouts
If you’re onboarded to Spotify Payouts, you’ll receive monthly payouts. Some months will include quarterly earnings.
Royalty payouts on Tipalti
If you’re onboarded to Tipalti, you'll receive monthly payouts. Some months will include quarterly earnings.
Downloading Spotify royalty reports
Download your Spotify royalty reports from Spotify for Authors.
- Log in to authors.spotify.com
- Go to Reports then Royalty Reports.