$23.94 paid to 91 independent artists in June 2026, at 1.3¢ per minute listened.
Subscribers pay $10/month. Stripe takes processing fees of about 3%. Ratio retains 15% of the remainder for platform operations. The other 80% goes directly to artists, split by the exact minutes each subscriber spent listening to each artist that month. No shared pool. No algorithm averaging your support against artists you never played. Every subscriber's dollars route only to the artists that subscriber actually played.
| Month | To artists | Artists paid | Minutes | Per minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | $23.94 | 91 | 1,904 | 1.3¢ |
| May 2026 | $88.01 | 111 | 5,224 | 1.7¢ |
| April 2026 | $71.95 | 100 | 3,875 | 1.9¢ |
| March 2026 | $47.98 | 101 | 12,671 | 0.4¢ |
Other streaming services pool every listener's money and pay artists based on aggregate platform share, which means an indie band can be played heavily by their fans and still receive less than a stadium artist that the same fan never touched. Ratio.fm exists to break that. Every dollar follows the play. This page is the proof, refreshed at the start of every month after payouts run.
Upload your music if you make music. Subscribe if you want your $10 to actually reach the artists you listen to. Open the live transparency page for the current month's breakdown.