Resonate Market Share Analysis for July 2026

The reasons are fairly simple – popularity and power. First, let’s take a look at the popularity problem, which has to do with the way streaming royalties are calculated. Sharky Laguna wrote a great piece about this, so we won’t go into too much detail about it. The bottom line with the convoluted way streaming royalties are calculated, popular performers take a larger cut than less known indies. Most people think that after you listen to a song on a streaming service that a few fractions of a cent will magically appear in that performer’s bank account.