An investigation into the curator economy · Updated monthly

The independent investigation into Spotify playlist curation as a business.

Real ranges. Real methodology. Real costs. The numbers PlaylistPush, ZipRecruiter, and the rest of the playlisting internet keep getting wrong. Plus a free 2-day masterclass that walks through the full operator playbook.

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The Curator Earnings Index

Real distribution data on what one Spotify curator account earns per month, broken out by submission platform, scaled by operator tier, with seasonality, methodology, and a side-by-side against every other online side hustle.

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Independent musicians pay submission platforms to get their tracks reviewed. The reviewers — playlist curators — get paid for every track they listen to. The masterclass walks through the full playbook in five short lessons. Free.

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About PlaylisterClub

Why the publication exists, who writes it, what the editorial standards are, and how the data is gathered from inside the curator economy.

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The problem: almost everything published about Spotify playlist curation income comes from one of two sources. Either the platforms in the operator stack (PlaylistPush blog, SubmitHub) selling the curator side to recruit more curators. Or generic SEO content farms that have never operated in this space and quote ranges with no methodology.

PlaylisterClub exists to be the third source. The one with methodology, ranges, costs, seasonality, and a willingness to name the things the other sources won't.

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