The royalty model is broken

Your subscription
supports artists
directly.

Fanback is the streaming platform built on a simple idea: the artists you listen to get paid by you, not by an algorithm. 80% of every subscription goes to the creators you play.

80% of your subscription to artists
0 middlemen between you and your music
100% transparency on where your money goes
Your plays. Your support. Your artists.
Why this exists
"Spotify helps people discover music. Fanback helps people support it."

Behind every playlist and every viral release lies a system increasingly driven by manufactured hype, bought streams, pay-for-placement, and major-label influence. Independent artists are told success is measured in streams, yet most never build a genuine audience and earn only fractions of a cent from the music they create.

Fanback exists to change that. We rebuilt the economic model from the ground up — not by patching the old system, but by replacing it entirely.

The economics

80% to artists.
Always.

No pool. No pro-rata. No cross-subsidization from your listening habits to mega-artists you've never played.

Traditional streaming
Pro-rata pool
Top artists take most Independent artists get diluted

Your subscription mixes into one pot. Your plays subsidize whoever has the most total streams — regardless of whether you've ever heard them.

Fanback
Your subscription, tracked
Artists you played Platform

Every dollar you pay is tracked to the artists you stream. If you only listen to five artists, those five artists receive your subscription. Not a pool. Not a formula. You.

1 in 5
independent SoundCloud artists could double their income under a user-centric model. Fanback is built for this model from day one.
For artists

Finally know who your listeners are

Revenue, daily
See exactly how much every track earns each day. Know what's working before your quarterly royalty statement arrives.
Where your listeners are
City-level geographic data shows exactly which markets your music is reaching — and which ones are still waiting for you.
Track growth in real time
Spot which songs are gaining momentum across cities before they trend. Know which tracks are quietly building loyal audiences.
Your top supporters
See who your most active listeners are — the fans whose subscription is actually funding your career. Build from those relationships.
Global music intelligence, live
New York London Tokyo Lagos São Paulo Sydney

Live listener activity across global cities. Watch trends emerge before they explode.

We didn't build Fanback to compete with Spotify. We built it because the music industry needed an alternative that actually aligned incentives between the people who make music and the people who listen to it.
Success on Fanback isn't measured in viral moments. It's measured in loyal listeners, sustainable income, and real fan relationships.
Support over reach
A dedicated community of 500 true fans funds your career better than 500,000 passive streams from a pooled royalty pot.
Loyalty over algorithms
Your music doesn't need to be surfaced by a recommendation engine. It only needs to reach the people who already love it.
Transparency over guessing
Every artist knows exactly who supports them, where they are, and what their music is earning. No more quarterly surprises.