We become the publisher (admin only, you keep your rights): we register every song, fix the splits and claim what is owed, back to the oldest period still open. No upfront fee — a commission on what comes back.
Check with your own society whether the song is registered as a work, with every writer and their split.
If it is not, register it (title, writers, splits, IPI numbers) or ask your publisher or administrator to do it.
Ask for the ISWC once it is assigned and add it to your distributor's metadata.
In countries where you have no sub-publisher, check the work reached the local society; if not, ask your society to send it or claim it there.
Where your money comes from
Every song earns on two sides
The song (what you wrote) and the recording (what you recorded) are paid separately, by different organisations. Streams are only one source — radio, TV, live and public places matter as much or more for songwriters.
Publishing · the song
Songwriting money
Paid to writers and publishers by authors' societies (SIAE, SACEM, GEMA, PRS…), your publisher, and The MLC in the US.
Streaminga small slice of every stream (mechanical + performance)estimated below
Radio & TVoften the biggest item for songwriterspublic radio plays below
Live showsa share of ticket sales, if the setlist is reportedin the Live tab
Shops, bars, gyms, venuesbackground music licencesnot estimated yet
Syncads, films, series, games — by contractnot estimated yet
Downloads & CDsmechanical royalties on salesfrom your own files
Abroadcollected by local societies, passed back to yoursfrom your own files
Recording · the master
Recording money
Paid to the artist and label by the distributor, and by performers' and producers' societies (NUOVOIMAIE, PPL, GVL…).
Streaming & salesthe bulk of stream money — paid by your distributor, not a society
Unclaimed money lists
1 entry carries your name
Some societies publish the songs and recordings they collected money for but could not pay — and the artists they cannot reach — so rightsholders can come forward.We checked 933,311 entries from STIM (Sweden), OSA (Czechia), SOZA (SK), MESAM (Türkiye), GEMA (Germany), GVL (Germany), Gramex (Finland), SAYCO (CO).
Likely yours
0
same ISRC, your name with one of your titles, or with a real co-writer of yours
To check
1
same full name on a list from a country you're linked to — may be someone else
JE M'APPELLE BAGDADSame name — check
STIM (Sweden) — Works STIM collected money for but that nobody registered · ref 26528777
Matched: same name (TINA ARENA)
How to claim: Register the work with your own society (or STIM if you are a member) and tell STIM it appears on this list. Official list ↗
Ask each society for back-payment of the periods they still allow you to claim.
Two lines from the map above: the songwriting slice of your streams, and an estimate of neighbouring rights for the recordings you play on. The recording money your distributor pays for streams is not here — it is already in your distributor statements.
iHow this is calculated
Calculated automatically from 3,956 listens on ListenBrainz, an open listening panel that is much stronger in the UK and US than in most other countries — so elsewhere it is often an underestimate.
Plays are scaled to all services, then multiplied by a per-play rate and by your share of the songwriting.
Make it precise with your own numbers— optional, stays in your browser
Expected · public estimate · every 6 months€5 – €50
Songwriting · from streams
€5 – €40
Recording · neighbouring rights
€1 – €8
Have your distributor report?
Drop it in and the figures come from your real streams, country by country — it never leaves your browser.
Tant que tu es là · Church · Love Saves · Dancing on Thin Ice · Mother to Her Child · Outrun the Night · House · Danser sur la glace · Cry Me a Miracle · Dared to Love You First · Can’t Say Anything · Devil in Me
Tant que tu es là · Church · Love Saves · Dancing on Thin Ice · Mother to Her Child · Outrun the Night · House · Danser sur la glace · Cry Me a Miracle · Dared to Love You First · Can’t Say Anything · Devil in Me
Tant que tu es là · Church · Love Saves · Dancing on Thin Ice · Mother to Her Child · Outrun the Night · House · Danser sur la glace · Cry Me a Miracle · Dared to Love You First · Can’t Say Anything · Devil in Me
Tant que tu es là · Church · Love Saves · Dancing on Thin Ice · Mother to Her Child · Outrun the Night · House · Danser sur la glace · Cry Me a Miracle · Dared to Love You First · Can’t Say Anything · Devil in Me
Tant que tu es là · Church · Love Saves · Dancing on Thin Ice · Mother to Her Child · Outrun the Night · House · Danser sur la glace · Cry Me a Miracle · Dared to Love You First · Can’t Say Anything · Devil in Me
Overload · I Want to Love You · Heaven · Love You Less · Karma · Unravel Me · No Filter · Let Me In · Don’t Look Back · Not Still in Love with You · Wouldn’t Be Love If It Didn’t · Don’t Hide · Walk with You · Out of the Blue · Colours · Love Falls · Magic · Lie in It · Patchwork Heart · The Things We Do for Love (Pop mix)
Estimated · 35 of 35 shows found on setlist.fm since 2015€286 – €3,335for you, if every setlist was reported — 2 can still be reported
iHow this is estimated
Assumed 100–500 paid tickets per show (from how much your music is listened to) at a typical local price (e.g. €15–40), × each society's published concert tariff, × the share of the set that is your own songs, × your share of the writing (26%).
By currency: A$437 – A$5,102 · £13 – £154. Added up in euros at the European Central Bank reference rates of 2026-10-02.
Put your real ticket numbers on the shows page for a precise figure. Countries without a published tariff (e.g. the US) aren't counted.
