# Audibin

> Artist-first music platform: 50% of gross subscription revenue to artists monthly, board-governed with an artist representative, on a path to employee ownership. Beta signup, FAQs, an interactive earnings calculator, and articles on fair streaming economics.

Audibin is building a streaming platform where artists and listeners connect without the pro-rata royalty model. This site includes beta signup, FAQs, a follower-based earnings calculator, and educational articles on streaming payouts and platform governance.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://audibin.com/): Beta signup and platform overview
- [FAQ](https://audibin.com/faq.html): Payouts, subscriptions, onboarding, governance
- [Earnings calculator](https://audibin.com/earnings-calculator/): Compare patronage-style payouts vs pro-rata streaming; supports WebMCP tool calculate-artist-earnings in supporting browsers
- [Privacy policy](https://audibin.com/privacy-policy.html): GDPR/CCPA data practices

## Blog

- [Blog index](https://audibin.com/blog/): All articles on streaming economics, patronage, and artist-first platforms
- [How Does Audibin Handle AI-Generated Music?](https://audibin.com/blog/how-does-audibin-handle-ai-generated-music/): Audibin keeps human artists at the center with declarations, automated detection, human review, and community reporting.
- [Where Does Your $10 Streaming Subscription Actually Go?](https://audibin.com/blog/where-does-your-streaming-money-go/): Most listeners assume their monthly subscription supports the artists they love. The reality is more complicated, and a lot less fair.
- [How Much Do Artists Actually Make From Streaming?](https://audibin.com/blog/how-much-do-artists-make-from-streaming/): A million streams sounds like success. The math behind what that actually pays will surprise you.
- [Why Streaming Is Great for Discovery but Terrible for Income](https://audibin.com/blog/streaming-discovery-vs-income/): Streaming solved music discovery. It didn't solve artist compensation, and conflating the two has masked a serious problem.
- [What Is the Pro-Rata Streaming Model?](https://audibin.com/blog/what-is-the-pro-rata-streaming-model/): The way streaming platforms divide royalties has a name, and understanding it explains why your subscription money doesn't go where you think it does.
- [Patronage vs. Streaming Royalties](https://audibin.com/blog/patronage-vs-streaming-royalties/): Streaming and patronage are both ways listeners fund artists, but they work completely differently, and the difference matters a lot.
- [Why 1,000 True Fans Beat 10 Million Streams](https://audibin.com/blog/1000-true-fans-vs-10-million-streams/): Kevin Kelly's famous theory gets more relevant every year, and the math makes a compelling case for building deep fan relationships over chasing stream counts.
- [What Would a Fair Music Platform Actually Look Like?](https://audibin.com/blog/what-would-a-fair-music-platform-look-like/): "Fair" gets thrown around a lot in music industry debates. Here's what it would actually require in practice.
- [Why Community-Owned Platforms Are the Future of Music](https://audibin.com/blog/community-owned-music-platforms/): The streaming era concentrated power in a handful of companies. A growing movement is asking what happens when artists and fans own the platform instead.
- [Why Independent Artists in Denver Are Building Their Own Scene](https://audibin.com/blog/denver-independent-music-scene/): Denver's music scene has always been built from the ground up, and a new generation of artists and organizations is taking that DIY spirit further than ever.
- [How Local Listeners Can Directly Support Colorado Artists](https://audibin.com/blog/how-to-support-colorado-artists-directly/): Streaming helps artists get discovered. It doesn't pay them. Here's what actually moves money from fans to the Colorado musicians you care about.

## Optional

- [humans.txt](https://audibin.com/humans.txt): Team and site credits