Pandora Royalties released for May, but significantly less.

[MariaDavis]

I saw that Pandora royalties were released for May 2025 through Distrokid. I was shorted by nearly $2,000! It says I earned $0.63! I know exactly how much I should be receiving from Pandora. I have been keeping track of my earnings every month for two years. I know how many streams it takes to make $100 across all versions of Pandora. What happened? Distrokid is telling me they released everything they received, so what gives? I really need my earnings. Someone please help!

[ChrisPandora]

Hey @MariaDavis - I have gone ahead and escalated this with our AMP Support team.

They will be following up with you via email. Be on the lookout of that 📧

[ajbristo · Accepted solution]

The same thing happened to me. I know it's a big headache. I received $0.18, which is way less than what I usually receive from Pandora. I think the issue is with DistroKid. They give us such heart attacks with our royalties all the time. It happened to me in the past with Apple Music, Spotify, and Pandora royalties. They say that they released everything, but they didn't. If you check "see excruciating detail," they would have released the royalties for only 100 or 200 streams. They normally update it again in 24 to 72 hours with the exact numbers. I think we will receive the remaining royalties soon. The "Good news" pop-up should appear again. This is based on my past experience with Distrokid. I hope I'll receive it soon. Going to wait for some time. Fingers crossed. 

[MariaDavis]

Thanks. Another friend of mine that uses Distrokid has the same thing. He only got .15 cents.

[ajbristo]

Your welcome. Good news! They have paid the full royalty. It just got updated for me. I hope everyone who used DistroKid has received the right amount now. Take care. 

[MariaDavis]

Yea, I got it too. I think enough people complained they actually did their jobs over at Distrokid. I hate that they tell us everything was released and it must be on Pandora's side, directing us here as a fallback response.

[MariaDavis]

@ChrisPandora As usual, Distrokid shifted the blame to Pandora. They finally released the full amount.

[ChrisPandora]

I appreciate the update @MariaDavis! Happy to hear you received your royalties 💸