How to Read a TuneCore Earnings Report

TuneCore gives you a granular view of your earnings — more detailed than many other distributors — which is great for accounting but can feel overwhelming the first time you open it. This guide walks you through what the report contains, how to interpret it, and how to use it to calculate what your collaborators are owed.

How to Export Your TuneCore Earnings Report

Log into your TuneCore account and navigate to the Reporting or Earnings section. Look for the option to export or download your transactions as a CSV. You can usually filter by date range before downloading. Once you have the file, you can upload it directly to the Song Royalty Calculator.

Understanding the TuneCore Transaction Format

Unlike a simple per-song summary, TuneCore's CSV is structured as a transaction ledger — each row represents a single transaction or reporting line, which may relate to a specific song, store, and time period. Here are the key columns to understand:

Transaction Date / Reporting Period

The date or period the transaction relates to. TuneCore pays out on a delay, so the transactions in a given export may reflect streams from several months earlier. This is expected and consistent across all major distributors.

Title / Track Name

The name of the song or track the row relates to. This is the field the Song Royalty Calculator uses to group all transactions for the same song together — giving you a single total per track ready for splitting.

Store / Platform

Which platform the earnings came from — Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube Music, and so on. TuneCore reports at the individual store level, so a popular song will have many rows across many stores. The calculator aggregates all of these automatically.

Net Revenue / Amount

The earnings for that row — the amount TuneCore is paying you after their fee (if applicable to your plan). This is the figure the calculator sums across all rows for each song to arrive at your per-song total.

UPC / ISRC

Unique identifiers for the release and the recording. These are useful for identifying specific tracks if you have releases where the title appears multiple times, but you won't normally need them for royalty split calculations.

TuneCore's Fee Model and What It Means for Your Earnings

TuneCore has historically operated on a hybrid model — some plans charge annual fees while others take a revenue percentage. The amount that appears in your CSV is typically the net figure after TuneCore's fee has already been deducted, so what you see is what you're actually receiving.

If you're splitting royalties with collaborators, make sure you're basing the split on the net figure in the CSV — not a gross estimate — to avoid overpaying.

From Transaction Ledger to Collaborator Payouts

Once you have your per-song totals, calculating what each collaborator is owed is straightforward:

1. Upload your TuneCore CSV to the Song Royalty Calculator. Your songs appear as tabs, each showing the total earnings for the period.
2. Add your collaborators under Publishing and Mechanical, with their agreed percentage splits.
3. Add any advance or recoupable amounts if applicable.
4. Hit Calculate to see a breakdown of what each person is owed.

Everything runs in your browser. Your TuneCore data is never uploaded to a server or stored anywhere.

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