Spotify’s newly published 2026 Francophone Report reveals that the platform generated nearly €319 million in royalties for French rightsholders in 2025, a 7% year-on-year increase, and that for the first time half of all royalties for French artists came from listeners outside France.
According to the report, 55% of those royalties were paid to independent artists or labels. More than 100 French artists earned over €500,000 in royalties from Spotify last year, including 35 who surpassed €1 million. French artists also accounted for 65% of tracks on the service’s Daily Top 50 France chart.
Spotify also reported that more than 148 million people outside historically francophone markets now regularly stream French-language music, podcasts or audiobooks, a 14% rise year-on-year. The top non-francophone markets for French music are Germany, the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Spain, while India, Egypt and Indonesia are among the fastest-growing.
