Why I Stopped Using DistroKid...

[@retroklub_tv]

It's strange that in some spots Spotify says "we notified the company of fake streams" but in the next breath they say "we didn't tell them to take it down" and "there's no such thing as punishment." So wtf ARE you doing? Just letting them know about the fake streams for fun? So many people are being removed for "100% fake streams" which is clearly bs. I want some damn answers. I'm doubtful we'll get any tho, so let's get to selling straight to our fans instead.

[@MajesticLawnGnome]

Watch top music attorney that one lady she has some shady crap on distrokid

[@2025artist]

Got one yesterday 😂glad I’m not the only one smh

[@djsmart-c5]

Qppp

[@metalxmetalxmetalxmetalx]

it’s happening to all distributors . Soundcloud just took all my songs down. And still haven’t replied to support so I just unsubscribed. we all need to ban up and get a class action lawsuit going

[@wonkyboymakesstuff]

did it happen to you? If so which distributor?

[@tarkie_official]

I would go too fight against them

[@2025artist]

Oh nah them too? Yeah they trying to get rid of us all

[@theviralmusician]

@@wonkyboymakesstuff SoundCloud is the distributor

[@lettersinorder]

Draft one out and we'll cosign it

[@afineproduction3745]

I got one strike and recently got a warning on a song that didn’t get any bot plays at all, but a song that got added to a botted playlists without my consent hasn’t gotten flagged. Very strange on how it’s happening

[@flyarchives1]

Fax me too.

[@CashMcWilliams]

Dude all my music got taken off of Spotify and they are trying to tell me the same thing I didn’t realize this was happening to a lot of people

[@2025artist]

Dang, best solution is to stop uploading on Spotify

[@chrorokimsisi]

@@2025artist bro what? Typa solution

[@DannyHortonMusic]

It happened to me today! They won't put my music back up. I'm so pissed!!

[@LilDre3MS]

Right some of my songs taken off Spotify I guess they think “robots listening” 🙄

[@Relos8]

I am on Tunecore and everything is fine right now but this shit is really scary bro

[@2025artist]

How’s it going?

[@Relos8]

@@2025artist everything still good 🙏🏻

[@ghost-user559]

Still good?

[@Relos8]

@@ghost-user559no 🫣

[@Kailasha_]

How its going bro 💪

[@moses2009100]

My main issue with them is their chat bot you cannot talk to a real person they just keep having you on those chat robot things you got to literally go to the moon and back to talk to a real person

[@RachyKatly]

I’m glad you’re being honest with that. I can’t understand how people still use that service after all those people complaining about getting banned. 2 years ago I got banned for no reason and now it’s even worse seeing how many people are getting their music taken down…

[@ornnn9804]

What to use tho? All these options are basically the same

[@RachyKatly]

My suggestions are Landr and Ditto if you need a subscription option or CD baby and Landr for pay per single/album Personally I use all the 3 and never had any problems so far

[@theepithetikos]

Distrokid deleted my song without my consent and without giving me any clear explanation. I couldn't even speak with a live person.

[@Iamsharaihope]

They just did this to me. I have never used fake streams. I reached out to Spotify and no one cares. It's sad that us artist have to go through that when we just want our music to be heard. They make us pay them all this money and we can't even get a couple dollars 😂😢

[@Pulse2AM]

Tunecore just got sued for 500 million by a major label, not sure of the specifics but it was something to do with them collecting royalties for work owned by the major(s) I believe. I have music on Tunecore but I never made any $$ from it there. Not sure if people just don't like it or it's something else.

[@jaylo310]

Distrokid is literally the biggest scammer of all the distribution companies too. I would NEVER work with them again. I used them to distribute music for 5 years and they continually started scamming for extra money and fees every single year and it just got worse and worse. I hope they go out of business and artists become cognizant of their entire scam. There are many KZbinrs who have done cost benefit analyses of using DK versus other distributors and you will see that in the long term Distrokid just bilks artists. They also unfairly penalize artists when artists start getting popular and falsely accuse them of artificial streams and then take their music off the platform just to save them from having to pay royalties to the artists. They claim Spotify flags "artificial" streaming but then when you go and talk to Spotify customer support they tell you they haven't flagged or reported anything and nothing looks "suspicious" on their end, confirming that Distrokid just lies to their own users and artists to get out of having to pay them anything. They will keep you down. I moved our entire catalogue of hundreds of songs over to another distributor and I couldn't be happier. I hope someone sues Distrokid to kingdom come.

[@GamaheaMusic]

Please, tell us which distributor you switched to.

[@hanliedippenaar9730]

Which distributer can I move my music too? I don't understand why they said to my husband you can leave your music with us for a life time legacy for 49 dollars but they charged me r2400 a year for yearly fees and now that I wanted to take my money out they will only pay me 20 cents for my album.

[@Goober_Official]

I just released a song for distribution on distrokid with a well established artist and now they're telling me they can't release it to stores because the featured artist needs to verify it's actually him but when I told them I have proof they said no that the featured artist needs to reply to us directly but I've been out of contact with the featured artist since we finished the song and he isn't responding so how am I supposed to release my song. I think it's just distrokid's way to save face from having to pay me the royalties from the song getting over hundreds of streams

[@GamaheaMusic]

@@Goober_Official Sorry to hear that. Most likely it has to do with the PRO (Performer's Rights Organization). You need to be registered with one (in the US it's ASCAP or BMI). Each artist must sign up there themselves as writer, and if you distribute your own song without a label/producer, you must also create a producer account. This is how you get paid for digital music. So the problem is likely that you both need to register the song with a PRO as co-authors. Split the writer & producer royalties 50/50. You'll still need to get in touch with that artist somehow. Also, DistroKid charges extra for KZbin Content ID. I use LANDR personally, but YT Content ID is very important considering a lot of people discover new music on YT, and 1/3 of mankind is using it at any given moment. Content ID will help protect your songs from misuse and piracy. If you don't have a PRO + SoundExchange, you're not getting paid and no one is legally obligated to pay you anything.

[@yoyopopboy]

I'm banned from making instagram comments for saying distrokid are corrupt in a comment on a distrokid post. can't even appeal.

[@RachyKatly]

😳

[@ZynicGD]

Dont criticize them then. Let it fly.

[@Sasio]

It's happening because people who make playlist for business purpose put all kind of music that already works fine to have a "store view" for the people they try to sell their business, and then use bots for the plays, but the bots work on the whole playlist so your tracks being part of it get fake plays too, even if it's 5% fake Spotify can detect that and take down the track, that suck obviously, the only "solution" is keeping preciously your ISRC codes to reupload the track keeping the same statistics and spots on every peoples playlist (it kicks the number of fake plays detected when you re-upload)

[@precio11k]

hi man i have problems. I think i cant use the sound of MY song in instagram and tik tok, if people share my reel in the stories it cancel the sound. I use distrokid, how do you think i can get rif of this problem? The beat is made by my producer so is not stolen/buyed from youtube. everything is homemade. i dont understand why

[@Sasio]

@precio11k I have no clue... By my side tracks uploaded on distrokid work no problem on Instagram storie

[@rubberduckyruss2819]

Man my first album got take down. And honestly I think I'm done with distrokid.

[@Leeto19]

I’m trying to REUPLOAD my music and it’s flagging it through my samples that I use through SPLICE… saying it’s already used and that it’s someone else’s. I checked the songs and mine were out BEFORE those songs… idk where to go for my distributor anymore

[@1DREAMA]

Thats the problem with these sample packs anyway tho brother the amount of songs I come across on soundcloud that are using the same samples

[@Leeto19]

@ yea I started to just not use as many sample and just create my own from scratch

[@YuriSmith]

Symphonic Distribution is another place to release music in case you need it

[@tommyraystaleyjr.2773]

I love this It was my first distributor DistroKid in CD Baby Pro distributors are used to do my music

[@PHENEXMUSIC]

I got banned for a single Strike, Without any warning. They removed my all Releases & royalties is also Gone. I got banned for a single Copyright Strike!!! I made the beat from one Indian song chopping some Parts vocal only for that i got a STRIKE!!

[@sarah-c9q7q]

fuck distrokid!!!

[@sarah-c9q7q]

Fvck distrokiddd!!!!

[@IFechiMusic]

I been watching your videos😂 asking my self , why this guy still on distro. Took you long enough.... . .

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Leaving Distrokid today - the WORST customer support

[@HIRANMOYBORUAH]

M about too

[@Andrewcomedy]

That’s why I’m here

[@Saasori]

I'm joining you bro

[@bigtrappo252]

Facts I swear distrokid and Spotify got beef with me

[@AlexSaheli]

I just lost 250$ cuz of Spotify and I mean okay whatever but their support is so slow and so "we don't give a fish" that's really sad. Moving to Amuse.

[@SnipFlash]

Oh boy...you havent tried Amuse i guess... they're the worst in the industry

[@nightbirthmcheran]

I moved from United Masters to Distrokid. I don't know why but it seems im getting less streams now. Is distrokid bad for spotify's algorithm

[@PSYB3RMOTH]

..spotify now owns part of DK....so yea i think so

[@tornado79ify]

Sadly, I might be doing the same thing pretty soon. I'm uploading an album with previously released tracks that I released before and they're telling me that I can only release a track with samples from Splice, Sound, and such when only a month ago, I released that track before with the same samples and they didn't have a problem.

[@Leeto19]

Same here

[@Leeto19]

But I used my samples through splice…

[@godned74]

“Indeed, the situation might be simpler than it appears. Emerging websites are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) more than ever to manage and operate their platforms. The allure of automation is enticing for developers, but it comes with its own set of challenges. These challenges often seem to be overlooked as developers rush to release their products. Chances are, the representative you were trying to get a response from was an AI. It’s better not to answer than to give an inadequate response. Without sufficient human oversight, these automated systems can potentially lead to unforeseen complications.”

[@lalomuse4832]

This is driving me fucking insane it’s pissing me off. Do I use it or not for fucks sake dude. Fuck!

[@xenosflaw]

facts

[@2025artist]

Yes use it just dont upload to Spotify

[@Dj-Donmar]

So What are you using now

[@rodneybates9929]

It's frozen won't allow me to make changes to fix payout can yo please fix it froze due to changes in my address please fix my account

[@cactusjuice690]

Serious question... What is the BEST most HIGHLY RECOMMENDED especially used by big artists in dubstep, riddim, dance edm in general or genre ----for digital music distribution service that allows artists to upload their music to streaming services and online retailer and etc?

[@TxFxAstaror]

I also got rid of distrokid i started using ever since it looks promising but they're kinda slow

[@xanderusa1]

and IN ADDITION they access your Spotify account without your permission.

[@xanderusa1]

I have to change passwords every now and then for suspicious activity and my pc got virus. Another artist confirmed this in another video. Spotify told me my songs were working well, and that those are the distributors politics

[@nkbeatzoff]

What distributor do you recommend??

[@PSYB3RMOTH]

cdbaby

[@Covenityshorts]

Same thing as united masters, failed to pay us royalties saying we had fake streams

[@GssJL]

I just got my subscription and now I’m regretting it 😭

[@luoyee]

yes bro

[@elleckmashale2380]

I'm having a big stress now because I want to drop my album but it Sims like I didn't payed them and I just payed 419 last of last week then boom now they want another money they said I should pay 27.85 dollars which is 502.60 so how can I pay another mara

[@JulianoPianoMusic]

Just switched to Distrokid. Now I'm scared that I did a mistake😱

[@EsSimouPROD]

You did

[@victorsmith6429]

@@EsSimouPRODwho u with

[@ThePowerScript]

Get your own personal music site as well.

[@2025artist]

Just don’t upload to Spotify anymore it’s a Spotify thing it’s happening with everyone

[@2025artist]

Or start using Bandcamp again

[@hanliedippenaar9730]

Please let us know who to move to instead?

[@davidmalodieciseis]

So what are better alternatives ?

[@AyoMillz]

So there are a few things about this that I don't understand and this is why I prefer companies with live support - at least for situations as severe as this... With a live rep you could email screenshots of your ad campaigns, correspondence with Spotify and other supporting documents to show that there's no foul play involved and move right along... They could also email you a warning and just pass the fine along to end user if it ever happens and treat them like strikes - so many strikes and you're kicked from the platform... The worst part of all this is that I've been hearing people having this issue, who have run legit ad campaigns, just for Distrokid and/or Tunecore to then withhold their earnings - even thought there was no foul play... Hopefully you all ban together and do a class action lawsuit.

[@hanliedippenaar9730]

Please let us know which distributer would be most honest to move too? 1:23 1:23

[@jasonreviews]

amuse does it too now.

[@darrinsiberia]

so they're gunna screw over their own customers... to avoid a 10$ fee ?

[@IamVLD777]

It happend to me, but with Tunecore. It was my first album, it barely had a few thousand streams & got notified of fake streams. They took it down & charged me 10$ per track & because I didn’t have that much in my Tunecore acount, they took money from my credit card. If I knew, I would’ve removed my payment method

[@KumkumMaliOfficial0]

Brother Help Me Please

[@Streetlight-gr1rz]

Pls when is Kanye Wests streaming platform starting?

[@PSYB3RMOTH]

bruh i would love that

[@penikmatmusikdjslowedandreverb]

hello sir.....please help me, why hasn't my release on distrokid been released yet, it's been 2 weeks?

[@umi4045]

I submitted it yesterday and it's live on KZbin today.

[@MikeRychus]

What are bots streams

[@5StarReviewDuetting]

Bout to cancel distorkid they keep charging

[@TheKing-y9o]

Amuse did the same to me. I have never asked for mony of my music. I have never get some mony. I pain for a year. But all my music was taken down after 2 mounts :/ I didint get a refound. Its a jugle out there, and im the new kid out there.

[@Blessingbakeandculinary]

I just got logged out of my account can't even log in and i just subscribed

[@lottery248]

DistroKid is also involved in AI-generated content, so beware of it.

[@Fjayjizzo]

Distrokid is trash .🚮 they did the same to me and zeroed my balance. Customer care is even more trashy!

[@xrtls5078]

I use united masters and have not experienced this yet

[@AceBeamProduction]

You think it’s worth it paying double the price ?

[@RashiefStallings]

I got out to and pay for video distribution and everything else

[@TEACHMEDJ]

I hope they won't end up being like the lame soundcloud Wich is why now all djs left and they now with low quality mr everybody as customer

[@ronnie-e-001]

DISTRO KID IS A FRAUD

[@youareacoward8459]

Tell that to Kimsunghoon and the Trump songs she is making.

[@cozzyderapgod]

Amuse is the worst

[@VanGork]

Why do you have ski goggles on your face? are you otherwise fine?

[@MEMFISAKA]

*He is a Cyplops with one ̶d̶i̶c̶k̶ eye on forehead, bro.*

[@Hexis_xp]

Boost collective ????Boost collective

[@5StarReviewDuetting]

Distorkid is trash

[@sarah-c9q7q]

distributor sucks