Publishing Deal Benchmarks

Aggregate statistics across 25 analyzed publishing contracts on SoundDeal. Updated regularly as the corpus grows.

Split %

n=15

Median

75.0%

p10medianp90

15 publishing deals

Term length

n=14

Median

36 mo

p10medianp90

14 publishing deals

Recoupment threshold

n=12

Median

$55,500

p10medianp90

12 publishing deals

Advance

n=25

Median

$140,000

p10medianp90

25 publishing deals

Royalty rate

n=12

Median

75.0%

p10medianp90

12 publishing deals

Audit window

n=10

Median

36 mo

p10medianp90

10 publishing deals

Split basis

n=15

Net53%

Gross47%

15 publishing deals

Reversion type

n=22

Hybrid73%

None27%

22 publishing deals

Exclusivity

n=20

Exclusive100%

20 publishing deals

About this data

These benchmarks are computed from real contracts uploaded to SoundDeal by songwriters, producers, artists, and managers. Only deals where users explicitly consented to corpus contribution are included. Cohorts with fewer than 3 deals are not displayed.

Percentile values (p10, p25, median, p75, p90) describe the distribution of deal terms. The median is the middle value — half of comparable deals are higher, half are lower. The p25–p75 range (highlighted on the distribution bar) covers the middle 50% of deals — a useful "typical range" for negotiation.

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