Song

With or Without You

U2 · The Joshua Tree · 1987

high confidence

Estimate at a glance

How much money does With or Without You make?

With or Without You by U2 is estimated at $500K-$1.7M/year on the artist side, with gross track revenue and ownership context separated below.

Takeaway: With or Without You is one of the stronger modeled catalog earners here because replay demand and ownership context both support a durable annual range.

Its emotional directness and instantly recognizable arrangement help it keep earning through repeat listening and catalog reuse.

What stands out

  • Currently ranks around the top 9% of tracked songs by modeled artist-side earnings
  • Released in 1987 and still shows earnings power roughly 39 years later
  • Ranks #1 among 2 tracked songs for U2
  • External listening links available
  • high confidence estimate

Why the song still earns

  • Classic-rock and broad catalog playlists support recurring streaming.
  • Cross-generational familiarity keeps the song discoverable.
  • Sync use and event-driven replay can lift the baseline.

With or Without You lands in the top 9% of tracked songs by estimated artist-side earnings.

The song still reads as an evergreen catalog asset roughly 39 years after release.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

artist-side split is modeled + gross track revenue is separated. Why?

The headline number is the modeled artist-side annual share for this recording when split data exists.

Modeled artist-side range $500K-$1.7M/year
Gross track revenue $1.5M-$4.9M/year
Ownership context Included below
Platform signals Listening links only
Last updated July 15, 2026
With or Without You by U2

How It Compares

With or Without You is compared against nearby songs in the catalog based on artist overlap, era, genre, and modeled earnings range.

Song Artist Estimated yearly midpoint
With or Without You
selected song
U2 $1,100,000
Umbrella
similar earnings band
Rihanna $1,125,000
Bad Guy
similar earnings band
Billie Eilish $1,000,000
California Love
similar earnings band
2Pac $1,000,000

Revenue Breakdown

Gross track revenue $1.5M-$4.9M/year
100% of the lead revenue lane
Artist-side share $500K-$1.7M/year
34% of the lead revenue lane
Label master share $475K-$1.6M/year
66% of the lead revenue lane

Bars reflect modeled annual midpoint ranges, not audited royalty statements.

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Reader questions about With or Without You

How much did With or Without You make in total?

With or Without You does not have a public lifetime total, so the estimate stays focused on modeled annual earnings instead of claiming an audited career total.

How much does With or Without You make per stream?

With or Without You does not have a single public per-stream rate because payouts vary by platform, territory, subscription tier, and contract structure. The estimate here is modeled from aggregate streaming, licensing, and catalog behavior instead.

Who owns With or Without You?

With or Without You is modeled from public-facing catalog behavior and conservative rights-split assumptions, not from audited royalty statements.

Show ownership and assumptions

With or Without You is modeled from public-facing catalog behavior and conservative rights-split assumptions, not from audited royalty statements.

Supporting Revenue Context

Estimated gross track revenue$1.5M-$4.9M/year
Estimated artist-side cut$500K-$1.7M/year
Estimated label master share$475K-$1.6M/year
Estimated publishing share$150K-$510K/year
Estimated songwriter share$210K-$714K/year
MastersLikely controlled through the recording label or distributor unless a specific rights sale is known
PublishingWriter and publisher splits affect the publishing share shown here
Catalog sale statusNo specific catalog sale adjustment is modeled for this track

Assumptions: Estimate keeps the headline range as the artist-side figure and models gross track, label, publishing, and songwriter lanes from that conservative annual range.

Notes: With or Without You is modeled from public-facing catalog behavior and conservative rights-split assumptions, not from audited royalty statements.

Split-aware estimate

The headline number is the modeled artist-side annual share for this recording when split data exists.

  • Gross track revenue is separated from artist-side take-home where the page has enough split context.
  • Ownership notes on masters or publishing are included and should be read alongside the revenue number.
  • All figures are conservative annual modeled ranges based on streaming behavior, cultural replay value, sync potential, and available ownership information, not public royalty statements.

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