Musicians earned $4.3 million from Bandcamp last Friday, 15 times more than usual

Last Friday (March 20), Bandcamp waived its revenue share on music sales for a 24-hour period to help artists impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and music fans reacted generously to generosity. On a typical Friday, as Bandcamp explained, fans buy about 47,000 items, but this past Friday fans bought nearly 800,000, or $4.3 million worth of music and merch, more than 15 times Bandcamp's normal Friday. In the last 30 days, fans have paid $15.3 million to artists via Bandcamp.