Transparency
The numbers, in public. Every quarter.
Royalty transparency to the cent. This page exists to show it.
Quarterly report
Per-quarter aggregates over the live database. Closed quarters stay live until the published snapshot supersedes them — at which point these numbers are frozen for that period.
Q2 2026 · Apr – Jun
Live figures
Updated continuously. These replace the marketing-chart version other stores publish once a year.
Subscription pool · May 2026 so far
Live inputs to the author pool distribution. 85% of net subscription revenue is distributed to authors in proportion to qualifying reads. Authors see the same math on their dashboard.
Content moderation
The platform's moderation decisions, in numbers. Nothing here is selected — these are the raw counts from the live database.
What we publish quarterly
A full transparency report lands on the 15th of the month after each quarter ends (April, July, October, January). The PDF and underlying CSV cover:
- Gross revenue, net revenue, author earnings in aggregate.
- Subscription pool disclosure: how many dollars went into Plus / Premium distribution that quarter, total listener minutes, and the per-minute rate authors earned. Verifiable against your earnings statement.
- Content removals: how many books, for what reason categories (copyright, safety, fraud), and how many appeals succeeded.
- Disputes and their outcomes (aggregate, no names).
- Independent annual audit — third-party signed.
We publish even if a number is embarrassing. That’s the point.
When does the first report come out?
The first quarterly report publishes on 15 July 2026, covering April–June 2026 activity. Until then, the live figures above are the substitute — refreshed every page load, not once a quarter.
Questions
transparency@penworth.ai for public enquiries. Royalty Policy for the exact maths.