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SoundCloud

Who runs SoundCloud, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest music streaming alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Mixcloud

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs SoundCloud

SoundCloud soundcloud.com

Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.

Wikidata: German business providing an online audio distribution platform

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What SoundCloud tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

12 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 2 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
OneTrust
US company
2 tools
  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to SoundCloud

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to SoundCloud, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than SoundCloudNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to SoundCloud match.

  1. 01
    Mixcloud mixcloud.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Mixcloud - This is Audio Culture

    Join a global community where creators craft a deeper listening experience.

    Compare Mixcloud with SoundCloud →
  2. 02
    Audiomack audiomack.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Audiomack - Music platform empowering artists & fans | Audiomack

    Audiomack is a youth-driven, artist-first music streaming platform that allows creators to share unlimited music and podcast content for free.

    Compare Audiomack with SoundCloud →
  3. 03
    hearthis.at English 1 tracker

    Listen to DJ Sets, Mixes and Sounds | hearthis.at

    Stream your mixes and sounds on hearthis.at - lossless audio streaming and unlimited uploads. Sell directly & get paid instantly.

    Compare hearthis.at with SoundCloud →
  4. 04
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English No trackers

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

    Compare YouTube with SoundCloud →
  5. 05
    bandcamp.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Client Challenge

    American online music distributor

    Compare bandcamp.com with SoundCloud →
  6. 06
    Wynk wynk.in English 1 tracker

    Music Online - Listen to Latest Mp3 Songs | Download New & Old Songs | Wynk Music

    Download & Listen to the Latest MP3 songs, Genres of Music & Podcast Online on Wynk Music. Create your Playlist to Enjoy Hindi, English, Bollywood, Regional, Old Songs & much more.

    Compare Wynk with SoundCloud →
  7. 07
    KICK kick.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    KICK

    KICK is a streaming platform that makes it easy for you to find and watch your favorite content.

    Compare KICK with SoundCloud →
  8. 08
    Bigo Live bigo.tv English 1 tracker

    BIGO LIVE - Live Stream, Live Games, Chat Rooms Online

    BIGO LIVE is a free live streaming platform that allows you to go live, watch live streams, live games, live shows, and video chat online.

    Compare Bigo Live with SoundCloud →
  9. 09
    Dailymotion dailymotion.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Dailymotion

    video streaming site

    Compare Dailymotion with SoundCloud →
  10. 10
    SlideShare slideshare.net Top 1K English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos

    Compare SlideShare with SoundCloud →
  11. 11
    Instagram instagram.com Top 100 English No trackers

    Instagram

    Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

    Compare Instagram with SoundCloud →
  12. 12
    LiveMe liveme.com English 1 tracker

    LiveMe - Live Streaming & Live Video Chat

    LiveMe global live streaming community. Explore HD live broadcasts, chat with creators, make new friends and enjoy interactive live entertainment around the world.

    Compare LiveMe with SoundCloud →
  13. 13
    ReverbNation reverbnation.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    ReverbNation

    ReverbNation helps Artists grow lasting careers by introducing them to music industry partners, exposing them to fans, and building innovative tools to promote their success.

    Compare ReverbNation with SoundCloud →
  14. 14
    ListenBrainz listenbrainz.org English No trackers

    ListenBrainz

    Track, explore, visualise and share the music you listen to. Follow your favourites and discover great new music.

    Compare ListenBrainz with SoundCloud →
  15. 15
    Amuse amuse.io English No trackers

    Amuse

    Empowering independent artists, teams and labels around the world with an alternative to the traditional industry model.

    Compare Amuse with SoundCloud →
  16. 16
    TikTok tiktok.com Top 100 English 1 tracker

    TikTok - Make Your Day

    video-focused social media platform

    Compare TikTok with SoundCloud →
  17. 17
    AniList anilist.co English No trackers

    AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga

    Track, discover, and share anime and manga with AniList. Discover top-rated and popular shows through reviews and recommendations. Sign up for free!

    Compare AniList with SoundCloud →
  18. 18
    TuneCore tunecore.com English 1 tracker

    ♫ TuneCore: Digital Music Distribution Services | Start Now!

    Sell your music worldwide with our digital music distribution services & enjoy your royalties! Get your music online in 150+ stores. FREE SIGNUP! ✔

    Compare TuneCore with SoundCloud →
  19. 19
    Tumblr tumblr.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Tumblr

    Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

    Compare Tumblr with SoundCloud →
  20. 20
    stats.fm English No trackers

    stats.fm (Formerly Spotistats for Spotify)

    Your music, your stats, your story. Enter a new dimension of music by getting unique insights into your music taste.

    Compare stats.fm with SoundCloud →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles SoundCloud’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones SoundCloud uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what SoundCloud adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 17 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,213
Vector
384-d
Query
29 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to SoundCloud’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

SlideShareDailymotionBigo LiveKICKWynkbandcamp.comYouTubehearthis.atAudiomackMixcloud

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Analytics
  • Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
Marketing automation
  • HubSpot TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ip4:178.249.138.0/23 ip4:145.253.129.2…
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=e1469db8bb5c9886c8a7abbece38ddc342618aa4ac7dca85b…
CDN
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Email hosting
Email delivery
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
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