Is SoundCloud dead?

SoundCloud Is Dead. The streaming service lost to Spotify… | by Brad LaPlante | CodeX | Medium.

Is SoundCloud still relevant 2020?

Yet despite SoundCloud's shortcomings, the platform still has 175 million monthly users — double the active users on Spotify — and serves as the birthplace of some of the most popular artists today, including Post Malone, Kehlani, and an entire slew of actually talented and successful SoundCloud rappers.

Do people still use SoundCloud?

Audience-wise, there are over 76 million active monthly users, with over 175 million global users that SoundCloud reaches, as of November 2021. While its competitors report having roughly 70 million tracks in their systems, SoundCloud supersedes this with over 300 million.

Is SoundCloud still popular 2022?

9. As of 2022, SoundCloud is worth around $800 million. Experts estimated SoundCloud's net worth at about $800 million in February 2022. This is a huge increase, given that SoundCloud's 2020 valuation was $500 million.

Will SoundCloud shut down?

SoundCloud says its not shutting down, and it has Chance the Rapper's support. Struggling music streaming service SoundCloud has rubbished claims that the company could be shutting up shop, amid reports that it only has enough money to last until the fourth quarter of this year.

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What happened SoundCloud 2021?

SoundCloud Is Dead. The streaming service lost to Spotify… | by Brad LaPlante | CodeX | Medium.

Why did SoundCloud almost shutdown?

By its own account, SoundCloud had come perilously close to shutting down in 2017. At the start of that year, the company said it was at risk of running out of enough cash to stay afloat.

Which country uses SoundCloud most?

What kind of people use SoundCloud?

Lacking in underground music and remixes

For example, most underground DJs and hip-hop artists exclusively use SoundCloud as a way of sharing their music.

Who is the target audience for SoundCloud?

There are about 25 million creators in SoundCloud (Music Ally, 2020). 12 million of those creators are heard monthly but 13 million (52%) are not (Music Ally, 2020). 35% of SoundCloud's audience is between the ages of 18 and 35 (Verto, 2018).

Why is SoundCloud not popular?

SoundCloud's increasingly confusing system of paid tiers caused contention for creators and their teams: unwarranted song takedowns ruined PR for new releases, labels pulled music off SoundCloud against artists' will, and those who had helped make SoundCloud a force from the beginning now found it had simply stopped ...

What is the #1 music app?

Spotify. Best features: There's a reason Spotify consistently comes out on top of its music app competitors: It makes 30 million tracks available to listen to or add to playlists for free.

Who is the #1 on Spotify?

Justin Bieber is the number 1 artist on Spotify thanks to his rapidly growing monthly listeners. Bieber broke a Spotify record in August 2021 with 83.3 million listens in August. That's the first time such numbers were achieved by any artist in the same period.

Is Spotify or SoundCloud better?

Quality Verdict. Spotify gets first place for music quality, both in audio quality and the level of artists on the platform. There are great artists on both platforms, but the music on Spotify has a more consistent level of quality for most listeners, and the technical audio quality also exceeds that of Soundcloud.

Is SoundCloud better than YouTube?

If you switch the video quality to a better one, it improves the sound quality as well. But as YouTube is broadly a video platform as compared to SoundCloud which is specifically built for audio tracks, therefore, we can expect better sound quality from SoundCloud which has an expertise in the audio it offers.

Why is Apple music better than SoundCloud?

Quality of music:

Apple Music offers many songs and tracks to its users, but its audio fidelity is also around 256kbps AAC. SoundCloud too provides similar quality to its users. Therefore sound quality turns out to be a level playing field for the two platforms.

Do artists get paid from SoundCloud?

The more fans listen on SoundCloud, and listen to your music, the more you get paid. Under the old model, money from your dedicated fans goes into a giant pool that's paid out to artists based on their share of total streams.

Why is Spotify quieter than SoundCloud?

According to Beat Spot, in order to foster a safe and consistent listening landscape that is devoid of potentially harmful effects to the ear canal, Spotify automatically renders its music to an average volume of -14db integrated LUFS (loudness units relative to full scale).

Is SoundCloud illegal?

Though the US National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has licensed SoundCloud, so far the streaming service has no licences in place with any performing rights organisation.

Who made SoundCloud popular?

Many artists used the platform as a first step in their career, including Post Malone who uploaded White Iverson in 2015, which became a viral hit. SoundCloud grew at a impressive rate for the first few years, rising from 15 to 150 million registered users from 2012 to 2015.

How much does SoundCloud pay for 1000 streams?

An expected payout can range from $0.0025 to $0.004 per stream. So for every 1000 plays, you'd receive between $2.50–$4.00.

Who saved SoundCloud?

After Helping to Save SoundCloud In 2017, Chance the Rapper Hits 1 Billion Streams on the Platform.

How many artists are on SoundCloud?

SoundCloud, where many of today's most influential artists and producers launch their careers, is home to over 30 million creators including some of the most promising next-gen talent pushing music culture forward.

Who owns SoundCloud?

Flickr/LeWeb SoundCloud founder and CEO Alexander Ljung went from a geeky, music-obsessed teenager to the high-flying CEO of one of Europe's most-recognised startups.