SoundCloud
SoundCloud is an online music streaming and distribution platform that allows musicians upload, share, and monetize audio tracks, while listeners discover and engage with content.
It hosts over 400 million tracks, supports social features such as a feed based on friends’ likes and follows, direct in-app messaging, public commenting on tracks, personalized recommendations, playlists with up to 500 tracks, and offers analytics and messaging tools for artists.
According to our data, SoundCloud is the second most popular audio streaming service on the web.
It has 29.4% of the audio streaming market share and is detected on 0.5% of all websites.
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SoundCloud is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Audio Streaming
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 29.4%
- Social Media
- Rank: 12
- Market share: 0.9%
🏆 SoundCloud Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Audio Streaming category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Audio Streaming category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Ukraine in the Audio Streaming category.
- 🥇 Most popular in South Africa in the Audio Streaming category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Iran in the Audio Streaming category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Croatia in the Audio Streaming category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Belarus in the Audio Streaming category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Serbia in the Audio Streaming category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Arab Emirates in the Audio Streaming category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Audio Streaming category.
⚡ Sites Using SoundCloud
We have data on 15,583 websites that use the SoundCloud audio streaming service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using SoundCloud is soundcloud.com.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soundcloud.com |
#40 | Germany | English | |
| 2 | #88 | Switzerland | English | ||
| 3 |  zoho.com |
#191 | India | English | |
| 4 | #199 | English | |||
| 5 | #358 | United States | English | ||
| 6 | snaptikapp | #724 | English | ||
| 7 | #994 | American English | |||
| 8 | #1,103 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Japanese | ||
| 9 | govkathyhochul | #1,115 | United States | English | |
| 10 | #1,301 | United States | English | ||
| 11 | migovernment | #1,469 | United States | English | |
| 12 | #1,556 | United States | American English | ||
| 13 | #1,645 | United States | English | ||
| 14 | #1,738 | United States | English | ||
| 15 | United States | American English | |||
| 16 | #2,707 | Colombia | Spanish | ||
| 17 | #2,816 | France | French | ||
| 18 | radio-farda | #2,891 | Iran | Persian | |
| 19 | #2,915 | United Kingdom | English | ||
| 20 | #3,006 | United States | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use SoundCloud:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Entertainment category.
Most of the sites using SoundCloud are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 23%
- Germany 10%
- United Kingdom 8.4%
- Russia 4.5%
- Vietnam 4.4%
- France 4.2%
- Netherlands 4.1%
- Australia 2.7%
- Canada 2.6%
- Other 36.1%
Most SoundCloud users speak English, German, or Russian.
- English 60.9%
- German 6.5%
- Russian 4.2%
- Vietnamese 4%
- Spanish 3.4%
- French 3.3%
- Portuguese 2.5%
- Dutch 2.2%
- Polish 1.4%
- Other 11.6%
The SoundCloud audio streaming service is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 46.6%
- .org 8.5%
- .de 4.7%
- .net 3.9%
- .ru 2.6%
- .co.uk 2.2%
- .nl 1.9%
- .fr 1.1%
- .com.au 1.1%
- Other 27.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing SoundCloud include entertainment, business, and blogs and wiki.
- Entertainment 19.1%
- Business 12.3%
- Blogs/Wiki 8.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 7.4%
- Education/Reference 7.4%
- Online Shopping 4.3%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 4%
- General News 3.5%
- Health 3.1%
- Other 30.6%
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Where is SoundCloud's headquarters?
SoundCloud is located in Berlin, Germany.
Does SoundCloud offer a free plan?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
How much does SoundCloud cost?
SoundCloud is priced from $4.99 per month for the SoundCloud Go plan.
Which country uses SoundCloud the most?
The majority of SoundCloud users are from the United States.
Who uses SoundCloud?
Is SoundCloud used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by ny.gov,
michigan.gov, and
mo.gov. In total, we found SoundCloud on 21 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use SoundCloud?
Yes. The most prominent of these is manchester.ac.uk. Overall, we know of 57 academic websites in the United States that use SoundCloud.
How does SoundCloud compare to the competition?
SoundCloud is one of the most popular audio streaming services, second only to 
Spotify.