🆚 Apple Music vs. SoundCloud

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 SoundCloud is three times more popular than Apple Music.
🌎 SoundCloud is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Apple Music is more popular in Japan and the Cayman Islands.

Apple Music

SoundCloud

Type

Audio streaming service

About

Apple Music is a subscription-based audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc.

It offers over 100 million songs, supports lossless and spatial audio quality, and is available in over 160 countries and regions.

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.

Headquarters

Cupertino, California, United States

Berlin, Germany

Website

music.apple.com

soundcloud.com #40

Pricing

Free version ❌Free trial for 1-3 months

Student$5.99/month

Individual$10.99/month

Family$16.99/month

For listenersFree version ✔️Ads, limited catalog, no offline listening
SoundCloud Go$4.99/month
SoundCloud Go+$10.99/month

For artistsFree version ✔️Basic, 2 hours of uploads
Artist$39/year
Artist Pro$99/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The SoundCloud audio streaming service is 2.9 times more popular than Apple Music.

Total websites

Market share

Audio Streaming

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

SoundCloud is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Apple Music is more popular in Japan and the Cayman Islands.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Russia

Vietnam

Japan

Australia

Canada