πŸ†š SoundCloud vs. Spotify

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Audio streaming service
Audio streaming service

About

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.

Spotify is a digital music-streaming service that gives users access to a large online library of music tracks and podcasts.

It offers over 100 million songs and around 7 million podcast titles, supports cross-platform playback across mobile, desktop, and smart devices, allows offline downloads of up to 10,000 tracks on each of up to 5 devices for Premium users, and provides AI-powered personalized recommendations.

Headquarters

Berlin, Germany
Stockholm, Sweden

Website

Pricing

For listeners
Free version βœ”οΈAds, limited catalog, no offline listening
SoundCloud Go$4.99/month
SoundCloud Go+$10.99/month
For artists
Free version βœ”οΈBasic, 2 hours of uploads
Artist$39/year
Artist Pro$99/year
Free version βœ”οΈAds between tracks, no offline listening
Premium
Student$5.99/month
Individual$11.99/month
Duo$16.99/month
Family$19.99/month

Categories

Audio Streaming β€Ί Rank #2
Audio Streaming β€Ί Rank #1
Social Media β€Ί Rank #12

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Spotify audio streaming service is 1.8 times more popular than SoundCloud.
Total websites

Market share

Audio Streaming

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Spotify is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while SoundCloud is more popular in Russia, Vietnam, and Ukraine.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Brazil
Spain
France
Italy
Australia
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Spotify is more popular among sites focused on entertainment, business, and blogs and wiki, while SoundCloud is more commonly used on health and government and military sites.
Entertainment
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
General News
Sports
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#199
#358
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