About SoundCloud

About SoundCloud Company

SoundCloud is an artist platform that enables individual artists to help them build and grow their careers. Soundcloud is a Swedish audio discovery platform powered by a global community of artists and listeners. Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss founded Soundcloud in August 2007 in Berlin, Germany. Currently, the CEO of SoundCloud is Michael Weissman, who was the former President of the company.

The headquarters of SoundCloud is in Berlin, Germany. SoundCloud has its offices in Berlin, London and Cardiff. Subsidiaries of Soundcloud are Repost Network, SoundCloud Limited, and Instinct TV.

 According to the reports, Soundcloud has over 250 million tracks, 20 million creators every month, and over 80,000 artists monetizing through SoundCloud in about 190 countries. It is also reported that SiriusXM has invested about $75 million in return for a minority stake and two board seats.

About SoundCloud Company History

Read about Soundcloud Company History below and check out years that brings the turning point in the success story of Soundcloud.

2007 – SoundCloud was founded by sound designer Alexander Ljung and electronic musician Eric Wahlforss.

2008 – Official website of SoundCloud was launched in October.

2009 – SoundCloud received funding of about €2.5 Million from Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures.

2010 – SoundCloud completed its 1 million users.

2011 – SoundCloud raised another US $10 million from Index Ventures and Union Square Ventures. It also reported its 5 million registered users.

2012 – SoundCloud announces 15 Million registered users and 1.5 active users per month.

2013 – SoundCloud reported to complete its 40 million registered users and 20 million active users per month.

2016 – Spotify announced its acquisition with SoundCloud, but later, Spotify abandoned the acquisition plans.

2017 – SoundCloud faced financial shortages after not being able to raise $100 Million. SoundCloud closed two of its offices in San Francisco and London to cut down the costs.

2019 – In the month of May, SoundCloud announced its acquisition over the Repost Network.

2020 – SoundCloud announces that SiriusXM has invested 75 million US dollars.

About SoundCloud Services

Soundcloud is more than a streaming service; it’s an open global community for anyone to upload any song for immediate discovery. Soundcloud is the world’s largest audio and music streaming platform with over 200 million tracks and a global community of over 20 million-plus artists from every creative corner of the world. On SoundCloud, people can discover music that exists nowhere else, including DJ sets and curated playlist remixes and freestyles. Soundcloud’s massive catalogs have the biggest hits in pop, Hip Hop, rap, electronic, rock, techno, classical, podcast, and jazz.

Soundcloud is the only place where creators and listeners collide to push music culture forward together. People can play, like, comment, and repost. Everyone listens, and subscription purchased on SoundCloud puts more money in the artists’ pocket, empowering and enabling them to continue creating music and pushing music culture forward. Soundcloud is available in 9 languages: English, Dutch, Brazilian, Portuguese, Sweden, Italian, Spanish, German, and French. On SoundCloud, there are two types of people: one is the creator, and the other one is the listener, so Soundcloud introduced some premium plans for both of them.

SoundCloud Services For Creators

Pro unlimited – Have to pay $144 per month. Users can upload any audio file. Give access to all advanced SoundCloud insights. Pins upto five tracks or playlists on the top of the user’s profile with the spotlight. Users get access to special offers and discounts from the biggest names in music.

Repost by SoundCloud – Have to pay $30 per month. It gives access to SoundCloud’s exclusive features like Track Background Art, Featured Profiles, and Bannered Click-Throughs. Helps to distribute the music on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Tik Tok, Instagram, and every primary music service around the globe, while keeping 80% of the revenue.

SoundCloud Services For Listeners

Soundcloud Go – Users can save unlimited tracks for offline listening. This subscription helps to support the millions of creators who are starting and growing their careers on SoundCloud financially.

It also gives an ad-free experience to the users. Users can try a 30-day free trial; after the trial, they have to pay $5.99 per month.

Soundcloud Go Plus – users can save unlimited tracks for offline save listening. Can have access to complete catalogs. Get ad-free listening and high-quality audio. The subscription also helps the artist and the creators. Users can try a 30-day free trial; after the trial, they have to pay $9.99 per month.

About SoundCloud Benefits

Read about SoundCloud Benefits below and find out the reasons that makes its user’s favorite website for entertainment.

1. It helps to discover millions of emerging and established artists, DJ’s and podcasters.
2. It allows listeners to connect directly with artists and fellow listeners.
3. It gives access to the most diverse catalog of content.
4. It allows users to stream music, safe tracks, follow their favorite artist, and build playlists.
5. It allows multiple payment methods, like Debit Cards, Credit Cards, PayPal, Diners Club, Discover Cards, etc.