Buy SoundCloud Plays

Plays give a track the numbers to be taken seriously

The play count sits on every SoundCloud track, and it's the first thing anyone checks - listeners, curators, and the DJs and bloggers who dig through the platform for new music. A strong play count reads as a track that's already found an audience. That makes people more willing to give it their time, and more likely to like it, repost it or get in touch.

SoundCloud is crowded, and a great track with 60 plays is easy to skip. The same track with 25,000 plays gets a proper listen.

Price

Plays are Worldwide, in packs of 500:

• 500 plays: $30.05
• 1,000 plays: $57.10
• 2,000 plays: $108.18
• 5,000 plays: $255.43
• 10,000 plays: $510.85

SoundCloud plays cost more per unit than most of our services, so the volume discount matters here: ten or twenty packs save 15%, thirty save 20% and fifty save 25%.

Plays aren't a royalty strategy

SoundCloud pays some artists for listening through its monetisation programmes, and its terms prohibit artificially inflated plays. Bought plays shouldn't be treated as a way to earn royalties - SoundCloud can exclude plays it considers invalid from payouts and statistics. What plays are good for is how a track looks: a visible play count that changes how listeners, curators and promoters perceive it.

Delivery

Plays are delivered over one to two days by default. For a release campaign, a slower speed lets the count grow steadily across the week, at the same price.

Balance the numbers

Tracks with lots of plays usually have some likes, reposts and comments too. After a big play order, a modest number of likes keeps the track looking natural, and a few followers stop the profile looking thin next to it.

Making the most of the momentum

• Artwork and title matter. They're what people see in streams and search before they press play.
• Tag the genre and mood so listeners searching for it can find the track.
• Share the link everywhere - your other socials, your mailing list, the promoters you're pitching.
• Ask for reposts from artists and channels in your scene; reposts put the track in new streams.

A worked example

A DJ uploads a two-hour mix to pitch for a residency. He orders 2,000 plays ($108.18) over a week, adds 100 likes, and sends the link to the venue. The promoter opens a mix that clearly has listeners.

No password

Only the track link is needed. The track must be public.

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