SoundCloud for Artists & Fan Insights

SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG (“SoundCloud”) provides statistics and insights to any person, group or entity having access to or managing an artist profile on the Platform (“Artist Profile Owner”) about how fans interact with their Tracks on the Platform to make Artists better understand their fanbase (“SoundCloud for Artists” and “Fan Insights”).

Capitalized terms used in this Fan Insights document, but not specifically defined in here, shall have the meanings given to the applicable capitalized terms in the SoundCloud Terms of Use and/or SoundCloud Privacy Policy and/or Addendum.

Information about Fans Used to Provide SoundCloud for Artists and Fan Insights to Artist Profile Owner

Fan Insights are statistics that are created from information collected by SoundCloud on the Platform about the Fan behavior as explained in the SoundCloud Privacy Policy and the SoundCloud Terms of Use.

The data used to provide SoundCloud for Artists and Fan Insights is what we refer to as “Usage Data”. Usage Data includes different usage behaviors, which we outline below

As it refers to the above mentioned actions:

Rankings:

We also provide different rankings, which are organized into subpages based on the categories listed below. On each subpage, the given Usage Data is separately ranked from highest to the lowest scale. For example, on the “Plays” subpage, tracks, audiences (signed-in and unblocked users only), cities, countries, SoundCloud apps, playlists, albums, plays from algorithm*, websites, RSS feeds and third party apps are all separately ranked from highest to lowest plays. These rankings are associated with the relevant Usage Data for as long as it is available on the Platform.

Subpage Usage Data (each ranked from highest to the lowest scale)
Plays Tracks, Audiences (signed-in and unblocked users only), Cities,
Countries, SoundCloud apps, Playlists, Albums, Plays from
Algorithm*, Websites, RSS Feeds, Third-Party apps
Likes Tracks, Audiences, Cities, Countries, SoundCloud apps, Websites,
RSS Feeds, Third-Party apps
Reposts Tracks, Audiences, Cities, Countries, SoundCloud apps,
Websites, RSS Feeds, Third-Party apps
Comments Tracks, Audiences, Cities, Countries, SoundCloud apps,
Websites, RSS Feeds, Third-Party apps
Downloads Tracks, Audiences, Cities, Countries, SoundCloud apps,
Websites, RSS Feeds, Third-Party apps

*The total number of plays from all your tracks coming from a given SoundCloud’s algorithmic feature such as SoundCloud Weekly, Stations.

Segments:

Furthermore, we segment you into high, medium and low contributors based on revenue generated towards the respective Artist.

Responsibility for Fan Behavior Usage Data

Fan Insights may require the processing of personal data protected under the European General Data Protection Regulation (or “GDPR”). The GDPR will generally apply to the processing of Fan data for Fan Insights. SoundCloud and the Artist Profile Owner may then be jointly responsible for the processing of Fan data in connection with the Usage Data used to create Fan Insights. In this case, the following applies:

Last Amended: December 12th, 2022

Link to prior versions

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