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So excited to announce that we were named "Best for Cars" for #GooglePlayBestOf this year.
A big shout out to our #Android team!
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Build something cool with SoundCloud API?
Show and Tell us here:
github.com/soundcloud/a...
soundcloud api Show And Tell · Discussions
Explore the GitHub Discussions forum for soundcloud api in the Show And Tell category.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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You like #Kotlin? Come to #Soundcloud HQ in Berlin for a great Meetup lineup:
- Parallel Spring Boot Integration Tests: from >5 minutes to < 30 seconds by @jillesvangurp.bsky.social
- Crafting Idiomatic APIs with Kotlin and Compiler Plugins by @ashdavies.dev
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Episode 6 of the 2025 Edition - The autumn dance!, Do., 16. Okt. 2025, 19:00 | Meetup
The autumn just started...but we are not preparing yet for the winter! So the next dance will be thankfully at SoundCloud! **Line-Up:** 👉 *Parallel Spring Boot Integrati
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October 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Do you play via SoundCloud API?
Important updates for you:
- We're moving to HLS only
- Wer'e moving away from Opus and MP3 to AAC only
Details on the blog: developers.soundcloud.com/blog/api-str...
Please update your apps to be ready for the future!
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September 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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August 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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🤔 How many of you actually know how #kotlin coroutines actually work? Like actually actually work? Like down to CPU level how it actually work? 🤔

Join us next Wednesday and Hossein Mirzazadeh, #AndroidDev from Soundcloud will tell you all about it!

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August 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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The next Golang Meetup Berlin will be hosted at SoundCloud HQ! Come by for great talks and discussions!
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[HYBRID] August Golang Meetup, Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
Hello Gophers Welcome back for another year of Go talks and networking! For this event, all talk formats work: short talks (5-10 min) as well as regular length (25 min).
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August 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Note: Planned maintenance: Uploads via API wont be possible for an hour on Mon Aug 4 @ 9-10AM CEST
July 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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As requested by some of you, we just added a "sign-out" endpoint to the API, so you wont need for token expiration
Happy Coding!
developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/exp...
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July 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Buckle up! JWT coming to your API clients today! We described the changes to our auth flow last year here: developers.soundcloud.com/blog/access-...
Reach out via Github if you experience any issues!
Upcoming changes to SoundCloud Access Tokens
tl;dr: If your app doesn’t store SoundCloud access tokens outside of the context of a user’s client (i.e. a database) the following should not affect you. There will be upcoming changes to Access Toke...
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July 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Developers! Programmers! Vibe coders!
You wanted the API program open again? It's open!
You wanted a swagger json? You got it!
You wanted to be able to change your redirect yourself!
You just got that too!
Tell us what more you need and Happy Coding!
July 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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If you have not moved your SoundCloud apps to OAuth 2.1, please to avoid your apps breaking!
This includes changing all authentication calls to secure.soundcloud.com from deprecated endpoints on api.soundcloud.com !
developers.soundcloud.com/blog/oauth-m...
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Migration to Oauth 2.1
Earlier this year, we updated our API Guide to let developers know that SoundCloud authentication is now operating on the OAuth 2.1 protocol, a popular open standard used by many API providers. This c...
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June 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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SoundCloud 🤝 TikTok
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TikTok and SoundCloud announce new Add to Music App partnership - Newsroom | TikTok
Wednesday 21 May, 2025: SoundCloud and TikTok are pleased to announce a new partnership that will see SoundCloud integrated into TikTok's music discovery feature, Add to Music App. Add to Music App is...
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May 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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We're back 💪
May 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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(1/6) An update from our CEO, Eliah Seton 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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SoundCloud has always been and will remain artist-first. We don’t use artist content to train AI. We don’t allow scraping. We’ve even added a “no AI” tag to block unauthorized use. Any future AI tools will be built for artists to enhance discovery, protect rights, and expand opportunities.
May 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Time for some Spring Cleanup!
We're deprecating our numeric id fields on the API immediately!
Please move your apps to the new string field called urn!
More here: 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏿
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📣 Action required: Upcoming Update to SoundCloud API id fields
We’re introducing an important change that will affect how you reference resources like tracks, playlists, users and comments!
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April 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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You wanted dark! You got it!
Dark mode finally available on web so you can discover new music and scroll into the ether until your heart's desire 🖤🖤🖤🖤
April 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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The SoundCloud API is dead?
No, we even add new fields! 🥳
This one you asked for! Details on the blog page!
developers.soundcloud.com/blog/api-art...
Want more? Head over to our github page and create an issue!
New artist name field on our API
A while ago we improved the artist shown underneath a track. This change is now avalailable in our API too.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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You wanted it! You got it!
Swagger json now directly available for our API
developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/exp...
Now go out there and build cool shit! 🔥

Need an API key? Head over to our chat support bot!
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April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
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April 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM