SoundCloud

FO Pulse: #223 of 517 on the 2026-08-17 close, up 21 from the previous close, with 6,371 likes across 16 posts in the trailing 7 days. Full chart.

The feed

The latest posts from SoundCloud and posts about them from the accounts Finally Offline tracks:

SoundCloud posted: 7 songs you should be listening to this week: silvversurfer7 sanholobeats & tisoki subtronics silvabumpa feat. kosmo.kint phoebebridgers isk (74 likes, 2026-08-17)
SoundCloud posted: tomorrow...lovebunii 👀 (847 likes, 2026-08-17)
SoundCloud posted: only REALLL ONES can get this one (604 likes, 2026-08-17)
SoundCloud posted: Atlanta showed up and put their pride on the mic ⚽️ Seeing the city show up and lay down original tracks for The Beautiful Game was somethin (56 likes, 2026-08-17)
SoundCloud posted: start your weekend right with miabellenyc siriusxm (70 likes, 2026-08-14)
SoundCloud posted: this trippieredd tracklist reads like a festival lineup 🫪 NDA is our Album of the Week, listen at the link in bio (80 likes, 2026-08-14)
SoundCloud posted: 3 names to know before the rest of the internet catches up: 4nna1una rumari___ yirubeen more on each of these plus the rest of this week's p (207 likes, 2026-08-14)
Lyrical Lemonade posted: friday the 14th trippieredd ♱ 🖤 Born Michael Lamar White IV on June 18 1999 in Canton, Ohio, Trippie Redd began making music as a teenager (21,892 likes, 2026-08-14)

FO Pulse rank history

SoundCloud's standing over the last 7 nightly closes: #170 (2026-08-11) → #183 (2026-08-12) → #181 (2026-08-13) → #238 (2026-08-14) → #246 (2026-08-15) → #244 (2026-08-16) → #223 (2026-08-17).

Who SoundCloud moves with

Connections mined from Instagram captions across Finally Offline's tracked culture scene:

@lyricalemonade · 22,020 combined engagement
@sabukaru.online · 5,364 combined engagement
@popbase · 4,442 combined engagement
@xxl · 2,666 combined engagement
@pigsandplans · 2,574 combined engagement
@complexmusic · 1,560 combined engagement
@resident_advisor · 661 combined engagement
@thefader · 425 combined engagement
@subpop · 384 combined engagement
@fakemink · 109 combined engagement

Full node in the Culture Graph.

Questions people ask about SoundCloud

What is SoundCloud?

SoundCloud is a streaming platform where artists upload music directly, with no label or distributor required. That open door made it the launchpad for an entire generation of rap, including artists like XXXTentacion and Juice WRLD who broke through from bedroom recordings.

Is SoundCloud free?

Listening is free with ads, and paid subscription tiers remove ads and add offline listening and a fuller catalog. Artists can upload free up to a limit, with paid artist plans unlocking unlimited uploads and monetization tools.

What is SoundCloud rap?

SoundCloud rap is the DIY movement of the mid 2010s built on bedroom production, raw mixes and direct uploads, which bypassed radio and label gatekeepers entirely. It produced Billboard charting stars and permanently changed how new rappers break.

How do artists make money on SoundCloud?

Through the platform's monetization programs, which pay artists based on the listening their tracks generate, plus everything a following unlocks off platform, from shows to merch. Many artists treat SoundCloud as the discovery layer and earn across every platform once a song takes off.

Who owns SoundCloud?

SoundCloud was founded in Berlin in 2007 by Alexander Ljung and Eryk Wahlforss and remains an independent company backed by outside investors rather than a major label or tech giant.

Coverage

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