SoundCloud Scraper: Tracks & Playlists

trackId	2119863225
title	All Of The Worlds
artist	Flume

How it will work: 3 steps

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Paste your input and press StartNo code needed: you fill in a form (the input). It already has a working example. For example: lofi in Search queries. Each start is one run.
Download the resultsWhen the run ends, the results are in a table (the dataset). Open Output, press Export and pick Excel or CSV. JSON and the API are there too.

This tool is an Apify Actor: a small program that runs on Apify. You can also run it on a schedule, for example every Monday. New to it? Read how it works, step by step and the 8 words you need first.

Made by Cliqto Media, an independent digital media company. We made this tool. About us

What it does

Scrape public SoundCloud tracks by keyword search, artist profile, playlist or track link, with no login, and get one clean row per track: plays, likes, reposts, comments, duration, genre, tags, ISRC, label, album and upload date.

Search — tracks that SoundCloud finds for your keywords, in SoundCloud's order.
Artist — all tracks an artist uploaded, in profile order (usually newest first). Paste a profile link or just the username.
Playlist — every track of a playlist or album, in playlist order, also for long playlists.
Track — one row for each track link you paste.

Good for

Music marketing and A&R: find tracks with many plays or likes for a genre keyword.
Labels and managers: export an artist's catalog with ISRC, album, label and release date.
Playlist research: get every track of a playlist with its stats and position.
Trend reports: run the same searches every week and compare plays.

Not a good fit

SoundCloud search shows at most about 300 tracks per query. Use several narrower queries for more.
No audio files, no lyrics, no listener data, no private or unlisted content that needs a login.
No search for playlists or users, no followers lists and no comments text.
Counts are what SoundCloud shows at fetch time. When an uploader hides a count, the value is null, not 0.

Who uses it

A&R and music marketers

Find tracks with many plays for a genre keyword.

Labels and managers

Export an artist catalog with ISRC, label and release date.

Playlist curators

Check every track of a playlist with its stats.

Price

Prices will be shown after release.

Questions

Can it download MP3 files?

No. It collects track data only, not audio.

How many tracks can I get from one artist?

Up to 5,000 tracks per link.

Why are some counts empty?

SoundCloud hides some counts. Then the value is empty, not zero.

Do I need a SoundCloud account?

No. It reads only what a logged-out visitor sees.

Can it download MP3 or audio?

No. It collects track data only. downloadable only tells you whether the uploader allows downloads on SoundCloud.

Are the counts live?

They are what SoundCloud showed at fetchedAt. Run again to refresh them.

Is the data complete?

Search is limited to about 300 tracks per query by SoundCloud. Artist and playlist runs return every public track up to maxItems. Hidden counts are null.

Is scraping SoundCloud allowed?

The Actor reads public pages at a modest rate, one request at a time, without login, and it does not collect personal profile data or audio. SoundCloud's terms limit automated collection and reuse. You are responsible for how you store and use the data, including artists' rights; do not use it to train AI models or to republish catalogs.

Details

Step by step on Apify

Open the Input tab.
Keep What to scrape on Search results and type a keyword in Search queries, for example lofi (this is the prefill).
Keep Max tracks per query or link at 10 (prefill) or set up to 5,000.
Click Start.
Open the Output tab. The Tracks view shows cover, title, artist, plays, likes, reposts, comments, duration and link.

Use cases

Task	Input	You get	Key fields	Next step
Find popular tracks in a genre	`mode: search`, `queries`	Track	`plays`, `likes`, `reposts`, `genre`, `createdAt`	Google Sheets, BI tool
Export an artist catalog	`mode: user`, `urls`	Track	`isrc`, `albumTitle`, `labelName`, `releaseDate`, `plays`	Catalog database, royalty checks
Check a playlist	`mode: playlist`, `urls`	Track	`position`, `playlistTitle`, `plays`, `artist`	Playlist pitching reports
Track new uploads	`mode: search` or `user`, `createdWithin`	Track	`createdAt`, `plays`, `url`	Schedules + webhooks

Tips for better results

Use several narrow queries; search gives about 300 tracks each.
Use the uploaded-within filter to find new tracks only.
Raise the timeout for many large artists or playlists.

Limits and good to know

Track saved: one per ok row in the Dataset
Actor start: charged by Apify once per run (per GB of memory; the default 256 MB counts as one)
Free: not_found, no_results and error rows, duplicate inputs and tracks skipped by createdWithin
Search: about 300 tracks per query (SoundCloud shows no more). The run summary warns when a query hits this cap
Artist and Playlist: up to 5,000 tracks per link (maxItems). In tests one artist's 5,000 tracks took about 70 seconds at 256 MB, and 2,000 tracks about 30 seconds
Up to 100 queries or links per run. Many links × 5,000 tracks need a longer run timeout than the default 300 s; a link cut by the timeout is marked partial
Tracks that SoundCloud removed or blocked in your playlist are skipped and counted in skippedUnavailable

For developers

Sample result

One result from a real test run, in JSON. Real values change from run to run. In Excel or CSV each field is a column.

one result · JSON

{
  "status": "ok",
  "trackId": 2119863225,
  "title": "All Of The Worlds",
  "artist": "Flume",
  "artistId": 2976616,
  "artistUrl": "https://soundcloud.com/flume",
  "artistFollowers": 2228502,
  "artistVerified": true,
  "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume/all-of-the-worlds",
  "plays": 35963,
  "likes": 1071,
  "reposts": 78,
  "comments": 23,
  "downloads": 0,
  "durationSec": 126,
  "isPreviewOnly": false,
  "genre": "Electronic",
  "tags": [],
  "createdAt": "2025-06-26T13:01:21Z",
  "releaseDate": "2025-08-22T00:00:00Z",
  "license": "all-rights-reserved",
  "labelName": "Flume",
  "isrc": "US38Y2548239",
  "albumTitle": "DUMB",
  "explicit": false,
  "artworkUrl": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-bvBQ1BhZQSM2-0-t500x500.jpg",
  "downloadable": false,
  "commentable": true,
  "mode": "user",
  "query": null,
  "inputUrl": "https://soundcloud.com/flume",
  "playlistId": null,
  "playlistTitle": null,
  "position": 1,
  "source": "soundcloud",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-15T09:23:40.949Z"
}

Data fields (38)

Field	Type	Meaning
`status`	string	ok = a track row (paid). not_found, no_results and error are free status rows that explain an input without tracks.
`trackId`	integer	SoundCloud track id.
`title`	string	Track title.
`artist`	string	Display name of the uploading account.
`artistId`	integer	SoundCloud user id of the uploader.
`artistUrl`	string	Uploader profile on soundcloud.com.
`artistFollowers`	integer	Uploader follower count at fetch time.
`artistVerified`	boolean	SoundCloud verified badge of the uploader.
`url`	string	Track page on soundcloud.com.
`plays`	integer	Play count. null when the uploader hides it; never replaced by 0.
`likes`	integer	Like count; null when hidden.
`reposts`	integer	Repost count; null when hidden.
`comments`	integer	Comment count; null when hidden.
`downloads`	integer	Download count; null when hidden.
`durationSec`	number	Full track length in seconds (also for Go+ tracks that play only a preview).
`isPreviewOnly`	boolean	true = a SoundCloud Go+ track: logged-out listeners hear only a 30-second preview.
`genre`	string	Genre the uploader chose; null when empty.
`tags`	array	Tags the uploader set; multi-word tags stay together.
`createdAt`	string	Upload time on SoundCloud, ISO 8601 UTC.
`releaseDate`	string	Release date set by the uploader, if any.
`license`	string	License the uploader chose, e.g. all-rights-reserved or cc-by.
`labelName`	string	Record label from track metadata.
`isrc`	string	ISRC code from publisher metadata.
`albumTitle`	string	Album title from publisher metadata.
`explicit`	boolean	Explicit flag from publisher metadata.
`artworkUrl`	string	Cover image, 500x500.
`downloadable`	boolean	The uploader allows downloads on SoundCloud. The Actor never downloads audio.
`commentable`	boolean	Comments are open.
`mode`	string	Input mode that produced the row: search, user, playlist or track.
`query`	string	Search query of the row (Search mode).
`inputUrl`	string	Link or username from the input (URL modes).
`playlistId`	integer	Playlist id when the row comes from a playlist.
`playlistTitle`	string	Playlist title when the row comes from a playlist.
`position`	integer	1-based rank in the search results, artist list or playlist.
`errorCode`	string	Status rows only: NOT_FOUND, UNSUPPORTED_URL, SOURCE_BLOCKED and similar.
`message`	string	Status rows only: what happened, in plain words.
`source`	string	Always soundcloud.
`fetchedAt`	string	When the row was fetched, ISO 8601 UTC.

Input settings (5)

The main fields of the input form. With the API you send them as JSON.

Setting	Name in the API	Type	Example value
What to scrape	`mode`	string	`"search"`
Search queries	`queries`	array	`["lofi"]`
SoundCloud links or usernames	`urls`	array
Max tracks per query or link	`maxItems`	integer	`10`
Uploaded within	`createdWithin`	string	`"any"`

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SoundCloud Scraper: Tracks, Artists and Playlists

How it will work: 3 steps

What it does

Good for

Not a good fit

Who uses it

A&R and music marketers

Labels and managers

Playlist curators

Price

Questions

Details

For developers

Sample result

Use cases with this tool

Start on Apify

SoundCloud Scraper: Tracks, Artists and Playlists

How it will work: 3 steps

What it does

Good for

Not a good fit

Who uses it

A&R and music marketers

Labels and managers

Playlist curators

Price

Questions

Details

For developers

Sample result

Use cases with this tool

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