SoundCloud is a music streaming and sharing platform co-founded by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss that allows creators and listeners to upload, discover, and share audio. SoundCloud's Twitter Score is 24 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #40,286 (top 10%) among 486,037 tracked accounts.
SoundCloud was co-founded in Berlin by Swedish sound designer Alexander Ljung and musician Eric Wahlforss. The platform has grown into one of the most widely used audio communities in the world, enabling independent artists to distribute music directly to audiences. SoundCloud introduced Fan-Powered Royalties, a user-centric royalty model that distributes earnings based on actual listening behavior rather than total stream counts, offering a more equitable payout structure for independent creators.
SoundCloud has attracted backing from a range of notable investors, including Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures, Twitter Ventures, The Raine Group, Temasek, and SiriusXM. Twitter invested $70 million in the platform through Twitter Ventures, and a subsequent funding round secured $169.5 million primarily from The Raine Group and Temasek. The current leadership team includes Eliah Seton as Chief Executive Officer, Tom Sansone as Chief Operating Officer, Steve Abrams as Chief Technology Officer, and Dan Bettes as Chief Financial Officer.
SoundCloud has accumulated 2,075,768 followers as of September 2026 on the platform and has published 28,590 posts. The account has been mentioned by 771 accounts, with 2,832 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow SoundCloud include 129 founders, 33 angel investors, 42 influencers and 14 VCs. Among the most prominent followers are Gary Vaynerchuk, Mario Nawfal, Fred Wilson, Zmanian, Vinny Lingham and Medved.