Granted, my activity on Soundcloud has been sporadic at best and I've had fleeting moments of uploading tunes. More so over the last couple of months so that I can share works in progress but I'm really starting to wonder if I should continue posting there.
They have plans where you can pay to have unlimited upload time and dive into your stats but I've had an account since 2012 and their data doesn't even go that far back anymore on the stats?
As you can see from the top right, this screenshot is "all time" so it should mean EVERYTHING. I know I reached over 30,000 plays in 2018 so now it's only showing 24,800.
Seems like 2016 was the last decent year I had in terms of streams with nearly 9,000 but since then, not even come close.
What I have noticed since uploading tunes again is that the amount of bot comments I get is ridiculous. Accounts that are just set up and spam your tracks with "follow and repost to 10,000 followers", then you go on the profile and it has like 3 followers 😂
There do seem to be a couple of die hard fans on there who are absolute legends so I'll probably keep it just for them.
It is really handy to share music there though and Soundcloud does have brand recognition, albeit not as much as the likes of Spotify and Apple Music. But I can't upload works in progress on those last two, only full and finished tracks with the EAR label I co-founded.
I guess SC is a good place to share bootlegs for free download that I can't release elsewhere so it's got that going for it. I have about 20+ of those.
So I'll probably keep it ticking along and see what gives this year, if I don't get anywhere near 2016 plays then I'll re-assess!