Plays
The number a curator opens first, ordered against the public track link.
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Services for SoundCloud
SoundCloud is the platform in this catalogue where one metric actually distributes your track rather than just counting it. Each service below has its own page with the current packages, rate and delivery window.
Followers
Ordered against the profile rather than a track, so it applies to everything you upload afterwards.
Likes
Likes on one track. The count a listener compares against the play number on the same page.
Comments
Comments pin to a timestamp in the waveform, not to the bottom of a page. You write the wording yourself.
Reposts
The one metric here that distributes rather than counts: it puts the track into other people's streams.
Before you choose
Reposts are the reason SoundCloud is worth treating differently. A repost puts your track into the streams of other accounts, where their listeners meet it in the normal flow rather than by visiting your profile. Every other metric here counts something that already happened; a repost creates a new place for the track to be heard.
The track and the profile are separate targets. Plays, likes, comments and reposts are ordered against the track URL. Followers are ordered against the profile URL and apply to everything you upload afterwards.
Comments on SoundCloud are unusual in one respect: they are pinned to a timestamp in the waveform, not to the bottom of a page. A comment lands at the second it was written against, which means the wording matters more than it does elsewhere. You write the lines yourself here.
Plays are the number a curator opens first, and the one most likely to be compared against the others. A track with a large play count and no likes reads exactly as it sounds.
Nothing below asks for a login. Every order works from the public link, which is also why nothing here can touch a private or unlisted track.