SoundCloud Scraper - Tracks, Artists, Playlists & Plays

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.

Use it to find growing tracks in a genre, export an artist's catalog or check a playlist: the smallest run is one search, such as lofi, which returns 10 tracks in a few seconds for about $0.03 (100 tracks cost about $0.22 on the Free plan, less on paid plans).

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quick start
• Use cases
• Input
• Output
• Pricing and limits
• Switching from another SoundCloud scraper
• API and integrations
• Troubleshooting
• FAQ
• Learn more
• Support

What it does

SoundCloud Scraper reads the same public data that the SoundCloud website shows to a logged-out visitor. You do not need an account, a password, cookies or an API key. It has four modes:

• 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.

Every row has the same columns, whatever the mode. Each row also says where it came from: the search query or input link, the playlist and the position (1 = first).

The Actor does not download audio and does not collect e-mails, real names or other personal profile data.

Good fit

• 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 fit / limits

• 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.

Quick start

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

Expected result: 10 rows for lofi in a few seconds, each with title, artist, plays, likes and url.

Use cases

Buyer job	Input path	Output entity	Key fields	Next integration
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

Input

Input fields

Field	Plain name	Type	Required	Default / prefill	Allowed values	Effect	Example	Recommendation
mode	What to scrape	string	no	default search	search, user (artist), playlist, track	Picks which list is read	"user"	Search for topics, Artist for one account, Playlist for sets and albums
queries	Search queries	array of strings	in Search mode	prefill ["lofi"]	up to 100 queries, 200 characters each	One search per query	["lofi", "deep house mix"]	Several narrow queries give more tracks than one broad query
urls	SoundCloud links or usernames	array of strings	in Artist, Playlist and Track modes	none	up to 100 soundcloud.com links; in Artist mode also flume or @flume	One target per link	["https://soundcloud.com/flume"]	Paste full links; m. and www. links and links with ?in= or ?si= work
maxItems	Max tracks per query or link	integer	no	default 100, prefill 10	1–5,000	Stops each search, artist or playlist after this many saved tracks	500	Each saved track is one paid event, so set what you need
createdWithin	Uploaded within	string	no	default any	any, last_hour, last_day, last_week, last_month, last_year	Keeps only tracks uploaded in this period	"last_month"	For monitoring new uploads; skipped tracks are free

• Duplicate queries (case does not matter) and duplicate links (the same page written another way) run once.
• In Search mode a track that an earlier query already saved is not saved again, so several related queries do not charge twice for one track.
• Short links (on.soundcloud.com/…, snd.sc/…) are not supported: the run stops with a message. Open the short link in a browser and paste the full link.
• An empty list in the active mode stops the run with an input error that says which field to fill.

Interacting settings

When	Input A	Input B	Effective behavior	Example	Cost/result effect
Search mode	queries	urls	Only queries is used	urls ignored	none
Artist, Playlist, Track mode	urls	queries	Only urls is used	queries ignored	none
Search mode with a date	createdWithin	queries	SoundCloud filters the search by upload date	last_week	Fewer tracks, fewer charges
Artist with a date	createdWithin	maxItems	Older tracks are skipped and do not count toward maxItems	last_year, 50	Skipped tracks are free
Playlist or Track mode	createdWithin	urls	Not applied: playlists and track links are returned in full, with a warning	—	none
Wrong link type	mode	urls	An artist link in Playlist or Track mode is read as an artist, with a warning	playlist + profile link	The artist's tracks are charged as usual

Input examples

Search a genre

{
  "mode": "search",
  "queries": ["lofi", "deep house mix"],
  "maxItems": 120
}

Expected behavior: two searches, up to 120 tracks each, in SoundCloud's order. Expected output: 240 track rows with query, position, plays, likes, genre. Limit or cost note: a run like this took about 6 seconds; about $0.51 on the Free plan.

An artist's latest uploads

{
  "mode": "user",
  "urls": ["https://soundcloud.com/flume"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "createdWithin": "last_year"
}

Expected behavior: reads Flume's tracks in profile order and keeps those uploaded in the last 365 days. Expected output: track rows with artist, isrc, albumTitle, releaseDate, plays.

A full playlist

{
  "mode": "playlist",
  "urls": ["https://soundcloud.com/lofi_chill/sets/lofi-study"],
  "maxItems": 500
}

Expected behavior: all tracks of the playlist in playlist order, up to 500. Expected output: track rows with playlistTitle, position, title, artist.

Output

Results go to the run's default Dataset. A short run report goes to the Key-value store as RUN_SUMMARY.

Track fields (status: ok)

Field	Meaning	Type	Can be empty?	Example
status	ok for a track row	string	no	ok
trackId	SoundCloud track id	integer	no	2119863225
title	Track title	string	rarely	All Of The Worlds
artist	Display name of the uploading account	string	rarely	Flume
artistId	Uploader id	integer	rarely	2976616
artistUrl	Uploader profile	string	rarely	https://soundcloud.com/flume
artistFollowers	Uploader followers at fetch time	integer	yes	2228502
artistVerified	Verified badge	boolean	yes	true
url	Track page	string	rarely	https://soundcloud.com/flume/all-of-the-worlds
plays	Play count	integer	yes, when hidden	35963
likes	Like count	integer	yes, when hidden	1071
reposts	Repost count	integer	yes, when hidden	78
comments	Comment count	integer	yes, when hidden	23
downloads	Download count	integer	yes, when hidden	0
durationSec	Full length in seconds	number	rarely	126
isPreviewOnly	true = a SoundCloud Go+ track: logged-out listeners hear a 30-second preview	boolean	no	false
genre	Genre the uploader chose	string	yes	Electronic
tags	Uploader tags; multi-word tags stay together	array	empty array	["lofi", "study beats"]
createdAt	Upload time (UTC)	string	rarely	2025-06-26T13:01:21Z
releaseDate	Release date set by the uploader	string	yes	2025-08-22T00:00:00Z
license	License the uploader chose	string	yes	all-rights-reserved, cc-by
labelName	Record label	string	yes	Flume
isrc	ISRC code	string	yes	US38Y2548239
albumTitle	Album title	string	yes	DUMB
explicit	Explicit flag	boolean	yes	false
artworkUrl	Cover image, 500×500	string	yes	https://i1.sndcdn.com/…-t500x500.jpg
downloadable	The uploader allows downloads on SoundCloud (the Actor never downloads audio)	boolean	yes	false
commentable	Comments are open	boolean	yes	true
mode	Mode that produced the row	string	no	user
query	Search query (Search mode)	string	yes	lofi
inputUrl	Link or username from the input (link modes)	string	yes	https://soundcloud.com/flume
playlistId, playlistTitle	Playlist of the row (Playlist mode)	integer, string	yes	765550887, Study
position	1-based rank in the search, artist list or playlist	integer	no	1
source	Always soundcloud	string	no	soundcloud
fetchedAt	When the row was fetched (UTC)	string	no	2026-10-15T09:23:40.949Z

null means SoundCloud did not show the value (for example the uploader hides play counts). The Actor never turns a hidden count into 0.

Status rows (free)

status	When	errorCode	message
not_found	The link has no public track, artist or playlist, or it is a site page	NOT_FOUND, UNSUPPORTED_URL	What happened, in plain words
no_results	A search query found no tracks	—	e.g. no tracks for this query
error	SoundCloud failed for this input after retries	SOURCE_BLOCKED, SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE and similar	The reason, without links or keys

Status rows have inputUrl or query set so you can see which input they belong to. They are not charged. A run writes at most 10 status rows to the dataset; the full list of inputs with their status is always in targets of RUN_SUMMARY, and a warning says how many rows were left out.

Run summary (RUN_SUMMARY)

Field	Meaning
status	COMPLETE, PARTIAL, NO_RESULTS, ERROR, INVALID_INPUT or CANCELLED
reason	Why it stopped: MAX_ITEMS, SEARCH_CAP, CHARGE_LIMIT, TIME_LIMIT, PAGE_LIMIT, SOURCE_ERROR
counts	Tracks saved, not found, duplicates, filtered, unavailable
targets	One entry per query or link: status, tracks available, pages read, tracks saved
warnings	Plain-language notes, e.g. the search cap or a link read as another type

The run ends Succeeded when it stops at your limits (max tracks, spending limit, time). It ends Failed only when the input is invalid or SoundCloud failed; rows saved before a failure stay in the Dataset.

Output example

{
  "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"
}

This is one full row from an Artist run for flume. Counts were taken on 2026-10-15 and change over time.

Pricing and limits

Pricing unit

You pay per event. Platform usage (compute, storage) is included in the price.

Event	Free plan	Starter (Bronze)	Scale (Silver)	Business (Gold) and higher
Track saved	$0.0021	$0.0020	$0.0019	$0.0018
Actor start	$0.005	$0.005	$0.005	$0.005

• 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.

A search with no matches costs only the start fee. A run whose input is rejected (for example a short link) also costs only the start fee.

Cost examples (Free plan prices)

Scenario	Input	Charged events	Cost
Prefill search	1 query, 10 tracks	start + 10 tracks	about $0.026
Genre research	1 query, 100 tracks	start + 100 tracks	about $0.22
Artist catalog	1 artist, 1,000 tracks	start + 1,000 tracks	about $2.11
Search with no matches	1 query	start	$0.005

Spending limit

Set Maximum cost per run in the run options. The Actor checks the limit before saving each page of tracks. When the next tracks would go over it, the run stops with PARTIAL / CHARGE_LIMIT, ends Succeeded and keeps everything saved so far.

Limits

• 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.

Switching from another SoundCloud scraper

Field names differ from other SoundCloud Actors. Typical mapping:

Other Actor	This Actor
startUrls (objects or strings)	urls (both work)
searchQueries, query	queries
maxResults, maxItems	maxItems (1–5,000)
playbackCount	plays
likesCount	likes
repostsCount	reposts
commentCount	comments
duration (milliseconds)	durationSec (seconds)
userName, userId, userUrl, userFollowersCount	artist, artistId, artistUrl, artistFollowers
tagList (one string)	tags (array)
scrapedAt	fetchedAt
separate user and playlist rows	artist and playlist fields in every track row

Extra here: isPreviewOnly, labelName, albumTitle, explicit, position, the source query or link in every row, the createdWithin filter, and free not_found rows. Not here: track descriptions, waveform links and avatar images.

API and integrations

• API: start a run with POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cliqtomedia~soundcloud-scraper/runs and the JSON input above; read rows from the run's default Dataset.
• Export: the Dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the Output tab or the API.
• Scheduling: use Apify Schedules, for example a weekly search with createdWithin: last_week.
• Integrations: Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets and webhooks connect through the Apify integrations tab.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

• MCP server with only this Actor: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=cliqtomedia/soundcloud-scraper.
• Smallest useful input: {"mode": "search", "queries": ["lofi"], "maxItems": 10}.
• Key fields: title and artist (what and who), plays and likes (popularity), createdAt (when uploaded), url (link to cite).
• A small search finishes in a few seconds and costs about $0.03. At most about 300 tracks per search query; not_found and no_results rows explain missing data.

Troubleshooting

Search stops at about 300 tracks

SoundCloud shows no more than about 300 results per search. The run summary has reason: SEARCH_CAP and a warning. Split the topic into narrower queries, for example lofi jazz, lofi piano, lofi beats.

The run fails with "short link"

Links like on.soundcloud.com/… are share links that need a redirect. Open the link in a browser, copy the full soundcloud.com/… address and paste that.

A link returns a not_found row

The page is deleted, private, or not a track, artist or playlist page (for example a search page). Open the link in a logged-out browser window to check.

plays is empty

The uploader hides the count. The value is null on purpose, so you can tell hidden from zero.

A playlist has fewer rows than SoundCloud shows

Some tracks in the playlist were removed or blocked by the uploader. They are counted in skippedUnavailable in RUN_SUMMARY.

FAQ

Do I need a SoundCloud account?

No. The Actor 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.

Learn more

• SoundCloud Terms of Use: rules for using SoundCloud content.
• SoundCloud API Terms of Use: rules for data from SoundCloud's API.
• What is an ISRC?: the recording code in the isrc field.

Support

Use the Issues tab of this Actor for bugs, questions and feature requests. Include the run ID, the mode and the error text. Never post tokens, cookies or private data.