SoundCloud MP3 Downloader

🎧 SoundCloud MP3 links for music research

Music researchers and audio teams can collect public SoundCloud track media links and details with SoundCloud MP3 Downloader. Each saved row keeps available media URLs, source links, artist details, and public counts together in an Apify dataset for catalog review or audio analysis.

• Find available media links and track details with SoundCloud MP3 Downloader.
• Collect tracks from a public playlist with SoundCloud Playlist Downloader.
• Get public tracks from an artist profile with SoundCloud Artist Tracks.
• Search public SoundCloud tracks by keyword with SoundCloud Music Search.
• Keep tracks SoundCloud marks as downloadable with SoundCloud Downloadable Tracks.

📊 SoundCloud track data and media links

Each saved row represents one public SoundCloud track and includes at least one media variant supplied by SoundCloud. Rows can also include a matched target, track title and link, artist details, duration, artwork, engagement counts, tags, license, dates, description, and waveform URL when available.

If the same track is found from more than one submitted target, matchedInput shows the first target that found it. Later matches do not add submitted values to the saved row.

Some fields can be null when SoundCloud does not expose them.

▶️ Get public SoundCloud track results

1. Add public track, artist profile, or playlist links, an @handle, or a search term to SoundCloud targets.
2. Set a total or per-target track limit to stop sooner. Leave both limits blank to get all available tracks until each source is exhausted.
3. Turn on Only downloadable to keep tracks SoundCloud marks as downloadable.
4. Start the Actor and open the dataset.

⚙️ Input

Add public SoundCloud track URLs, profile URLs, playlist URLs, @handles, or search terms. Each target is processed separately.

Input fields

Field	Type	What it does
targets	array of strings, required	Adds track, profile, or playlist links, @handles, or search terms.
maxTotalTracks	integer, optional; prefilled with 11	Stops after this many playable tracks across all targets. Leave it blank with no per-target limit to get all available tracks until each source is exhausted.
maxTracksPerTarget	integer, optional	Stops after this many playable tracks from each target. Leave it blank with no total limit to get all available tracks until each source is exhausted.
onlyDownloadable	boolean, optional; default false	Keeps tracks SoundCloud marks as downloadable.

Successful default-input run

{
  "targets": [
    "ambient"
  ],
  "maxTotalTracks": 11,
  "onlyDownloadable": false
}

🧾 Output

Output fields

Field	Type	What it does
matchedInput	string or null	Shows the first submitted target that found this track.
trackId	integer	Gives the SoundCloud track ID.
trackUrl	string or null	Gives the public SoundCloud track URL.
title	string	Gives the track title shown by SoundCloud.
description	string or null	Gives the track description from SoundCloud.
artistName	string or null	Gives the artist or uploader name.
artistUrl	string or null	Gives the public artist or uploader URL.
durationMs	integer or null	Gives the track duration in milliseconds.
artworkUrl	string or null	Gives the track artwork URL.
downloadable	boolean or null	Shows whether SoundCloud marks the track as downloadable.
streamable	boolean or null	Shows whether SoundCloud marks the track as streamable.
media	object	Holds audio links and variants that SoundCloud lists for the track.
media.variants	array of objects	Lists the audio variants supplied by SoundCloud.
media.variants[].url	string	Gives one SoundCloud-hosted media URL.
media.variants[].protocol	string or null	Gives the media protocol.
media.variants[].mimeType	string or null	Gives the media MIME type.
media.variants[].preset	string or null	Gives the SoundCloud media preset.
media.variants[].quality	string or null	Gives the media quality label.
media.variants[].durationMs	integer or null	Gives the variant duration in milliseconds when exposed.
media.variants[].extension	string or null	Gives the detected file or playlist extension.
artist	object or null	Holds public artist or uploader profile details.
artist.id	integer or null	Gives the artist or uploader ID.
artist.username	string or null	Gives the SoundCloud username.
artist.fullName	string or null	Gives the artist or uploader display name when exposed.
artist.avatarUrl	string or null	Gives the profile avatar URL.
artist.followersCount	integer or null	Gives the follower count.
artist.trackCount	integer or null	Gives the number of tracks on the profile.
artist.verified	boolean or null	Shows whether SoundCloud marks the profile as verified.
artist.pro	boolean or null	Shows whether SoundCloud marks the profile as Pro.
engagement	object	Holds public engagement counts.
engagement.playbackCount	integer or null	Gives the play count.
engagement.likesCount	integer or null	Gives the like count.
engagement.repostsCount	integer or null	Gives the repost count.
engagement.commentCount	integer or null	Gives the comment count.
engagement.downloadCount	integer or null	Gives the download count when exposed.
license	string or null	Gives the SoundCloud license label.
genre	string or null	Gives the SoundCloud genre label.
tags	array of strings	Gives tags parsed from the track.
createdAt	string or null	Gives the source track creation date.
releaseDate	string or null	Gives the release date when exposed.
waveformUrl	string or null	Gives the SoundCloud waveform data URL.

Some values can be null when SoundCloud does not expose them.

Track row from a successful current-beta run

{
  "matchedInput": "https://soundcloud.com/hasnaa-tabra/sets/classical-music",
  "trackId": 6815163,
  "trackUrl": "https://soundcloud.com/cynthiawong/serenade-melancolique-tchaikovsky",
  "title": "Serenade Melancolique - Tchaikovsky",
  "description": "Recorded and mixed by Cynthia Wong for Sound II in the Winter semester of 2010 at Concordia University. \r\n\r\nDAW used: Pro Tools LE 7\r\n\r\nPiece is performed by Grégor Monlun.\r\n\r\nPlease credit the artist(s) respectively and appropriately.\r\n\r\n",
  "artistName": "cynthiawong",
  "artistUrl": "https://soundcloud.com/cynthiawong",
  "durationMs": 625546,
  "artworkUrl": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000002959921-j5e0id-large.jpg",
  "downloadable": true,
  "streamable": true,
  "media": {
    "variants": [
      {
        "url": "https://playback.media-streaming.soundcloud.cloud/j2Duya0n2na4/aac_160k/61594062-ec66-448a-98b3-1c46779160f4/playlist.m3u8?expires=1791491108&Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wbGF5YmFjay5tZWRpYS1zdHJlYW1pbmcuc291bmRjbG91ZC5jbG91ZC9qMkR1eWEwbjJuYTQvYWFjXzE2MGsvNjE1OTQwNjItZWM2Ni00NDhhLTk4YjMtMWM0Njc3OTE2MGY0L3BsYXlsaXN0Lm0zdTg~ZXhwaXJlcz0xNzkxNDkxMTA4IiwiQ29uZGl0aW9uIjp7IkRhdGVMZXNzVGhhbiI6eyJBV1M6RXBvY2hUaW1lIjoxNzkxNDg0MDI4fX19XX0_&Signature=F-eYWnu~PCBKs3jX2~BvH4xGjyzbyq4a1Z0GTHsRBYoKDUpJewTul5-7PCOej0-9L8rvtlBbUXg~OGGk7sr5XpNx5FxsaMct8acNepM~0oDy91LW4mR8X4HL9ApjWtMSu14pqXVMvsZE6v7wItVO753PKOcsl0cxm-noEJLou5MJJXsALZEM5Mpw70eqyD1kWiUwV3hDWXMvNHFm7Bp7di6B1TcXMt4FUb5jdqH2BD3MI6Q0QVVI7IVPKLTSJ5VQ630D~zLDBWq3DY8ivNsJyYnRp2jGtLl449Yq6StWDT~0QIICbuhVfptWW~JWfEyj-jfrfi1i-7o47XYLmZwpTw__&Key-Pair-Id=K34606QXLEIRF3",
        "protocol": "hls",
        "mimeType": "audio/mp4; codecs=\"mp4a.40.2\"",
        "preset": "aac_160k",
        "quality": "sq",
        "durationMs": 625546,
        "extension": "m4a"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://playback.media-streaming.soundcloud.cloud/j2Duya0n2na4/aac_96k/c8538d0a-d7f8-470d-9436-d16204967bb0/playlist.m3u8?expires=1791491109&Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wbGF5YmFjay5tZWRpYS1zdHJlYW1pbmcuc291bmRjbG91ZC5jbG91ZC9qMkR1eWEwbjJuYTQvYWFjXzk2ay9jODUzOGQwYS1kN2Y4LTQ3MGQtOTQzNi1kMTYyMDQ5NjdiYjAvcGxheWxpc3QubTN1OD9leHBpcmVzPTE3OTE0OTExMDkiLCJDb25kaXRpb24iOnsiRGF0ZUxlc3NUaGFuIjp7IkFXUzpFcG9jaFRpbWUiOjE3OTE0ODQwMjl9fX1dfQ__&Signature=zDM6dXMA8T9tFJeS1HpfuhxQRs6xjLA1cwckJuyCQo1zczU6neUD3FC9YKr62vOoBGeAzEhxnfPp-DXCGzGXLG6IczKjUB9vD0S4li4lkKpVG40dbmo-pTN2OcODn3qnB3l3CtU3I9fWVZyNFtpCfSm~ilHiZBzNHVUCakOwUXafC-NtCQYdLdExr2FdRqZ2NbLSXP5j4W1rMULu57snghXz2puJst-D6buHKnDl6FtjVXIPT8vtnSzMNKbgCzAaqiHYEE3L3aDaAtViod5vA~OlqWY5uzqu6fLzBCuNpEVinoQ2vw1MIDNUmjs2jLqY4efrI8j5B1y1TjadwNbANw__&Key-Pair-Id=K34606QXLEIRF3",
        "protocol": "hls",
        "mimeType": "audio/mp4; codecs=\"mp4a.40.2\"",
        "preset": "aac_96k",
        "quality": "lq",
        "durationMs": 625546,
        "extension": "m4a"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://cf-hls-media.sndcdn.com/playlist/j2Duya0n2na4.128.mp3/playlist.m3u8?Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiKjovL2NmLWhscy1tZWRpYS5zbmRjZG4uY29tL3BsYXlsaXN0L2oyRHV5YTBuMm5hNC4xMjgubXAzL3BsYXlsaXN0Lm0zdTgqIiwiQ29uZGl0aW9uIjp7IkRhdGVMZXNzVGhhbiI6eyJBV1M6RXBvY2hUaW1lIjoxNzkxNDg0MDMyfX19XX0_&Signature=SjGK67qfTPCVTWtKGwng0S6sgla8~nMJt0dDzKFVbrx~D4VvZc7OXyxdSTZWk-LDbrVnLNsj-3ax8xVITC0OdIryjI28lqBDdq-2NQypeSsTSjfforAqzRlrkF5QwyaTAlT2D0z75a5QShgMx6RTNUcAbHYETowq6sjEUzplroXAviEzUgsgQPmnAQe53GEr~2lcmTPaz72pi9bVfE5EhgFqXdZ6nofnIqlIw2cj5eNfumqXqrVDFzMwJiWHKt0mL~qPamCKL2IKFY-ck5eUyKayzH45AlmWYiwdIY~ziRZplWvqko5j2cZ-ILZWTUcJDg9E67RlSiEJ4k9Iyh5V7Q__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAI6TU7MMXM5DG6EPQ",
        "protocol": "hls",
        "mimeType": "audio/mpeg",
        "preset": "mp3_0_0",
        "quality": "sq",
        "durationMs": 625818,
        "extension": "mp3"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://cf-media.sndcdn.com/j2Duya0n2na4.128.mp3?Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiKjovL2NmLW1lZGlhLnNuZGNkbi5jb20vajJEdXlhMG4ybmE0LjEyOC5tcDMqIiwiQ29uZGl0aW9uIjp7IkRhdGVMZXNzVGhhbiI6eyJBV1M6RXBvY2hUaW1lIjoxNzkxNDg0MDMzfX19XX0_&Signature=ZGBDR5FqDViPUrCsnhCwUFUo396-T6pFqTNxiRwcNipzQhxSNxyevQigKpgoSPDQwHfhbqtrGBaJ79~6LF494Psxz8bLc7ybvQCb4XShBEWK0AR1XiCkefy8gWIf7VEVC9nWt72e9fU72zdAvX1aoVtYvQ1jKd2Et3Zp66fwDRXZeHdqyFg~PfoXEMfSmOv3IevhTEhNU3YMBhVPia~TQ5ozp7xlww0JIW5oPujnNkssGxhBo2TyIhdzaozv-YOsupnMdF2XTzbH4mn0gc1QIbQgRJSkYDJk0RqiEgxLgUAf9KM5FReW3h~P6cDYSxZ0yBNQHs0rL5QXTZ5BwFgCZA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAI6TU7MMXM5DG6EPQ",
        "protocol": "progressive",
        "mimeType": "audio/mpeg",
        "preset": "mp3_0_0",
        "quality": "sq",
        "durationMs": 625818,
        "extension": "mp3"
      }
    ]
  },
  "artist": {
    "id": 783911,
    "username": "cynthiawong",
    "fullName": "Cynthia Wong",
    "avatarUrl": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000011998310-9984ch-large.jpg",
    "followersCount": 526,
    "trackCount": null,
    "verified": false,
    "pro": false
  },
  "engagement": {
    "playbackCount": 1094047,
    "likesCount": 14075,
    "repostsCount": 1457,
    "commentCount": 112,
    "downloadCount": 100
  },
  "license": "cc-by",
  "genre": "Classical",
  "tags": [
    "serenade mélancolique",
    "violin",
    "tchaikovsky",
    "classical",
    "serenade",
    "gregor monlun",
    "concordia",
    "concordia university",
    "communication studies",
    "coms",
    "communications"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2010-11-08T16:30:05Z",
  "releaseDate": null,
  "waveformUrl": "https://wave.sndcdn.com/j2Duya0n2na4_m.json"
}

💳 Pricing

The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. One event is charged for each public track saved with a resolved MP3 or stream URL.

🔌 Integrations

Run the Actor through the Apify API and read the saved dataset from the run.

❓ FAQ

What does “could not be loaded” mean?

The warning says the submitted target could not be loaded and was skipped. It does not show whether the target was invalid or unavailable, or whether SoundCloud had a temporary access problem. The warning alone also does not say whether the run continued with other targets. Check the run status, log, and dataset for the outcome.

Can downloadable be false when a media link is present?

Yes. The downloadable field shows whether SoundCloud marks the track as downloadable. A media URL is separate data, so its presence does not change that source flag.

Will every returned link cover the full track?

No. If SoundCloud exposes only a short preview, that preview may be returned.

Can I use private SoundCloud tracks?

No. The Actor works with public tracks and does not process private or access-restricted items.

Does the dataset contain audio files?

No. It contains SoundCloud-hosted media URLs and track details, not an audio file field.

Can I use artist profiles and playlists?

Yes. Add public profile or playlist URLs to SoundCloud targets to get track rows from those sources.

📝 Changelog

v1.0 (08-10-2026)

• Leave both track limits blank to keep collecting playable tracks from each target until its source is exhausted.
• Track rows now include descriptions. Audio links are in media.variants; media.progressiveMp3Url, media.hlsMp3Url, trackUrn, durationText, and artist.urn are no longer returned.
• The sort input is removed, so runs can no longer choose newest or popular results.

v0.1

• Initial release.

🆘 Support

For issues, questions, or feature requests, file a ticket and I'll fix or implement it in less than 24h 🫡

🔗 Related Actors

• SoundCloud Scraper collects public SoundCloud tracks, artists, playlists, albums, and comments.
• Spotify Downloader resolves public track links and searches into track details and MP3 links.
• SoundCloud MP3 Downloader offers another SoundCloud track download workflow.
• SoundCloud Downloader — Tracks to MP3 + Metadata offers a related SoundCloud to MP3 and track metadata workflow.
• SoundCloud Scraper — Tracks, Playlists, Artists & Comments collects public SoundCloud tracks, playlists, artists, and comments with MP3 and HLS stream links.

Made with ❤️ by Maxime Dupré