# SoundCloud Track & Artist Stats (`vashiiq/soundcloud`) Actor

Bulk SoundCloud stats from track and artist links: plays, likes, reposts, comments, genre, dates, followers and track counts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vashiiq/soundcloud.md
- **Developed by:** [anthony leblanc](https://apify.com/vashiiq) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.80 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## SoundCloud Track & Artist Stats

Paste SoundCloud track or artist links and get their public stats as clean rows: plays, likes, reposts, comments, genre and dates for tracks; followers, track and playlist counts for artists.

### What it does

- Tracks: plays, likes, reposts, comments, downloads, genre, tags, length, label, license, upload and release dates.
- Artists: followers, following, tracks, playlists, likes, reposts and verified badge.
- Handles thousands of links per run; links that aren’t public tracks or artists go to FAILED_URLS (not charged).
- Leaves out personal details like real names and birth dates.

**Why this one:** Fast bulk lookups of track and artist stats from plain links, with numbers as numbers and no personal data.

In our last check, 20 runs over varied inputs succeeded 100% of the time.

### Use cases

- Tracking plays and likes for your releases or a label roster
- Comparing artists for bookings, A\&R or promotion
- Building charts from a list of tracks

### Input example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume/never-be-like-you-feat-kai"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume"
    }
  ]
}
```

- urls: track and artist links

### Output sample

Real results from a run of this Actor:

```json
[
  {
    "type": "track",
    "title": "Never Be Like You feat. Kai",
    "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume/never-be-like-you-feat-kai",
    "artist": "Flume",
    "artistUrl": "https://soundcloud.com/flume",
    "plays": 73490930,
    "likes": 1202576,
    "reposts": 152411,
    "comments": 5143,
    "downloads": 0,
    "genre": "SKIN",
    "tags": "Electronic Flume Skin \"Future Classic\" Transgressive Mom+Pop NeverBeLikeYou",
    "durationSec": 235,
    "label": "Future Classic",
    "license": "all-rights-reserved",
    "downloadable": false,
    "createdAt": "2016-01-15T19:17:20.000Z",
    "releaseDate": "2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z",
    "description": "NEW MUSIC! 'Never Be Like You feat. Kai'. We were sending ideas back and forth online, then met up in NYC and this is what we did.\n\nOrder the Skin vinyl at http://flu.me\nWatch the \"Never Be Like You\" film clip: http://smarturl.it/FlumeVEVO\n\nStream Skin: http://smarturl.it/SkinStream\nSpotify: http://smarturl.it/SkinSpotify\n\nDownload Skin on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SkiniTunes\nAmazon: http://smarturl.it/SkinAmazon\nGoogle Play: http://smarturl.it/SkinGooglePlay\nBeatport: http://smarturl.it/SkinBeatport\n\nFollow @Flume\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flumemusic\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/flumemusic\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/flumemusic\nSpotify: http://smarturl.it/FlumeEssentialsSP\nSoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/flume\nApple Music: http://smarturl.it/FlumeConnect\n\nFollow Kai\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/listentokaimusic\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/listentokai\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/listentokai\nSoundCloud: @listentokai\nWebsite: http://www.listentokai.com",
    "artworkUrl": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000143264206-mtz96c-large.jpg",
    "sourceUrl": "https://soundcloud.com/flume/never-be-like-you-feat-kai",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-27T20:43:26.416Z"
  }
]
```

**Fields:**

- Tracks: title, url, artist, plays, likes, reposts, comments, downloads, genre, tags, durationSec, label, license, createdAt, releaseDate
- Artists: name, url, followers, following, tracks, playlists, likes, reposts, verified, countryCode

### Pricing

Pay per result: **$2.80 per 1,000 results**. You pay only for results you get; Apify platform costs are included. Set a maximum charge for a run and the Actor stops cleanly when it's reached, keeping everything collected so far.

### Tips

- Schedule it daily with the same links to build your own play-count history.
- Playlist and search links aren’t supported; use the track or artist links.

### FAQ

**Do I need an account on SoundCloud?** No. It only reads public pages and data.

**Can it list all tracks of an artist?** Not yet: it reads one page per link. Paste the track links you want.
**Something broke or a field is missing?** Open an issue on the Issues tab and include your run link. We fix scrapers quickly when sites change.

### Legal

This Actor collects publicly available data only. You're responsible for using it lawfully and in line with SoundCloud's terms.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Track links (soundcloud.com/artist/track) and artist links (soundcloud.com/artist). Thousands per run are fine.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows. You are only charged for rows you get.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Datacenter proxy helps for big batches.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume/never-be-like-you-feat-kai"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per track or artist.

## `failedUrls` (type: `string`):

Links that were not public track or artist pages.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        {
            "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume/never-be-like-you-feat-kai"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vashiiq/soundcloud").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "urls": [
        { "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume/never-be-like-you-feat-kai" },
        { "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume" },
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vashiiq/soundcloud").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume/never-be-like-you-feat-kai"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call vashiiq/soundcloud --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vashiiq/soundcloud"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/LzRfq0yrm76Pb0bSg/builds/XaeSkv7POH3whckI8/openapi.json