SoundCloud Tracks, Artists & Playlists Scraper

Extract SoundCloud tracks, artists, playlists, and charts — with full play, like, repost, and comment counts — as clean JSON. Resolve any SoundCloud link, search by keyword, pull an artist's uploads, expand a playlist into per-track detail, or grab a genre's trending / top chart.

Why use this actor

• No account, no login, no API key required.
• Real engagement numbers — play count, likes, reposts, comments, download count, plus follower / following / track totals for artists.
• Five ways in — resolve a URL, keyword search, artist profile + tracks, full playlist expansion, or genre charts.
• Playlist expansion — turn one playlist link into a row per track, each with full stats and the artist behind it.
• Stable JSON output ready for spreadsheets, databases, dashboards, or data pipelines.
• Automatic retries, runs on Apify's schedule, and exports to JSON / CSV / Excel — no scrapers, browsers, or blocks to babysit.

How it works

1. Pick a mode (resolve, search, artist, playlist, or charts).
2. Give it the matching input — a list of SoundCloud URLs, a search keyword, or a chart genre.
3. The actor pulls the matching tracks, artists, and playlists, each with full public stats.
4. Every result is pushed to your dataset as one JSON row, ready to export.

You don't manage any scrapers, browsers, or rate limits — just run it.

Input

Resolve mode — look up any SoundCloud URLs

{
  "mode": "resolve",
  "urls": [
    "https://soundcloud.com/eldjkb/get-lucky-original-version",
    "https://soundcloud.com/eldjkb"
  ],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxItemsPerSource": 200,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}

Search mode — find tracks, artists, or playlists by keyword

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "daft punk",
  "searchType": "tracks",
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxItemsPerSource": 200
}

Artist mode — an artist profile plus their uploads

{ "mode": "artist", "urls": ["https://soundcloud.com/eldjkb"], "maxItemsPerSource": 200 }

Playlist mode — a playlist / album expanded into its tracks

{
  "mode": "playlist",
  "urls": ["https://soundcloud.com/soaverecords/sets/summer-lounge-2025-chill-vibes"],
  "hydratePlaylistTracks": true
}

Charts mode — a genre's trending or top chart

{ "mode": "charts", "genre": "all-music", "chartType": "trending", "maxItems": 200 }

Field	Type	Description
mode	string	resolve, search, artist, playlist, or charts.
urls	array	SoundCloud URLs. Used by resolve (any track/artist/playlist), artist (artist profiles), and playlist (playlists/albums).
query	string	Keyword to search for (search mode).
searchType	string	tracks, users (artists), or playlists (search mode).
genre	string	Genre slug for charts, e.g. all-music, hiphoprap, house, pop (charts mode).
chartType	string	trending (hot right now) or top (charts mode).
hydratePlaylistTracks	boolean	If true, return every track in a playlist with full detail. Default true.
maxItems	integer	Max rows for the whole run (0 = no limit). Default 200.
maxItemsPerSource	integer	Max rows per URL / query / chart (0 = no limit). Default 200.
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional. Off by default; SoundCloud data is public.

Output

Every row carries a small header — _source (which mode produced it), _scrapedAt, _input (the URL/query it came from), and _entityKind (track, user, or playlist) — followed by the full SoundCloud object.

Track (resolve / search / artist / playlist / charts)

{
  "_source": "resolve",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-07-10T20:05:58Z",
  "_input": "https://soundcloud.com/eldjkb/get-lucky-original-version",
  "_entityKind": "track",
  "id": 88335161,
  "title": "Get Lucky [Original Version] - Daft Punk",
  "permalink_url": "https://soundcloud.com/eldjkb/get-lucky-original-version",
  "duration": 246381,
  "full_duration": 246382,
  "genre": "Disco Electronic",
  "tag_list": "leaked original version daft punk get lucky 2013 pharrell williams",
  "created_at": "2013-04-17T22:05:25Z",
  "display_date": "2013-04-17T22:05:25Z",
  "playback_count": 20625528,
  "likes_count": 300958,
  "reposts_count": 3313,
  "comment_count": 4989,
  "download_count": 0,
  "license": "all-rights-reserved",
  "urn": "soundcloud:tracks:88335161",
  "waveform_url": "https://wave.sndcdn.com/XBV0hffTtBI4_m.json",
  "artwork_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000045765973-c2x8ko-large.jpg",
  "user": { "id": 8882898, "username": "DJ KB", "followers_count": 6487, "verified": true, "… ": "… more" }
}

Each track row also includes the full artist object under user. In charts mode a _chartScore field is added (the chart-ranking score, e.g. 0.857).

Artist / user (resolve / artist / search users)

{
  "_source": "resolve",
  "_input": "https://soundcloud.com/eldjkb",
  "_entityKind": "user",
  "id": 8882898,
  "username": "DJ KB",
  "permalink_url": "https://soundcloud.com/eldjkb",
  "followers_count": 6487,
  "followings_count": 69,
  "track_count": 69,
  "playlist_count": 7,
  "likes_count": 108,
  "verified": true,
  "city": "",
  "country_code": null,
  "description": "Es un colombiano, DJ y productor, desde Medellín, Colombia. A los dieciséis años comenzó a publicar…",
  "avatar_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000394976541-fi0tut-large.jpg"
}

Playlist / album (resolve / playlist / search playlists)

{
  "_source": "playlist",
  "_input": "https://soundcloud.com/soaverecords/sets/summer-lounge-2025-chill-vibes",
  "_entityKind": "playlist",
  "id": 1941279431,
  "title": "Ibiza Summer Mix 2026 🍓 Best Of Tropical Deep House Music Chill Out Mix",
  "permalink_url": "https://soundcloud.com/soaverecords/sets/summer-lounge-2025-chill-vibes",
  "track_count": 300,
  "duration": 46954156,
  "genre": "",
  "likes_count": 14273,
  "reposts_count": 223,
  "is_album": false,
  "set_type": ""
}

With hydratePlaylistTracks on, the playlist row is followed by one full track row per song (_source: "playlist-track"), for example:

{
  "_source": "playlist-track",
  "_entityKind": "track",
  "id": 1649402727,
  "title": "Stumblin' In",
  "permalink_url": "https://soundcloud.com/cyrilriley/stumblin-in-cyril-remix",
  "playback_count": 4465477,
  "likes_count": 78203,
  "genre": "Dance"
}

Chart track (charts mode)

{
  "_source": "charts-trending",
  "_input": "charts:trending:all-music",
  "_entityKind": "track",
  "_chartScore": 0.857,
  "id": 2320209185,
  "title": "GOOSE COAT",
  "permalink_url": "https://soundcloud.com/user-10135919/surf7-goose-coat",
  "genre": "Hip Hop/Rap",
  "playback_count": 1269220,
  "likes_count": 33594,
  "reposts_count": 214
}

Field	Type	Description
_source	string	Which mode produced the row (resolve, search, artist-tracks, playlist, playlist-track, charts-trending, …).
_entityKind	string	track, user, or playlist.
id / urn	number / string	SoundCloud's numeric id and full resource identifier.
title	string	Track or playlist title.
username	string	Artist display name (on artist rows; also nested under user on tracks).
permalink_url	string	Public SoundCloud link.
playback_count	number	Total plays (tracks).
likes_count / reposts_count / comment_count	number	Engagement totals.
followers_count / followings_count / track_count / playlist_count	number	Artist totals.
duration / full_duration	number	Length in milliseconds.
genre / tag_list	string	Genre label and free-text tags.
created_at / display_date / release_date	string	Timestamps.
artwork_url / avatar_url / waveform_url	string	Image and waveform links.
verified	boolean	Whether the artist is verified.
_chartScore	number	Chart-ranking score (charts mode only).

Notes & limits

• Keyword search returns up to ~200 results per query. For more coverage, use several narrower queries.
• Artist tracks, playlists, and charts page through everything available up to your maxItems / maxItemsPerSource caps.
• Playlists can be large (hundreds of tracks). Set maxItemsPerSource to keep runs small, or turn hydratePlaylistTracks off to return just the playlist summary.
• Some artist fields (like city or country_code) are blank when the artist hasn't set them.
• SoundCloud data is public, so no proxy is needed; you can still enable Apify Proxy if you prefer.