White Label for Web

@davepinke I don't want to speak on behalf of the team, but I believe there's a mixture of curation and an algorithm that trawls SoundCloud data.

@davepinke We using the SoundCloud API to find new music and then we use a combination of human and tech to curate the charts. We do suggest that artists can tweet us their tracks if we haven't automatically picked them up and this way they get added.

@whittierthany0u We use a combination of human curation and tech to produce a chart of the hottest hiphop tracks on Soundcloud. The chart updates throughout the day based on the engagement the tracks are getting on Soundcloud (this is the tech component I mentioned). The human curation essentially acts as a gate keeper ensuring only hiphop tracks make the chart and that they are legit with the correct title/artist. The chart is not personalized to a users tastes. If you want like a particular track you can use the 'more like this' option which creates a playlist for you based on the seed track.

@lldavedave so can you share a bit about where this differentiates from Soundcloud's recently launched 'trending music'/charts feature?

@whittierthany0u Good question First up some background we launched White Label on iOS back in 2014 https://www.producthunt.com/tech... and then on Android in 2015 http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/... We monitor Soundcloud for tracks every hour and we identify new trending music based the engagement its receiving using the human and tech components I mentioned earlier. We then ensure the newest music hits the charts at the top, guaranteeing maximum exposure for the artist and ensuring users discover newest music first. As the tracks age they gradually move though the chart, more slowly if they go on to become quite popular. The algorithm behind this and our tools for curation are our secret sauce. Whereas Soundcloud charts tracks based on daily and all-time play counts.

@lldavedave That's really cool, I like this concept a lot actually. Keep up the awesome work Dave!

@itsruback We have not considered sub genres at this point, maybe in the future if we can leverage tech to aid the tagging.

@_rsamuelson awesome! great to hear you are enjoying the mobile app.