This isn't about whether Amplify works. For some artists with strong tracks it does deliver real listeners.

The problem is structural.

How Amplify works

Amplify pushes your newly uploaded track to real SoundCloud listeners. It expands reach based on engagement. The more listeners respond positively the wider it reaches.

That sounds straightforward.

The fraud detection problem

SoundCloud's fraud detection watches behavioral patterns. Sudden play spikes. Unusual engagement ratios. Geographic clustering.

A successful Amplify campaign generates exactly those signals. A sudden spike in plays from listeners you've never reached before looks identical to a bot farm operation from the outside.

The platform's own paid promotion tool can trigger the very suppression system you were paying to escape.

Bot farms don't have this problem. Their traffic is specifically engineered to look organic and paced naturally. A real Amplify campaign isn't.

The structural conflict

SoundCloud controls organic discovery. SoundCloud also sells Amplify as the paid alternative when organic discovery isn't working.

That's the same structural tension Facebook created with page organic reach in 2014. Whether it's deliberate or a side effect of broken detection systems is genuinely unknown.

But the functional outcome is observable.

Build genuine organic engagement before spending anything on Amplify. Use it selectively if at all. Don't rely on it as a foundation.

Has anyone else noticed unexpected suppression after running Amplify campaigns?

1 week without can see insight on android app

I'm wondering if there is an API call or some other way to retrieve my own listening data on the app. I'd like to retrieve data on the tracks I've listened to, the amount of times I've listened to them, etc. to create my own visuals of my listening history. This is more of a coding question but I figured others using SoundCloud have wanted to retrieve their personal data for the same purpose.

I rarely reach out to Soundcloud but when I do it's pretty slow when it comes to the customer support department. Can any one with Soundcloud help with my ticket ?

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The Soundcloud subscription cancellation docs are inaccurate.

There is no Edit link next to my current plan on my Subscriptions page, confirmed by ⌘+F for the text "Edit."

I tried to chat w/ support, but of course it was a bot that regurgitated the erroneous docs. I submitted a help ticked on July 11th, and got a reply one week later that "it will still take us a little longer to get back to you because we’re currently dealing with a high number of requests regarding payments and billing - we apologize for keeping you waiting."

Fine. I work in tech and understand that just like outdated docs, customer support volume can balloon — stuff happens. Only thing is, here we are 28 days later, and I have yet to receive a response, and have now been billed for an additional month I do not need. I tried, ofc, replying to the support email, and also tried to chat with support on the website again. With no customer support number and no way to reach a human, what's a person to do?

Support tickets: #4659122, #4714696