SoundCloud has announced a major social update designed to bring community and discovery back to the heart of the platform. The new features — including “Liked by Your Crew” daily feeds, friend-inspired playlists, and improved recommendations — put real people, not algorithms, at the centre of music discovery.
What’s New
The update introduces a set of tools that make SoundCloud feel more like a living, breathing social network:
- Liked by Your Crew — a daily refresh showing what tracks your friends and favourite artists have recently liked.
- Liked-by Playlists — auto-generated mixes based on your circle’s latest activity.
- Trending Trackwall — a visual feed highlighting tracks on the rise, filterable by genre or scene.
- Suggested Follows — on mobile, SoundCloud now recommends users with similar listening habits.
- Hot For You — a daily personalised track pick combining trending data with your listening history.
All these features are rolling out globally across mobile, with Liked-by Playlists and Trending Trackwall also available on the web. Together they build on SoundCloud’s renewed focus on connection between creators and listeners.
Why It Matters
SoundCloud’s strength has always been its people — artists, fans, and communities built around shared taste. This update reinforces that, making discovery feel personal again by surfacing tracks liked by those you actually follow. It’s a smart move in a world dominated by algorithms, giving listeners a reason to return each day and share what they love. Still, making likes visible by default could raise privacy questions, and feeds might become noisy if everyone’s tastes differ — challenges SoundCloud will need to balance as it leans further into social discovery.
Quick Takeaway
This update marks the start of a more connected SoundCloud — one where community, playlists, and artist promotion blend seamlessly. By making discovery social again through features like Liked by Your Crew and friend-powered playlists, SoundCloud is returning to what made it unique in the first place: real people sharing real music. It’s a simple idea — but one that could make streaming feel human again.
