2022 at SourceAudio in Review

2022 has been an incredible year at SourceAudio, with more tracks, more searches, and more revenue generated for our clients. Check out the highlights in our 2022 review!

In 2022…

We surpassed 25 million tracks hosted on the platform » up 15% from last year

We had an estimated 110 thousand monthly active users » up 18% from last year

Over 25 million tracks were downloaded from SourceAudio » up 25% from last year

Over 19 million searches were run on SourceAudio » up 59% from last year

And bigger still is the growth in our payouts to our clients…
In the most recent four quarters posted,
our YouTube program payouts are up 107% from last year.

New Feature Releases in 2022

Redesigned and More Customizable Album, Artist, and Many More Pages
Our redesign of album, playlist, artist, writer, publisher, label, and catalog pages has provided our users with new capabilities to create more vivid, immersive branding. Add a background photo to display behind your page’s artwork, leave a solid colored background, or let our system use your image’s colors to create a color gradient. These tools put you in control of your site’s branding in exciting new ways.

Site Theme Presets 

Implementing your branding on a new SourceAudio site has never been faster and easier than with the site theme presets we launched this year. Choose from any of our seven color themes to get your site matching your brand’s colors in just a few clicks. If you want to make any tweaks after, our highly granular color settings allow you to adjust the colors implemented from a preset to your exact preferences.

Sonic Search v2.0
This year our Sonic Search tool got even faster, smarter, and more accurate. By reconstructing Sonic Search’s audio analysis capabilities using machine learning, Sonic Search now returns more relevant results in half the time of its prior iteration.

Plus…

New Site Routing

This year we implemented a new site routing system that lays the groundwork for future SEO developments. Stay tuned for exciting SEO roll-outs in 2023 and beyond!

Dan Korbkin at A2IM Indie Week

We had a blast at this year’s A2IM Indie Week in New York City! Among the many highlights of their program, our own President of Sales, Dan Korbkin, spoke on the A2IM panel “How Tech is Revolutionizing Sync Licensing” alongside Änna Marsh from Big Sync Music and panel moderator Benjamin Verdoes from SyncFloor.

Pitching Guide and More Resources

We released a ton of informative material this year, including our in-depth guide to pitching and driving traffic to your SourceAudio site. Keep an eye on our blog more for deep dives into site features, interviews with amazing companies, the latest industry news, and much more.

Thanks for making 2022 a great year!