In your Make Waves account, there is an Analytics page where you can track all your streaming data. You can read more about the data on this page in our guide about platform analytics.
If you want more global, real-time insights on your artist performance and on global market trends, you could consider to use a more detailled data platform like e.g. Soundcharts. Soundcharts is one of the leading analytics platforms in the music industry.
Analytics platform like Soundcharts are mostly used by artists and artist managers, marketing teams, radio and festival programmers and distributor teams.
Depending on your role in the music business, you can use an analytics platform like Soundcharts to:
- Monitor song releases performance
- Audit broadcast reports
- Get data insights and confirm the potential of an artist
- Measure the impact of marketing campaigns across all mediums and platforms
- Locate growth opportunities and identify high-potential local markets
- Get a complete view of an artist's playlist exposure and optimize your playlist strategy
Just like Make Waves, Soundcharts are music industry people doing tech - therefore they know how the music business works and what data professionals need to make better decisions. Instead of the raw, disconnected stats, they bring their users the insights they can act upon.
In case of Soundcharts, they do offer a free experience with no credit card required. If you just sign up, you can explore all features: airplay, playlists, charts, and social audience monitoring for an unlimited number of artists. This lets you preview how Soundcharts can help you gain data insights and make better decisions.
Limitations to this free access include:
- Graphs limited to the last 28 days
- Rows limited in the artist, song, radio, and chart sections
- Unavailable features (Instagram/TikTok/YouTube Insights, CSV exports, etc.)
If you decide to upgrade, you will be able to choose one of their three plans: Artist plan, 10 Artists plan and PRO plan.
You can use our 30% discount code MAKEWAVES30 for your Soundcharts subscription at the checkout (for one year).
If you want to know more about what Soundcharts has to offer you, here are some in depth articles:
→ Which data sources does Soundcharts monitor?
→ How do I find an artist, song, playlist, or radio?
→ Monitor a release with Soundcharts
→ A curated list of the most commonly asked questions by Soundcharts users
Not the information you are looking for? You can find all the information in their Help Center.
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