We sell advertising and subscriptions to support 8tracks’ business, and most of that revenue goes to pay artists and labels. In the US, you can listen to 8tracks for free on an ad-supported basis, subject to certain limitations: interstitials stop playback between mixes and a weekly limit on the number of hours you can stream.

You pay $4.99 per month or $29.99 per year -- a 50% savings! -- with automatic renewal at the end of each billing period from the date of sign-up. You can cancel anytime and will continue to receive the benefits of 8tracks Plus through the end of the current billing period, irrespective of cancellation date.

When you sign up for 8tracks Plus, you get a 14-day free trial. We will NOT bill your credit card during that period, and you can easily cancel the trial from your Settings page at any point during that 14-day period without ever being billed.

Those features require us to get a different license from copyright holders, but we'd love to offer this premium experience to our listeners. We’re currently looking into ways that make sense for everyone involved (listener, copyright holder, 8tracks). Be on the lookout for future updates!

Sponsored playlists from our partners will still show up on the site because, well, they’re playlists made by people. If we’ve done our job right, these playlists will be of the same quality as any other playlist and be consistent with the 8tracks experience. If that’s not the case, let us know. We’d love to hear your feedback!

Simply put, streaming is expensive. So expensive that, to date, no digital music service is generating a profit. Larger services have raised billions to fund continued losses, but even with our recent crowdfunding, 8tracks has raised only $5m over the last decade. We want to build a sustainable path for 8tracks to be enjoyed by everyone for years to come.