What Chartmetric does

Chartmetric, Inc. is a privately-held music data and analytics company founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company operates a unified analytics platform that ingests data from more than 25 sources — including Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Shazam, SoundCloud, Deezer, Tidal, and radio stations — to deliver cross-platform intelligence on 11M+ artists, 130M+ tracks, 26M+ playlists, and 12M+ curators across 16,000+ cities globally. Its core product suite comprises Artist Analytics, Playlist Analytics, Track Analytics, Radio Station Analytics, Curator Analytics, Charts (including the proprietary Chartmetric Rank), A&R Tools, and Brand Analytics, complemented by a Developer API (REST + MCP server) and a Custom Services offering for enterprise clients.

The platform monetizes through a tiered subscription model: Artist ($5/mo annual), Manager ($40/mo annual), Premium ($75/mo annual), and Ultra ($150/mo annual, including AI features), with API access starting at $350/month and Custom Services sold via quote. GTM is hybrid — product-led self-serve for the long tail of artists, managers, and indie labels, supplemented by enterprise field sales for major labels and rights organizations (named users include Virgin Music, Hipgnosis, Collective Entertainment, and others). The technology stack runs on ClickHouse Cloud, which the company reports delivered 10–15x speed improvements, 36% storage reduction, and 99% memory reduction after a 2024 migration. The platform's AI capabilities include the Data Assistant (natural-language chat for music industry analysis, 100 monthly credits on Ultra tier) and an A&R Prediction Model forecasting artist popularity on Spotify.

The company serves a clearly defined set of professional music industry segments: A&R teams, artist managers, digital marketers at record labels, brand partnerships teams, and music supervisors. It has expanded distribution via the Onesheet acquisition (2022, electronic press kits), a NetEase Cloud Music integration (2025, China coverage), and partnerships with Yamaha Music Innovations (2024, digital transformation) and Duetti (2026, Latin/corridos research). Founder Sungmoon Cho serves as CEO; disclosed funding across 2016–2023 totals roughly $2M, indicating a capital-efficient operating model.

Name

Chartmetric

Legal name

Chartmetric, Inc.

Website

https://chartmetric.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chartmetric is a B2B music analytics platform that aggregates data from 25+ streaming and social sources to provide artist, playlist, curator, and radio intelligence to A&R teams, artist managers, digital marketers, and music supervisors via tiered subscriptions and enterprise services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Analytics Software

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Radio Audience Measurement & Analytics (Ratings, Attribution) (MPAIAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Sharing, Data Exchange & Data Marketplace Platforms (HDAEABAH), Data Distribution, Connectivity & Market Data Platforms (Entitlements, Normalization, APIs) (FSAFAIAJ)

Keywords

• Music analytics platform
• Streaming data insights
• Artist performance tracking
• Playlist intelligence tools
• Music industry SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

San Mateo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans: Tiered subscription model with four main tiers: Artist ($5/month annual), Manager ($40/month annual), Premium ($75/month annual), and Ultra ($150/month annual). Each tier provides incremental access to artist data, shortlists, alerts, and premium features like the Data Assistant.
2. API Access: Usage-based and fixed-rate API access starting at $350/month (monthly billing) for developers and technical users needing programmatic access to Chartmetric's extensive dataset.
3. Custom Services: Enterprise-grade custom solutions including private dashboards, data shares, and custom reports delivered by the Chartmetric team. Priced via quote request, targeting major labels and music companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Chartmetric is a subscription-based music analytics SaaS platform that aggregates and analyzes data from 25+ streaming services, social media platforms, radio stations, and music charts. It delivers cross-platform performance insights for 11M+ artists, 130M+ tracks, and 26M+ playlists, enabling A&R discovery, artist management, digital marketing, brand partnership, and sync licensing decisions. The platform is sold via tiered self-serve subscriptions (Artist, Manager, Premium, Ultra), a Developer API, and enterprise Custom Services.

Product overview

Chartmetric is a unified music analytics platform offering a comprehensive suite of interconnected products. The core platform provides Artist Analytics, Playlist Analytics, Track Analytics, Radio Station Analytics, Curator Analytics, Charts, A&R Tools, and Brand Analytics modules. These are complemented by the Developer API for programmatic access, Custom Services for enterprise needs, and the acquired free tool Onesheet for electronic press kits. Additional offerings include the Data Assistant (AI-powered insights), How Music Charts (industry publication), Learning Hub (certification), and Make Music Equal (social equity initiative). The platform ingests data from over 25 sources including Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Shazam, SoundCloud, and now NetEase Cloud Music, processing millions of rows daily to power analytics across 11M+ artists, 130M+ tracks, and 26M+ playlists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chartmetric Subscription Platform Tiered SaaS subscription product providing cross-platform music analytics for 11M+ artists, 130M+ tracks, and 26M+ playlists, including artist profiles, playlist tracking, charts, curator discovery, brand analytics, radio airplay, and A&R prediction, sold via four annual-billed tiers (Artist $5/month, Manager $40/month, Premium $75/month, Ultra $150/month).
• Chartmetric Developer API Programmatic access to Chartmetric's full dataset via REST API (up to 25 req/sec, JSON format) and a Model Context Protocol server for AI workflow and ChatGPT integration, priced from $350/month for developers and technical teams building custom applications and AI agents on top of Chartmetric data.
• Custom Services & Data Shares Enterprise-grade bespoke services including private dashboards, Data Shares delivered via Snowflake/Amazon S3/Google Cloud Storage with scheduled refreshes, and custom reports, delivered by the Chartmetric team and priced via quote for major labels, music companies, and large rights management organizations.
• Onesheet Free electronic press kit app acquired by Chartmetric in October 2022 that creates artist profiles with social stats, videos, tour dates, and press quotes by scraping web data, kept available as a free artist marketing tool within the Chartmetric ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10-15x speed improvement on key workloads after migrating to ClickHouse Cloud
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DuetticoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 May 2026Chartmetric partnered with Duetti to produce a joint report analyzing 19,655 corridos artists. The report revealed that Mexican narrative music is Mexico's fastest-growing music style on streaming platforms, with corridos artists generating the first #1 on the Spotify Global Top 50 chart from a Mexican artist. This co-developed research positions both companies as thought leaders in Latin music analytics.
• ClickHousecoreTechnology or Integration · 9 January 2026ClickHouse showcased Chartmetric as a customer case study highlighting performance gains achieved after migrating to ClickHouse Cloud. Chartmetric reported 10-15x speed improvement on key workloads, 36% reduction in storage needs, and 99% reduction in memory usage. This migration in 2024 demonstrates Chartmetric's commitment to scalable, high-performance analytics infrastructure.
• NetEase Cloud MusiccoreTechnology or Integration · 24 November 2025Chartmetric integrated data from NetEase Cloud Music, a major Chinese streaming platform, into its analytics tools. This integration enables global industry users to track regional listening trends in China and compare them with global benchmarks, enhancing artist development and marketing strategies for the Chinese market.
• Yamaha Music InnovationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 October 2024Yamaha Music Innovations, LLC, Yamaha's U.S. subsidiary, partnered with Chartmetric as part of their initiative to promote productivity improvements and digital transformation across business operations. The partnership applies Chartmetric's music analysis platform to areas including intellectual property and R&D, supporting Yamaha's medium-term management plan 'Rebuild & Evolve'.
• OnesheetminorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 6 October 2022Chartmetric acquired the free app Onesheet, which creates electronic press kits for artists by scraping web data. The app enables quick creation of artist profiles with social stats, videos, tour dates, and press quotes. Chartmetric plans to keep Onesheet available and free, integrating it into their ecosystem as a complementary artist marketing tool.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Soundcharts: Soundcharts is a music analytics platform serving artists, managers, and labels with artist tracking, playlist, radio airplay, and chart data. It is the most direct competitor to Chartmetric, with overlapping A&R, playlist, and curator workflows.
• Viberate: Viberate provides artist, label, and chart analytics across streaming, social, and playlist sources, targeting A&R and label users. It competes head-on with Chartmetric in the music analytics category, particularly for unsigned-artist discovery.
• Songstats: Songstats aggregates streaming, social, radio, and chart data into artist profiles and dashboards for managers and labels. It is a closely overlapping music analytics product with a similar subscription-based go-to-market.
• BuzzAngle Music (by Luminate): BuzzAngle Music, operated by Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music/MRC Data), provides music consumption analytics including sales, streaming, and radio. It is the traditional incumbent in music measurement and overlaps with Chartmetric's analytics surface area.

Broad incumbents

• Spotify for Artists: Spotify's free native analytics offering for artists and labels provides streaming, audience, and playlist data. It is not a paid competitor, but it sets a free baseline against which Chartmetric's paid tiers are evaluated.
• The Orchard: The Orchard is a Sony-owned music distribution and services company that provides label and artist marketing analytics as part of a broader distribution offering. It is comparable as a label-services incumbent that bundles analytics with adjacent services.
• AWAL: AWAL, owned by Sony Music, combines distribution with artist analytics and marketing tools for independent labels and artists. It overlaps with Chartmetric's target segments and bundles analytics into a wider services portfolio.
• TuneCore: TuneCore is a music distribution platform that also surfaces streaming and audience analytics to independent artists. It competes for the same individual-artist customer that Chartmetric's $5 Artist tier targets.

Others

• Chartbeat: Chartbeat provides real-time digital content and audience analytics for publishers, not the music industry directly. It is comparable to Chartmetric in operating model (subscription analytics SaaS with API access) rather than in vertical focus.
• Songkick: Songkick provides concert and live-event data, routing and analytics that touch artist touring, marketing, and audience overlap. It is comparable to Chartmetric's Brand and Sync features as an adjacent music data platform rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chartmetric
• Facebookfacebook.com/chartmetric
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chartmetric

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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