What Setlist.fm does

Setlist.fm is a privately held, community-driven wiki platform that catalogs concert setlists from live music performances worldwide. The platform hosts over 10.34 million setlists spanning 465,000+ artists, 449,000+ venues, and 229,000+ festivals, with global coverage concentrated in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Belgium. Users register free accounts to add and edit setlists, mark shows as attended, track personal concert statistics, and participate in forum discussions. Governance is distributed through volunteer moderators (ExecutiveChimp, FFalex) and community user tiers (Moderator, Roadie, User), with no disclosed institutional ownership or venture funding.

The underlying technology is a web-based collaborative platform with wiki-style editing, a public REST API at api.setlist.fm, embeddable widgets for third-party syndication, and integrations with MusicBrainz for metadata verification and Ticketmaster for ticket purchase links. The product surface includes the core setlist.fm website, a branded merchandise shop at shop.setlist.fm, a developer-facing API, and embeddable widgets.

Revenue is generated through display advertising, branded merchandise sales, and nominally through API access, with the core platform remaining free to users (freemium model). The go-to-market motion is community-led and organic, relying on SEO authority from millions of indexed setlist pages, social media presence across Facebook/X/Instagram, and content marketing through a news section covering concerts and setlist history. The primary customer segment is individual music fans and concert-goers, with secondary segments including artists/bands and third-party developers using the API.

Name

Setlist.fm

Legal name

setlist.fm

Website

http://www.setlist.fm

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Setlist.fm is a privately held, community-driven wiki platform that catalogs over 10.34 million concert setlists across 465,000+ artists, 449,000+ venues, and 229,000+ festivals worldwide, serving music fans, artists, and developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Database

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Recognition, Lyrics & Metadata Platforms (MPAIADAK)

Keywords

• Concert setlist database
• Live music tracking
• Music community platform
• Concert history database
• Music data API

Headquarters

HQ city

Beverly Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The platform displays advertisements and has an Ad Choices policy, indicating advertising as a revenue stream
2. Merchandise Shop: Setlist.fm operates a merchandise shop (shop.setlist.fm) selling products related to the platform
3. API Access: The platform offers an API (api.setlist.fm) for developers to access setlist data, which may be monetized

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Setlist.fm is a community-driven, wiki-style online database of concert setlists where users can search, browse, and contribute setlists for artists, venues, and festivals worldwide. The platform also offers personal concert attendance tracking, live-performance statistics, and a public API that provides programmatic access to its setlist data for third-party developers.

Product overview

setlist.fm is a setlist wiki platform that provides a comprehensive database of concert setlists. The core offering is the setlist.fm website where users can browse, search, and contribute setlist information. The platform includes a public API for developers, an e-commerce shop for branded merchandise, and embeddable widgets for sharing setlists. The service features user accounts with personal concert statistics, a forum for community discussion, and news coverage of concerts and tours.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• setlist.fm Platform Wiki-style database of concert setlists allowing users to browse, search, and contribute setlists for artists, venues, and festivals worldwide, with personal attendance tracking and live-performance statistics.
• setlist.fm Shop Online merchandise store selling setlist.fm-branded products to fans of the platform.
• setlist.fm API Public REST API that allows developers to retrieve setlists, artist information, venues, festivals, and statistics for integration into third-party music applications.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Songkick: Concert discovery and ticketing platform tracking upcoming shows and tours. Closely comparable to Setlist.fm in serving music fans around live event data, though Songkick focuses on upcoming concerts and ticket purchase rather than historical setlists.
• Bandsintown: Concert tracking and recommendation app for music fans. Directly comparable target audience (concert-goers) and live music focus, with stronger mobile presence and ticket purchase integrations.
• MusicBrainz: Open music metadata database with structured information on artists, recordings, and releases. Directly comparable as a community-driven wiki-style music data platform; already integrated with Setlist.fm per source data.
• Discogs: Community-driven music database and marketplace cataloging recordings with user contributions. Comparable model (UGC wiki + marketplace revenue) and target audience (music enthusiasts), though focused on recorded music rather than live performances.
• Last.fm: Music listening statistics and recommendation platform built on user-contributed scrobble data. Comparable community-driven music data model with statistics and personal tracking, though focused on listening history rather than concert attendance.
• Genius: Lyrics and music annotation platform with community-contributed content. Comparable community-driven wiki model in the music information space, with similar SEO-driven traffic dynamics and ad-supported revenue.
• Songtexte.com: Lyrics database platform referenced as a partner of Setlist.fm. Comparable community-driven music information platform serving European audiences with similar UGC wiki dynamics.
• Concert Archives: Concert setlist and tour history database. Directly comparable setlist-tracking platform with similar UGC model and target audience of concert enthusiasts.
• AllMusic: Comprehensive music metadata database covering artists, albums, and recordings. Comparable music information resource with editorial-style content and metadata focus, though commercially operated rather than community-driven.

Broad incumbents

• Spotify: Global music streaming platform that has begun integrating concert discovery and tour data into its artist pages. Not a direct setlist competitor but a broad incumbent with the resources to absorb live-event data features that currently drive traffic to Setlist.fm.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/setlistfm
• Facebookfacebook.com/setlist.fm
• Instagraminstagram.com/setlist.fm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/setlist-fm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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