What Tunefind does

Tunefind (Tunefind LLC) is a privately held, San Francisco-based company founded in 2005 that operates a web-based music discovery and soundtrack cataloging platform for television, film, and video game soundtracks. The platform indexes songs at the episode and scene level with timestamp-anchored metadata, validated by music supervisors, and is the data source behind Billboard's Top TV Songs and Top Movie Songs charts. The product surface covers TV shows, movies, and video games, and includes features such as trending music rankings, theme-song identification, original-score tracking, artist-appearance counts, and a weekly TV schedule of newly aired episodes.

The technology layer is a curated content catalog with a public-facing website (tunefind.com) and a structured data API (api-v2.tunefind.com). Tunefind integrates with seven downstream partners: Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, and Bandcamp for consumer playback and affiliate monetization; 7Digital for licensing; and Songtradr for sync-licensing transactions. The platform distributes globally through self-serve web access, with no native mobile app, and acquires users primarily via organic search and content marketing.

The business model is dual-pronged. The consumer product is free and ad-free, monetized through affiliate referral commissions when users click through to streaming services. A B2B/data-licensing layer monetizes the curated soundtrack dataset through the Songtradr integration and a developer API serving music supervisors, streaming platforms, and industry partners such as Billboard. Headcount is reported at 1-10 employees, no external funding has been disclosed, and the company has operated continuously for over 20 years as an independent, founder-owned LLC.

Name

Tunefind

Legal name

Tunefind LLC

Website

https://tunefind.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tunefind is a privately held soundtrack discovery platform founded in 2005 that catalogs songs featured in TV shows, movies, and video games at episode-level granularity, serving consumers, music supervisors, and streaming platforms, and powering Billboard's Top TV and Movie Songs charts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Discovery Platform

NAICS

Sound Recording Industries (5122), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Music Recognition, Lyrics & Metadata Platforms (MPAIADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Music Discovery & Curation Platforms (Recommendations, Playlists) (MPAIACAH), Sync Marketplaces & Licensing Platforms (MPAIALAG)

Keywords

• Soundtrack discovery platform
• Music identification service
• Sync licensing data
• TV movie music catalog
• Song metadata database

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Affiliate commissions: The platform earns commissions on links to third-party streaming services including Amazon Associate program, Apple Music, Spotify, and other music platforms
2. Licensing data services: Provides sync licensing data and music discovery information to music supervisors, artists, and industry partners through Songtradr integration

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tunefind catalogs and indexes songs featured in television shows, movies, and video games, organized at the episode and scene level with artist, track, and scene-description metadata. The platform provides direct links to listen to discovered songs on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, and Bandcamp, and offers sync licensing requests through Songtradr integration. It is free to consumers and monetizes via affiliate commissions on streaming referrals and licensing of soundtrack data to music supervisors and industry partners.

Product overview

Tunefind operates as a unified soundtrack discovery and licensing platform offering TV show, movie, and video game soundtrack databases. The core platform provides episode-level song tracking with music supervisor verification, allowing users to identify and explore music featured across visual media. The platform includes a trending music section, TV schedule tracking, and integrates music licensing capabilities through Songtradr for sync opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TV Show Soundtracks Comprehensive database of songs featured in television shows, organized by series, season, and episode. Users can browse shows, explore episode-level soundtracks, and access song details including artist, track name, and scene descriptions. Designed for viewers who want to identify and explore music heard in TV episodes and stream or track them.
• Movie Soundtracks Database of songs featured in films, organized by movie title. Users can explore soundtrack listings and identify songs used in specific movie scenes, then stream them on connected music services. Aimed at movie viewers and soundtrack enthusiasts who want to identify tracks heard in particular films.
• Video Game Soundtracks Database of music featured in video games, allowing users to explore game soundtracks and identify songs used in gameplay. Targeted at gamers and soundtrack enthusiasts who want to track music from specific games.
• Trending Music Real-time ranking of popular songs featured on TV shows and in movies, showing which tracks are gaining traction based on placement visibility across the catalog. Useful for industry observers and consumers who want to discover songs currently trending in visual media.
• Sync Licensing API (api-v2.tunefind.com) Tunefind's API for music licensing and data access, providing endpoints that allow music supervisors and industry partners to research placements and request sync licenses via Songtradr integration. Designed for music supervisors, streaming services, and industry partners needing programmatic access to verified soundtrack data.

Quantifiable outcome

• Powers Billboard Top TV Songs and Top Movie Songs charts

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Apple MusiccoreTechnology or IntegrationApple Music integration allows Tunefind users to listen to songs directly through Apple Music links, providing seamless music discovery experience
• SpotifycoreTechnology or IntegrationSpotify integration provides Tunefind users with direct links to stream songs on Spotify's platform
• Amazon MusiccoreTechnology or IntegrationAmazon Music integration enables users to listen through Amazon Music with affiliate referral commissions earned
• YouTubecoreTechnology or IntegrationYouTube integration provides video playback options for songs featured on the platform
• SongtradrcoreTechnology or IntegrationSongtradr integration enables music licensing requests directly from Tunefind, connecting artists with sync opportunities from TV and film placements

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• IMDb (Amazon): Amazon-owned entertainment metadata platform covering film, TV, and music. Comparable as a broad entertainment data authority, though IMDb's music coverage is much shallower than its cast/crew/production metadata.
• SoundHound: Audio recognition technology company with music identification capabilities, now extending into voice AI. Comparable in music recognition technology stack though a much broader and better-capitalized incumbent.

Others

• Music Reports, Inc. Music rights administration and sync licensing data provider serving streaming platforms, broadcasters, and rights holders. Comparable as a B2B music metadata/sync data provider in adjacent verticals.
• Songtradr: Music licensing marketplace that is itself a Tunefind integration partner. Comparable as a sync licensing destination and adjacent ecosystem participant, though Songtradr operates a marketplace rather than a discovery database.

Direct peers

• Shazam: Apple-owned music recognition application that identifies songs from audio input. Directly comparable to Tunefind's music identification function, though Shazam focuses on ambient audio rather than soundtrack cataloging.
• Filmtracks: Movie soundtrack review and cataloging site with detailed composer and score information. Comparable in soundtrack metadata depth but focused more on original scores than licensed popular music.
• WhatSong: Soundtrack discovery platform focused on TV and movie music identification. Directly competes with Tunefind on the same 'what song is in this show' use case for an overlapping consumer audience.
• Soundtrack.net: Long-running movie and TV soundtrack database with reviews and track listings. Closely comparable in core offering — soundtracks organized by film/TV title — and competes directly for soundtrack-discovery search traffic.

Emerging players

• Musixmatch: Lyrics platform that distributes synchronized lyrics to streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music. Adjacent in music metadata and has overlapping B2B data licensing relationships with the same streaming partners as Tunefind.
• Genius: Lyrics and music annotation platform with metadata on songs and artists. Comparable in music metadata depth, though Tunefind's cataloging angle (TV/film placement) is differentiated from Genius's lyrics/community focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tunefind
• Facebookfacebook.com/tunefind
• Instagraminstagram.com/tunefind_official
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tunefindmusic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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