Ahoy

What Ahoy does

Music24 is a music intelligence platform that aggregates streaming data from more than 30 services — including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, Deezer and TikTok — and normalizes that data into a single consistent schema. The platform tracks 2.41 million playlists and more than 40 million tracks across 190 markets, with a median sync lag of approximately four minutes. Its product surface comprises a real-time Dashboard for artist, track and playlist watchlists; a Tracks leaderboard that ranks catalogue by momentum rather than raw volume; an AI-powered Trends daily brief that explains why followed catalogue is moving; and an API plus CSV exports for pipeline integration.

The platform serves labels and A&R teams, artist managers, independent artists, distributors, and rights investors who need a consolidated real-time view of streaming performance. Revenue comes from recurring subscription plans with multiple tiers; all plans are backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee, and a card is required to start. Distribution is entirely self-serve through the web app at app.music24.com, with no physical or partner channels. Go-to-market relies on a product-led growth motion supported by SEO comparison pages versus Chartmetric, Soundcharts and Songstats, a content blog, and owned customer testimonials.

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Name

Ahoy

Website

https://ahoy.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Music24 is a music intelligence platform that normalizes streaming data from more than 30 services into a single real-time schema, serving labels, artist managers, independent artists, distributors, and rights investors with watchlist, momentum, and AI brief capabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Analytics Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Music Recognition, Lyrics & Metadata Platforms (MPAIADAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Rights Data, Metadata, Identifier & Repertoire Management (ISWC/ISRC/IPI, Matching) (MPAIAKAF)

Keywords

• Music analytics
• Streaming intelligence
• Playlist tracking
• Catalogue monitoring
• Music data platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Milton Keynes

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans: Music24 operates on a recurring subscription model with multiple plan tiers. Users must provide a card to start, and all plans are backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. Pricing tiers are available at a dedicated pricing page (/pricing) but specific price points are not listed in the source material.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ahoy operates Music24, a real-time music intelligence platform that pulls streaming data from 30+ services (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, Deezer, TikTok and others) and normalizes it into a single schema. It sells subscriptions to labels, A&R teams, artist managers, distributors, rights investors and independent artists for playlist reach tracking, momentum scoring, anomaly alerts, AI daily briefs, and API-driven data export.

Product overview

Music24 is a unified music intelligence platform that monitors 30+ streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, Deezer, TikTok, and others) and normalizes data into a single real-time schema. The platform consists of four integrated products: the Dashboard for real-time watchlist tracking of artists, tracks, and playlists with combined reach metrics; Tracks for momentum-ranked catalogue leaderboards with market and service filters; Trends for AI-powered daily briefs identifying breakouts and anomalies; and an API for data export and workflow automation. The platform serves labels, A&R teams, artist managers, independent artists, distributors, and rights investors who need real-time performance intelligence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Music24 Dashboard Real-time watchlist dashboard where subscribers follow any artist, track or playlist and view combined playlist reach across every supported streaming service, daily movement deltas and moment-of-jump notifications. Coverage spans 2.41M playlists tracked and synced continuously.

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SpotifycoreTechnology or IntegrationSpotify is a core data integration partner. Music24 pulls streaming data from Spotify (along with 30+ other services) and normalizes it into the platform's unified schema. Playlist placements, stream counts, and audience geography from Spotify are among the key signals tracked across the platform.
• Apple MusiccoreTechnology or IntegrationApple Music is integrated as a primary streaming data source. Music24 pulls streaming performance data from Apple Music to include in its unified cross-platform dashboard and playlist reach aggregation.
• Amazon MusiccoreTechnology or IntegrationAmazon Music is integrated as a major streaming data source. Music24 pulls stream counts, playlist placements, and geographic audience data from Amazon Music into its normalized platform.
• YouTubecoreTechnology or IntegrationYouTube is integrated as a video and audio streaming data source. Music24 pulls performance data from YouTube alongside other services to provide a cross-platform view of music performance.
• DeezercoreTechnology or IntegrationDeezer is integrated as a streaming data source. Music24 aggregates Deezer stream counts, playlist placements, and audience data into its unified music intelligence schema.
• TikTokcoreTechnology or IntegrationTikTok is integrated as a short-form video and audio streaming data source. Music24 pulls TikTok performance signals as part of its multi-platform streaming aggregation, recognizing TikTok's role in music discovery and breakout trends.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Chartmetric: The leading all-in-one music analytics platform for the industry. Music24 explicitly targets Chartmetric users via dedicated comparison pages and overlaps on multi-platform streaming data, playlist tracking, and audience geography for labels, managers, and artists.
• Soundcharts: Music data and analytics platform covering streaming, radio, social, and charts for labels and distributors. Music24 explicitly positions itself as a Soundcharts alternative with comparable multi-service aggregation and dashboard functionality.
• Viberate: Music analytics and A&R platform providing artist performance, audience, and playlist data. Overlaps with Music24 in serving labels, A&R, and managers with cross-platform streaming intelligence and talent discovery.
• Songstats: Music data platform aggregating streaming, social, and playlist performance for artists and labels. Music24 runs a direct Songstats comparison page and competes head-to-head on cross-service playlist reach and momentum tracking.

Emerging players

• DistroKid: Large-scale independent music distributor with embedded analytics for its artist base. While not a multi-platform analytics leader, its embedded reporting is a default that Music24 must convince artists to layer on top of.
• TuneCore: Music distribution platform that has expanded into artist analytics and trend reporting. Represents a partially-overlapping competitor from the distributor side, with growing analytics features that may compete for Music24's distributor and independent-artist segments.
• Kworb: Independent data aggregator that compiles Spotify, Apple Music, and other chart and streaming rankings. Operates as a leaner, enthusiast-grade alternative with less productization but overlapping data sources Music24 relies on.

Broad incumbents

• Apple Music for Artists: Apple Music's native artist analytics product. Like Spotify for Artists, it is single-platform and free, setting the minimum expectation for streaming analytics against which Music24's multi-service aggregation is sold.
• Spotify for Artists: Spotify's native artist-facing analytics dashboard. While single-platform only, it provides baseline streaming and audience data to Spotify's entire artist base and represents the default tool Music24 must displace in the independent-artist segment.

Others

• Beatdapp: Streaming fraud detection and audio fingerprinting provider for labels and distributors. Operates adjacent to Music24 in the music data ecosystem, leveraging platform-level signals that could be combined with or compete against Music24's analytics layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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

M&A

Investments

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

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