Frequently asked questions

PickTrack is a music discovery platform for DJs. Every month it ranks the Top 100 tracks in 16 electronic and adjacent genres — House, Tech House, Deep House, Afro House, Melodic Techno, Melodic House / Rave / Techno, Indie Dance, Amapiano, Drum & Bass, UK Garage / Speed Garage, Dubstep, R&B, Arabic Afro House, K-Pop, Lo-Fi / Chill Hop and Psy-Trance — ranked by real listener engagement, with the BPM and Camelot key shown for nearly every track. It runs on the web at picktrack.app and as an Android app, with iOS on the way.

Most DJs combine store charts (Beatport, Traxsource), SoundCloud, promo pools, friends' sets and curated charts. PickTrack adds a monthly, engagement-ranked view of SoundCloud across 16 genres, so you can see which new tracks listeners actually react to, with BPM and key already worked out, and build a set from it.

By real listener engagement on SoundCloud — likes and reposts weighed against plays — rather than raw play counts, sales or label deals. Tracks need genuine traction to qualify, newer releases are listed first, the same artist never appears twice within ten places, and AI-generated tracks are excluded. Nobody can pay to be placed, and mainstream and independent tracks compete under the same rule.

Once a month. Every genre is fully refreshed early in the month, and each month's chart is archived permanently at picktrack.app/charts.

Yes. A free account shows the Top 15 of every genre chart, full-length listening, links to every track on SoundCloud, and 2 playlists. Pro costs $7.99/month or $79/year on the web, with a 7-day free trial (a card is required; cancel before it ends and you are not charged). Pro unlocks every chart in full (Top 100 and Hot 100), unlimited playlists with harmonic sort, smart filters for BPM range, key and release year, and sending finished sets to your SoundCloud. Pro+ ($29.99/month or $220/year, web only) adds TrackThirst credits, label mode and a higher Track Market share. Prices in the mobile apps are set by the app stores and can differ.

Not entirely. Beatport is a store: you buy DJ-ready files there (or stream them with a subscription), and its charts reflect sales. PickTrack is a discovery platform: it shows which new tracks listeners are actually reacting to across 16 genres, with BPM and Camelot key, but it does not sell downloads. Many DJs use PickTrack to find tracks and then buy them on Beatport, Traxsource, Bandcamp or directly from the artist.

Two ways. With Pro, open a playlist and use Send to SoundCloud: the set is created as a private playlist in your SoundCloud account, in the same order. Then sign in to SoundCloud inside DJ software that supports SoundCloud streaming (such as rekordbox, Serato DJ Pro, djay Pro or Traktor) and load the tracks from that playlist; some DJ software needs a SoundCloud Go+ or DJ subscription for this. On any plan you can also export a playlist as a .txt list (title, artist, BPM and Camelot key) to use as a shopping or prep list. PickTrack does not provide audio files to import into your library.

PickTrack is a discovery platform, not a download store. Every chart track plays in full and links to its SoundCloud page; to own a file, buy it from a store or directly from the artist, or use a free download the artist offers. Pro can send a finished playlist to your SoundCloud account, so you can play it from DJ software that supports SoundCloud streaming.

On PickTrack every track carries its Camelot key and BPM. Add tracks to a playlist and use harmonic sort: it orders the set so each track moves to a compatible key (same number, ±1, or the relative major/minor) while keeping the tempo flow smooth. You can then send the finished set to your SoundCloud.

For discovery, yes. Beatport is a store with sales-based charts; PickTrack is a free, engagement-ranked discovery tool across 16 genres with BPM and key on every track. Many DJs use PickTrack to find tracks and then buy them wherever they prefer.

TrackThirst is PickTrack's promotion tool for producers: you support tracks from the 16 PickTrack genres on SoundCloud, earn credits, and spend them to get your own music reposted. Free accounts start with 200 credits.

Only through listeners. There is no submission or payment route into the charts — a track appears when real SoundCloud listeners engage with it strongly enough. Separately, PickTrack is preparing the Track Market, where independent artists will be able to sell WAV files directly to DJs.

No. AI-generated tracks are filtered out of every chart.