ListenBrainz: Understanding and Enhancing Your Music Experience
Overview
• ListenBrainz is an open and community-driven music tracking service designed to help you understand, explore, and share your listening habits.
• It automatically records the songs you listen to across different platforms, creating a personalized record of your musical journey.
• Whether you stream online or play local files, ListenBrainz captures this data to offer you a deeper appreciation of your own taste while connecting you with other music lovers around the world.
Tracking Your Listening Activity
• Automatic Recording: ListenBrainz logs each track you listen to in real time, storing information such as song title, artist, and album.
• Cross-Platform Integration: It supports multiple music players and streaming services through plugins and APIs, ensuring that all your listening activity is centralized.
• Data Ownership: Since ListenBrainz is part of the open MusicBrainz ecosystem, you retain full control of your listening data, which can be exported, viewed, or analyzed freely.
Insights and Visualizations
• Listening Patterns: The platform generates detailed statistics such as your most played tracks, preferred genres, and time spent listening.
• Dynamic Visualizations: Graphs, charts, and timelines help you explore how your music taste evolves over time.
• Personal Reports: Weekly and monthly reports summarize your activity, highlighting trends and discoveries.
Music Recommendations and Discovery
• Personalized Suggestions: Based on your listening history, ListenBrainz recommends songs and artists you are likely to enjoy.
• Artist Updates: You receive notifications about new releases from your favorite musicians and bands.
• Community Influence: By comparing your listening patterns with similar users, ListenBrainz helps you discover music that people with similar tastes have been enjoying.
Sharing and Community Engagement
• Public Profile: Share your musical identity through a customizable profile showcasing your listening history.
• Collaborative Playlists: Connect with friends and create playlists that reflect shared tastes.
• Open Collaboration: As an open-source project, ListenBrainz welcomes contributions from users who wish to improve or expand its features.
FAQ
Q: How does ListenBrainz track my listening activity?
A: ListenBrainz automatically logs the music you play, whether it’s from an online streaming service or a local music player. It records details like song title, artist, and album in real time. This happens through connected apps, plugins, or APIs that communicate with the ListenBrainz server.
Q: Do I need to manually upload my listening data?
A: No, you don’t. Once you’ve linked your preferred music services or players to ListenBrainz, your listening data is automatically updated. You simply listen to your music as normal, and ListenBrainz quietly builds a history of everything you play.
Q: Which music platforms and players work with ListenBrainz?
A: ListenBrainz integrates with a wide range of platforms through its open API. It supports popular music players and streaming services using community-built plugins. As new integrations are developed, users can easily add support for other platforms thanks to its open-source nature.
Version History
v2.10.0.0——27 Oct 2025
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*2.10.0.0
Listening service now updates notification with the track that is being currently listened to!
*2.9.6.0
Bug fixes and improvements.
*2.9.0
Onboarding revamped for new users!
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