Markets · bedrock market · provisional
Music and Rights
Register (ddex members). The Kin Score Market layer reads each provider in its market:
who it integrates with, how deep those integrations go, and where the market publishes its own structure.
Methodology.
38providers measured
12 (31.6%)declare their own
13 (34.2%)covered by others only
1 (2.6%)distribution only (sell through, not integrations)
12 (31.6%)undeclared
3declare compatibility (report only, not weighted)
0in-market workflows shown
Provisional. Provisional and unweighted: the Market layer is not part of the composite or agent readiness. Leader lists are read within a position, never as one ranking. A provider that declares nothing we can
read is shown as undeclared, with no number: we never infer integrations.
Where this market publishes its structure
- DDEX current members, ddex.net/membership/current-members (names + charter/full/associate tier; identity via Wikidata P856, MusicBrainz url-rels) machine-readable
- DDEX implementation licensees / DPID register not machine-readable: licensee page 404; dpid.ddex.net is a login-gated registration form (2026-10-15)
- ISNI register not machine-readable: isni.org 403 (2026-10-15)
- IFPI member list not machine-readable: HTML names only, a trade body not a standard's participant list; not read
- MusicBrainz machine-readable, identity only (label official homepage), never a register
Own = declares at least one integration itself; covered = visible only because an aggregator, standards body, regulator or partner contract names it; distribution-only = listed only on cloud marketplaces it sells through, a channel reported beside, never counted as its own declared integrations; undeclared = nothing we can read, so no number; declares_compatibility = providers with a `compatible` shape vote, report only (kin, 2026-10-13): never counted as own, never in depth or position.
Taxonomy how this market maps onto apis.io
Derived 2026-10-23 from the 38 providers in this market we could resolve in the
catalog. The percentage is the share of those providers carrying each one; it describes the market, not the tag or industry. Tag groups have no page of their own yet, so they are listed unlinked.
share of resolved cohort carrying it; tags >=0.20 & >=3 members (max 12, junk dropped), tag_groups >=0.20 (cooccurrence, non-cross-cutting; max 8), industries >=0.20 (max 6), areas >=0.10 (max 6; areas are keyword-matched and sparse), capabilities L1 >=0.20 (max 8); derive-market-taxonomy.py
Leaders by position (provisional)
Provisional: grouped by position, depth compared within a position only. Distribution (cloud marketplaces) and iPaaS bridges are counted beside
position, never inside it. Unknown-builder listings are left out of position shares and counted here.
gravity 1 · other companies invest to build on it
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Spotify |
52.2 |
25 |
9 / 16 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
partner-built 36%, ipaas-bridge 28%, standard 8%, covered 12%, builds-on-platform 12%, unknown 4% |
builds-on 3 · publishes apps on other platforms' stores
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Epidemic Sound |
34.5 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
builds-on-platform 100% |
| Lacuna |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
builds-on-platform 100% |
| Rockbot |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
builds-on-platform 100% |
covered 6 · reached mainly through aggregators
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Plex |
26.8 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
covered 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Qobuz |
26.8 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, covered 50% |
| TIDAL |
26.8 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, covered 50% |
| Discogs |
14.6 |
3 |
0 / 3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 33%, covered 33%, unknown 33% |
| Last.fm |
14.6 |
3 |
0 / 3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
ipaas-bridge 33%, covered 33%, unknown 33% |
| MusicBrainz |
12.1 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
covered 50%, unknown 50% |
standard 14 · listed by a voluntary standard's own directory
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| Bandsintown |
34.5 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| Pandora |
34.5 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50% |
| SoundCloud |
34.0 |
5 |
0 / 5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
ipaas-bridge 40%, standard 40%, builds-on-platform 20% |
| ASCAP |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Believe |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| BMI |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| iHeartMedia |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Kobalt |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Merlin |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| PRS for Music |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| SoundExchange |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| The MLC |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Universal Music Group |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
| Warner Music Group |
17.2 thin |
1 |
0 / 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
standard 100% |
mixed 1 · no single mode dominates
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| ElevenLabs |
53.0 |
25 |
0 / 25 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
ipaas-bridge 12%, contract 4%, standard 19%, covered 23%, builds-on-platform 23%, distribution 15%, unknown 4% |
distribution 1 · only sells through cloud marketplaces
| Provider | Depth | Integrations | In / out | Unknown builder | Distribution | iPaaS bridge | Mix |
|---|
| useapi.net |
19.2 thin |
2 |
0 / 2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
distribution 100% |
undeclared 12 · declares nothing we can read: no number