SoundCloud · Rate Limits

Soundcloud Rate Limits

SoundCloud applies rate limits on token issuance and on streaming/play counts. Client Credentials tokens are limited to 50 tokens per 12 hours per app and 30 tokens per hour per IP. Play count limits are 15,000 total plays/24h and 1,000 plays per track/24h. The API returns HTTP 429 with X-RateLimit headers.

Soundcloud Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for SoundCloud on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 4 rate-limit definitions, measuring tokens and plays.

An exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

The profile also includes 2 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include Music, Streaming, Audio, OAuth, and Tracks.

4 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-08.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-08 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Limits

Token issuance per app application
tokens
50 per 12 hours
Client Credentials flow.
Token issuance per IP ip
tokens
30 per 1 hour
Token endpoint.
Plays per track application
plays
1000 per 24 hours per track
Per-track stream cap.
Total plays application
plays
15000 per 24 hours
App-wide stream cap.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
On 429, honor X-RateLimit-Reset and apply exponential backoff with jitter.
Token Caching
Cache and reuse tokens; do not re-issue on every call.

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