Radar is built for Artists and Repertoire (A&R) teams, labels, artists, and other music teams looking for a sound before it becomes an obvious trend. It focuses on niche sounds at the earliest stage of gaining traction.
Radar and the trending charts
Think of a sound's daily video activity as a curve: it begins with an upload, gains traction, reaches a peak, and eventually declines.
Radar looks between the upload and the point where wider traction begins. The main trending-audio chart covers a later and broader part of that journey, from sounds approaching wider traction through sounds that have passed their peak.
Create a Radar
- Open Radar and choose New Radar.
- Choose the genre or scene you want to scout.
- Select the countries that matter to your search.
- Give the Radar a name and choose Create Radar.
Matching sounds begin appearing in the Radar after you create it. Return to Your Radars to see which sounds are gaining momentum across each scouting set.
Radar is available with Discovery access.
Read average daily growth
Avg daily growth shows the change in video count divided by the number of days between measurements. Its percentage expresses that daily average relative to the starting count. For example, a 58% increase over two days is 29% average daily growth. The dashboard and API use the same metric.
The latest video count can update before the growth measurements refresh. A sound with no positive starting count displays New instead of a percentage.
If a Radar has no matches yet
A new or tightly filtered Radar may take time to find a matching sound. Check the selected genres and countries, then return later as new activity appears. If one Radar remains empty while your other Radars show recent matches, contact support with the Radar name and its filters.
Use a Radar through the API
Open the Radar and choose Copy API endpoint. Send a GET request to that
address with an API token from API Access. The endpoint returns the current
matching sounds in pages of 50 and supports up to 100 sounds per page.
Create Radars in the dashboard or send POST /api/v1/radar with a token that
has Create Radars permission. Include a name and at least one genre or
hashtag, plus optional countries. The response includes the new Radar's ID;
tracking continues in the background. Existing read-only tokens cannot create
Radars. Rename, change, or archive Radars in the dashboard; those changes
automatically affect later API responses.
Next steps
Compare the main audio and song charts, or learn the difference between sounds and songs.