Want to land on the Audius trending charts and maximize your reach?
Trending tracks gain massive visibility, helping artists grow their audience and earn rewards. Here's everything you need to know about how trending works and how you can boost your chances.
What Determines Trending on Audius?
The Audius trending charts operate on top of a carefully and thoughtfully crafted algorithm, which considers multiple factors to surface the hottest tracks on the platform.
Successful tracks that have made it on to the charts were algorithmically chosen based on a combination of the following criteria:
- Play Count – The more people listen, the better your chances.
- Engagement – Reposts, saves, and interactions all contribute to ranking.
- Your Audience – Artists with strong fan bases have a higher impact.
- Reputation of Supporters – Tracks reposted or saved by high-rep users carry extra weight.
- Track Age – Newer releases get a big boost, so keep your catalog fresh.
Audius' trending algorithm is open source, giving users full transparency into what makes a track blow up. You can explore the source code on GitHub if you want to dig into the details.
Actionable Tips to Help You Trend
Now that you know what it takes to trend, the next question is what does that look like in action? Here are some actionable tips to implement to help your music get on top.
Promote Your Music: Be vocal about the great things you're creating and share your track across social media, tag your biggest fans, and encourage reposts.
Engage in the Audius Community: Audius thrives on connection and community-first values. Artists who actively participate in this stand out. Join the conversation on Discord, interact with fans, and support fellow artists to build momentum and boost your visibility.
Drop New Music Regularly: We want to hear more of you and encourage creativity. Drop fresh tracks regularly, which boosts your overall engagement and gives you a leg up to trend.
- Upload before Friday to maximize your chances of trending and earning rewards. Unlike traditional DSPs, Audius isn't bound to a Friday release cycle. New music can gain traction any day of the week.
Collaborate with Reputable Users: Audius has a growing ecosystem of curators and high-reputation users who help surface top content. Getting noticed by curators or influential Audius users boosts your visibility.
- You can submit your track for community playlist curation.
- Network with these individuals in the Audius Discord.
- Engage with other trending artists to collaborate for cross-promotion.
Rewards for Trending
Audius runs an ongoing rewards program that distributes $AUDIO tokens to artists across several categories each week. Trending is one of the highest-value ways to earn: the Top 5 Trending and Top 5 Trending Underground tracks each receive $AUDIO rewards every Friday, with rankings resetting weekly.
Beyond trending, the rewards program includes additional ways to earn, including hitting play count milestones, participating in remix contests, and leaving comments. For the most current reward amounts and program details, check the Audius Blog or the Discord announcements channel.
Want to take your music career to the next level? Take these tips in stride and start optimizing your strategy to make your way to the Audius trending charts today!
