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# A brand new SoundCloud - SoundCloud Next
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2012/12/a_brand_new_soundcloud_-_soundcloud_next/
- Published: 2012-12-04T11:10:57.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T15:49:19.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: #leweb12, audio, sound, soundcloud

![Alexander Ljung of SoundCloud](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/12/Alexander-Ljung.jpg?resize=640%2C426 "Alexander-Ljung.jpg")

**Alexander Ljung**

[SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) is in the 10 hours of sound uploaded every minute stage. Obama has put the [White House on SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/whitehouse?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) – you can listen to his weekly address there. [Big Boi](https://soundcloud.com/big-boi?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) can get 100,000s of plays for something new using the service. Alexander’s cousin uses SoundCloud to capture his daughter’s sounds.

They’re building a new version of SoundCloud – Next. It’s seeing a 30% increase in engagement. Today’s it’s switching from private Beta to become the public site.

**New things:**

- **Explore** – the ability to [browse through cool, popular stuff by category](https://soundcloud.com/explore?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
- **Search** – rebuilt from the ground up. DiscoRank is their new algorithm for searching their service. Designed to be really quick.
- **Related sounds** – every piece of sound will show related sounds. It l;earns about your tastes over time.

These all help with the 10 hours per minute problem.

The sign-up experience now shows you the SoundCloud accounts of things you’re connected to via Facebook, both brands and people. They’re adding [a creation hub](https://soundcloud.com/creators?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), which encourages existing and would-be creators to develop their skills.

You can now repost sounds to the your stream, and create sets of sounds.