Track Radio Airplay in Real Time

What is a radio airplay tracker?

A radio airplay tracker is a monitoring service that watches radio stations around the clock and records every time a song is played — each play is a "spin." Instead of hearing second-hand that "your song was on the radio somewhere," an airplay tracker tells you exactly which station played it, what time it aired, how often it's being played, and which cities and markets are picking it up.

That data matters for practical reasons. Artists use spin history to prove traction to labels, playlisters and booking agents. Labels and managers use it to decide where to spend promotion budget and where to route tours. Promoters use it to show clients receipts for the campaigns they run. And because U.S. performance-rights organizations pay royalties partly based on airplay, an independent record of your spins helps you understand what you should be getting credit for.

SpinCounts is built as exactly that independent record: a real-time radio airplay tracker with public, browsable data — you can look up any artist or any tracked song and see its airplay history without creating an account.

How SpinCounts tracks radio spins

SpinCounts monitors live "now playing" and play-history feeds from 3,800+ radio stations 24 hours a day — terrestrial FM broadcasters streaming online (including iHeartRadio stations), SiriusXM satellite channels, and internet radio networks such as Live365, TuneIn, SHOUTcast and Zeno.FM. Every play is logged with its station, exact timestamp, and location, then matched to the correct song and artist using catalog metadata — including the track's ISRC (International Standard Recording Code), title and artist matching, and release data from major music catalogs.

Each spin flows into a permanent ledger, so a track's page shows both what happened in the last hour and its lifetime airplay history. Most plays appear within minutes of airing; a few partner networks report on a delay of up to a few hours. The full detail — sources, matching, quality controls, and what we don't claim — is on the methodology page.

Search by artist, song, station or ISRC — free

Most airplay monitoring services make you register, pick a plan, and often pay per song before you see a single spin. SpinCounts works the other way around: the data is public first. Use the search box above, or browse directly:

• 📇 Browse artists by radio airplay — spins, stations and top tracks for every tracked artist
• 🎵 Browse tracked songs — live spin counts and full airplay history per track
• 📻 Browse monitored radio stations — now playing, recent spins and station playlists
• 🏆 Radio airplay charts — updated daily from verified spins, by genre and by station
• 🎧 DJ directory — radio and mixshow DJs ranked by verified airplay

Tracks are matched with their ISRC wherever available, so airplay follows the recording — not just a text match on the title. If you work with a catalog and need programmatic access, the SpinCounts Data API serves the same timestamped spin data over REST.

How SpinCounts compares to other airplay trackers

Every airplay service makes coverage claims — what actually differs is how much you can see, how fast, and at what price. Here's an honest snapshot (competitor details verified July 28, 2026 from their public websites; station counts are each vendor's own claim):

Competitor information verified July 28, 2026. Vendors change products and pricing — always confirm current details on their sites. Full breakdowns: Digital Radio Tracker alternative · SpinCounts vs WARM · SpinCounts vs Soundcharts · SpinCounts vs Mediabase.

The short version: other services can be excellent for global enterprise coverage, but SpinCounts is the one built around public, verifiable data — you can check any song right now, free, and every claim on this page links to a live page you can inspect.