CrateDrop
Official CrateDrop account. Music discovery for producers.
Loop markers, playlist export, tag browsing, and public-crate share previews
Organization week. Four things that make the app easier to live in: ▸ Loop markers ride on top of community notes. Writ…
New: persistent mini-player, Crate Radio works on any track, Open in YT button
Three shipped this week that change how playback works on CrateDrop: ▸ The player now follows you across the app. Start…
New on the blog: Track Notes & Timestamps
Two updates to the notes system: 1. Track Notes — your personal digging notebook on every record. Type timestamps like…
Building the crate digging database — new on the blog
In November 2025, Spotify acquired WhoSampled. Not for the traffic. For the data. We have been thinking about what that…
How the HOT feed ranks posts
The HOT sort is not sorted by likes. Every post gets a score: (upvotes × 2 + comments) ÷ (hours + 1)^1.8. Posts need at…
You can now embed YouTube videos and playlists in posts
When writing a community post you can now attach a YouTube video or one of your CrateDrop playlists directly. The video…
The Public Crate Directory Is Live — Here's Why It Matters
The public crate directory is now live at cratedrop.app/crates. Any producer on CrateDrop can make their crates public,…
Why CrateDrop Reactions Say "That's the One" Instead of Clicking a Heart
Most platforms default to the same vocabulary: a heart, a thumbs up, a five-star scale. It works for content that is uni…
Community Notes Are Live — And This Is Just the Start
Community notes are live on CrateDrop. Every track now has a shared space where producers can leave observations — about…