DatPiff
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Type of site | Digital Music |
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Marcus Frasier |
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| Revenue |  $2.3 million [1] |
| Employees | 10[1] |
| URL | datpiff |
| Registration | Not required |
| Users | 15,000,000+ |
| Launched | 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
DatPiff is an online audio distribution platform that was launched in 2005. It is headquartered in Pennsylvania.[1] It specializes in hip-hop, rap, and urban music.[2] The site was founded in the spring of 2005 by Marcus Frasier.[3][4] It is owned by MediaLab AI Inc.[citation needed] In April of 2023, DatPiff announced that it was undergoing a revision, mainly as result of a major decline in the traffic the website was receiving, as well as copyright issues with many mixtapes on the website.
Features
A key feature of DatPiff is that unregistered users are allowed to download any mixtape uploaded to the site that has been sponsored. Registered users are permitted a limited number of downloads of non-sponsored mixtapes per day. Premium paid users have an unlimited number of downloads of any mixtape. Mixtapes may be streamed by any user. Premium content may also be purchased.[5]
Users can register as either an artist or fan - the key difference being that artists upload their work to the site while fans may only listen to these works.[citation needed]
DatPiff has mobile applications for iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry, and WebOS.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c "Idle Media Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
- ^ "Idle Media Inc". Investors Hub. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Michael Humphrey (August 4, 2011). "Datpiff: How Love For Mixtapes Grew To Lil Wayne Levels". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ Meaghan Garvey (December 16, 2014). "The Minds Behind Music's Biggest Tech Advances in the Last 10 Years". Complex. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ Martin, Williams. "What is DatPiff?". TechGeek. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.