Music streaming privacy ratings
Music streaming services and self-hosted music libraries.
10 music streaming are rated against 9 public criteria, and 10 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 9 with a known jurisdiction, 4 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 9 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit | Transparency report | Tells users about requests | TLS configuration | Security headers | Modern web standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federated, self-hostable platform for streaming and sharing music and podcasts, built on ActivityPub and compatible with Subsonic apps. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Subscription music streaming service from Apple, with lossless and spatial audio, radio stations, lyrics and a classical music app. |
Grade D | 41 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Not tested yet |
Music and podcast streaming service from Amazon, with an ad-supported free tier, a catalog included with Prime and the paid Amazon Music Unlimited plan. |
Grade F | 28 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Not tested yet |
Online music store and community where fans buy and stream music and merchandise directly from artists and labels. |
Grade F | 28 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Partial | Not tested yet |
Music streaming service from Google, drawing on YouTube's catalog of songs, videos and live performances, with an ad-supported free tier and a paid Premium plan. |
Grade F | 25 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Not tested yet | Partial | Not tested yet |
Subscription music streaming service with lossless and hi-res audio, music videos and editorial playlists, owned by Block. |
Grade F | 19 | 100% | Norway Nine Eyes | No | No | Partial | No | No | No | Yes | No | Not tested yet |
Music, podcast and audiobook streaming service with an ad-supported free tier and paid Premium plans. |
Grade F | 16 | 100% | Sweden Fourteen Eyes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Partial | Not tested yet |
Subscription music streaming and download store based in France, focused on hi-res audio, with album notes and editorial content. |
Grade F | 14 | 100% | France Nine Eyes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Not tested yet | No | Not tested yet |
Music, podcast and radio streaming service based in France, with an ad-supported free tier and paid plans. |
Grade F | 13 | 100% | France Nine Eyes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Not tested yet |
Audio sharing and music streaming platform where artists upload tracks, with an ad-supported free tier and paid Go plans. |
Grade F | 13 | 100% | Germany Fourteen Eyes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Not tested yet |
Questions
What is the most private option among music streaming?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are music streaming rated?
Each entry answers 9 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, TLS configuration, security headers and modern web standards. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.