Today, Last.fm begins a new chapter as an independent company. Ownership has changed, but the product you use every day has not. Your account, your listening history, and your data remain exactly where they are. The team building Last.fm is the same. The service continues as normal. What stays the same Your account and scrobbles Your data and privacy settings Your Pro subscription and billing (if you're a member) The people behind the product We'll share more about what comes next in the w...
I actually somehow have kept mine going strong for over 20 years now. I even have some early tracks from before they changed how the system worked that don’t have any timestamps from when they got moved from the old system to the new (which was about early/mid 2005).
From about 2014 to 2016 I was having trouble finding listening solutions that actually consistently scrobbled to Last.fm but then got it working again by 2017. I think 2017 is when I paid for a Plex Lifetime pass (back when it was like $90 and not… $750) and that was also the year the Plexamp came out and worked with Last.fm scrobbling. I’ve used Plexamp since.
Also, for my 20 year anniversary I successfully listened to more music in 2025 than I had listened to in one year on 20 years. Worth it, it was fun.
Wow, that’s impressive! Does it help you find any new music by the way? I thought whether it’s viable to replace a streaming service with a locally hosted music. With some scrobbler, like lastfm or similar.
I’ve never used last.fm but I saw this video the other day that suggests a way to use it with listenbrainz to create your own algorithm to help ween off subscription services. I’ve been meaning to go back and take some notes but maybe it’s of use?
Nah, I find new music via Bandcamp and piracy sites (which I used to check out music and then buy the stuff I really enjoy and will listen to a lot from Bandcamp).