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Life & fun · January 25, 2013

Hype Machine - 5+ years of Internet music history

The official Hype Machine staff blog. News, service updates, and music geekery go here.

Hype Machine - 5+ years of Internet music history launched on January 25, 2013 with 109 votes, #19 of 526 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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Hype Machine's official staff blog covers news, service updates, and music industry insights. It serves music enthusiasts and members interested in platform developments and music trends. The blog explores Hype Machine's historical data and archives, examining patterns in what the music community has blogged about over time. Posts discuss both current music moments and retrospective analysis of the platform's five-plus years of music history.

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Most of the time, Hype Machine focuses on what’s exciting in the moment. The most blogged artists of the day, the tracks getting the most attention from our members—everything on the site sorted in reverse-chronological order. Things move quickly, and this is the only way to stay on top. Recently, though, we’ve been thinking more about the past. Reading essays like “ Archive Fever ” and playing with the amazing TimeHop app got us thinking: What bits of history does Hype Machine data contain? Our yearly Zeitgeists are fun, but they only paint with broad strokes: the top 50 artists, albums and tracks of the year. This approach misses moments and memories, replacing…from blog.hypem.com

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