NetEase Cloud Music

Focused on discovering and sharing music

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When commuting on the underground after work and wanting to find a song to sway along to, scrolling through common apps either has incomplete copyrights or recommends old songs you’ve heard hundreds of times. Even after making your phone overheat, you still can’t pick something you like — this is probably a pitfall many people encounter in daily life.

If it were NetEase Cloud Music, the situation would be different. Many people first encountered this platform through headphones on the underground or hot music reviews they saw online. From the start, it didn’t just aim to be a simple music player; it moved towards music socialisation and discovery, gradually building its own unique features.

Why can you quickly find a song you like on the underground?

The core reason is that it has accumulated enough “user data”. The platform holds 800 million users’ recommendation records and 600 million users’ shared music stories. These small choices and feelings together form a yardstick that can accurately grasp users’ preferences. You don’t have to bother searching yourself; just open the homepage to see recommended playlists that fit your taste. Occasionally, you might even find interesting music reviews in the playlists, making you laugh while listening to songs — this adds a little extra joy to the chaos of crowded underground rides.

In addition to recommendations, its music library can meet many people’s needs. Whether you want to find old Cantonese songs by Eason Chan, anime soundtracks from the ACG circle, original songs from the Chinese style circle, or even niche styles in electronic music, you can find corresponding content. Even newly released songs by singers can usually be searched quickly, without waiting too long.

Official website: https://music.163.com/

Can I write and sell my own songs on this platform?

Many ordinary people who like writing songs, or independent musicians who want to release works, have worried about having no place to show their content. NetEase Cloud Music has left a special path for such people: there is the Cloud Village Exchange, which helps musicians connect with channels for work transactions; there are also tools like Amped Studio and X Studio, which help complete details in creation. You don’t need to gather a full set of equipment yourself to turn your ideas into finished works.

These tools and channels are not just decorations — they actually provide a stepping stone for musicians. Even beginners who are just starting out can polish their works slowly following the tool’s prompts, without worrying about complex software. They can focus more on creation itself instead of getting stuck on technical aspects.

Will the experience be different when switching to a mobile phone or tablet to listen to music?

Sometimes you save a whole underground ride’s worth of songs on your mobile phone, then go home and switch to an iPad to continue listening — either the playlist isn’t synced, or the sound quality becomes blurry, ruining the mood. NetEase Cloud Music has optimised this aspect. Whether it’s a mobile phone, iPad, or Mac device, the interface is adapted, so there won’t be cases of too-small fonts or hard-to-find buttons. HD audio quality remains consistent across different devices, so you don’t need to adjust settings again — you can just switch devices and keep listening.

Moreover, the platform doesn’t only focus on listening to music itself; it has also built a warm community. You don’t need to look for topics specially. Just open a popular song, and you can see user comments below: some share small things related to the song, some write their own feelings, and occasionally you might meet people from the same city or with the same preferences, chatting about daily life beyond music. This is a feeling that many pure music players don’t have.

What other small details make it worry-free?

• The interface is relatively refined, with no full-screen ads. Operations like finding songs and reading comments are very smooth, so you don’t have to spend time looking for function buttons;

All these small details together have gradually made it a music platform that many people use smoothly in daily life — from a small helper for listening to music, to a place where you can feel the warmth of music.