Once you’re set up, search and listen to your favorite music, create playlists, and share music with your friends. You can also access curated playlists. There are plenty of free tools for creating a Spotify playlist online. Premium plans let you download Spotify music, listen without ads, stream higher-quality audio, play songs on demand, read song lyrics, and skip songs as often as you like. There’s one for individuals, families, and students, and all are usually free for the first few months. Grab the Spotify app, or visit the link below to stream the free music from a browser. You can find playlists for specific genres, decades, activities, or moods, and categories for kids. YouTube Music also lets you upload your music to listen from anywhere. The site’s home page has personal mixes and handy categories like All-time essentials, Feel-good favorites, Today’s biggest hits, and Live performances. Unlike YouTube, you can hide the video so that you’re listening only. With a paid subscription, you can listen ad-free, offline, and with your screen off (on mobile). There are individual and family plans. As you listen to your custom radio station, you’ll hear songs and artists similar to those you already like. You can then tell Pandora to play more like what you’re listening to or to move in a different direction. You can create up to 100 unique custom stations that contain music that you love. If you’re not sure where to start, try their Top Stations or Genres page. Premium and Plus are the ad-free, paid versions of Pandora that include features like a desktop program, higher audio quality, offline listening, and more. You can also get the family plan for six people. There may be discounts if you’re a student or in the military. See everywhere you can stream Pandora for links to app downloads. The iHeartRadio mobile app supports a sleep timer, so you can listen to music as you fall asleep. There’s also an alarm to automatically play your favorite stations in the morning. To play specific songs, replay music from the radio, listen offline, build an unlimited number of playlists, and skip more songs, you have to pay for Plus or All Access. Beyond the unlimited listening and minimum commercials, what makes this service great is that you can build custom radio stations by simply picking your favorite band or singer. There are also hundreds of pre-made stations you can look through by genre. While playing from any station, adjust the variety meter to teach the site what it should play for you. There’s also an edit button where you can choose up to 10 artists to add to the station; Jango will play songs by them and other related artists. Visit the trending section to jump to the most popular radio stations. In addition to streaming live festivals and events, LiveOne also lets you browse through radio-like stations, which is a great way to discover new music. The service works from various mobile devices through their mobile app. You can buy a subscription for more features. There’s a Plus version with no ads, unlimited skips, and maximum audio quality. The Premium version includes those features, as well as offline listening and the ability to play any music on demand. Sort radio stations by genre to find anything from rock, ambient, and religious music to sports stations, business news, and travel podcasts. A good place to start is the trending radio stations to see what other users are listening to. TuneIn works from a web browser or desktop program on a computer and through mobile apps. Store your favorite stations in your account to have access to those stations on all your devices. For more features like fewer ads, upgrade to TuneIn Premium, which includes 30 days free. SoundCloud Go+ lets you listen without an internet connection, removes ads, and offers higher quality audio. You also get access to premium tracks. A free 30-day trial is available, and it’s half off for students. Free SoundCloud mobile apps are also available. Deezer Premium is free for 30 days. It lets you listen to any track you want with no ads, plus you get offline access to your music and high-quality streams. Other subscription options include Family and Student. Apps are available for computers, mobile devices, and more. There are dozens of stations in several genres, and you can easily locate lyrics to what’s playing right now. Apps for Dash Radio are available for Android and iOS. Find music by searching for the artist or song name. There are many genres to choose from as well as Myspace mixes such as Top Country Songs, Top Pop Songs, and others for alternative indie songs, rock music, best songs by year, and more. There are Mixcloud apps available for iPhone, iPad, and Android if you want to listen on your phone or tablet. It’s also available for Apple TV. You can pay for more features like zero ads, the ability to rewind, and early access to new features. Sign up for a free user account to hear fewer commercials, customize your channel to suit your tastes, and save channels as favorites. On certain days, you can listen with zero commercials without a paid account. Some of the interesting genres available here include beautiful music, Canadian, love songs, opera, movie & TV music, and Nordic folk songs. If you make a free account, you can even blend channels together for a unique mix. There’s a section dedicated to popular music on StreamSquid, and one for trending tracks. We also like the genres—among the normal ones are others like focus, workout, sleep, gaming, romance, and travel. Beyond that, you can search for specific tracks, albums, and artists, and browse the top charts from various countries.
