Tuning frequencies...
The mechanics behind Guilds, pitching, and curator status — no guesswork required.
This isn't just a review-and-get-paid tool — it's built to be a community. Your playlist is your own, but you don't have to grow it alone.
Guilds are the biggest lever for that: pool your reach with other curators in your genre, and an artist's single raid reaches your whole roster at once instead of trickling in one DM at a time. Any curator with 5,000 combined followers can found one, or you can join an existing Guild in your genre. Either way, 80% of what a raid earns goes straight into the shared Guild Bank — on top of whatever you'd make curating solo — and the Song Board gives your Guild first look at tracks before they're ever pitched directly.
Curators here aren't just competing for the same inbox, either — message other curators directly, trade notes on what's working, and drop into the Curator Lounge (visible only to curators, on the Community page) to talk shop. The curators who get the most out of this platform are the ones building a real reputation and a real network over time, not just clearing an inbox.
This is built around getting you a real, honest listen — not a blind submission into a void. You have three ways to reach curators, depending on how much reach you want and how much risk you're comfortable with:
What makes this different from a lot of other pitch platforms is what happens after you pay. Every pitch gets a genuine, scored review from a curator who actually listened — accept and decline are priced differently, so a curator can't just ignore you and keep the full price; a decline only costs a fraction of the accept price, and if nobody responds within the review window at all, you get a full refund automatically. See Pitch Pricing & Credits below for the exact numbers.
One-off blind pitching works, but it's not the fastest path here. Message a curator directly, follow up after a placement, ask what they're looking for next — the artists who build an actual relationship with a handful of curators tend to get better, faster outcomes than the ones treating every pitch as a one-shot lottery ticket.
A Guild is a collective of curators pitched to as a single unit. When an artist raids a Guild, the pitch goes to the Guild leader first for triage — see the Guild Pool section below for how it reaches individual members.
A Guild's score is calculated automatically and continuously:
score = (members × 5) + (playlists × 2) + (combined followers ÷ 1,000)
Follower counts are tracked weekly, so a Guild's score updates automatically as its members' playlists grow — no manual recalculation, ever.
A bigger Guild can charge more per raid pitch — the ceiling scales continuously with Guild score, from 5 credits for a brand-new Guild up to 100 credits for the largest ones. The Guild leader sets the actual price within that cap, and can promote trusted members to Officer.
Credits are Playlist Raid's currency for pitching. You buy credits once, then spend them to reach curators — no subscription, no per-message fees beyond the pitch price itself.
Anyone can sign up as a curator by submitting their Spotify playlist link(s). From there:
This is why you'll see “Updated weekly” next to follower counts throughout the site — they reflect an ongoing, verified process, not a number someone typed in once.
Playlist Raid is a trust-based platform. We do real, ongoing verification where we can — follower counts are tracked weekly rather than self-reported once, unusual jumps get flagged for review instead of applied silently, and every AI-music or abuse report is reviewed by an actual admin, not an algorithm.
That said, we can't independently verify everything a curator, Guild, or artist claims about themselves. Before you pitch or accept a pitch, use the tools available to you: check a profile's Track Record and reviews, run a background check on a playlist, and message someone directly if something seems off. Platform vetting is a floor, not a substitute for your own judgment.
Still have questions? Ask in the Community.
When an artist raids a Guild, the credits they spend split automatically: 80% goes to the Guild Bank, and 20% is Playlist Raid's platform fee. The Guild leader then distributes the Bank's balance to members — either automatically when a curator adds the pitched track to their playlist, or manually at the leader's discretion.
An incoming raid pitch lands with the Guild leader, who has three options: Accept it onto their own playlist, Pass it to the Guild Pool, or Reject it. Once passed to the pool, any active member can independently add the track to their own playlist — it's never obligatory, and multiple members can each accept the same pooled pitch. The leader can also delegate pass-to-pool authority to up to two Officers, so triage doesn't bottleneck on one person.
Any active curator with at least 5,000 combined followers across their own playlist(s) can found a Guild. As the founding leader, you set its name and genre focus, then approve requests from other curators who want to join.