Free Artist Presence Audit

See How the Internet
Sees You — Free
Score Check

Before you release your next track, find out if the platforms can actually find you. DECODED scans your streaming and social presence — Branding, Activity, Content Quality, Metadata Health — and returns a score in seconds.

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No credit card · No account linking · Results in seconds

DECODED / presence / score-check
72/100
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Branding Consistency
84
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Social Activity
61
Content Quality
78
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Metadata Health
42
Spotify Apple Music YouTube Instagram TikTok
Overall Score
72 / 100
5 Platforms scanned
4 Scoring dimensions
< 5s Score delivered
Free Forever, no card

What we audit

Four signals. One score.
Built for musicians.

Generic tools count followers. DECODED looks at the signals that actually move the needle for independent artists — streaming metadata, cross-platform branding, and DSP profile health.

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Branding Consistency

Is your identity coherent across platforms? Playlist editors and label scouts cross-reference your social and streaming profiles. Inconsistent names, mismatched bios, or stale profile photos signal an amateur.

Artist name matches on all DSPs
Profile photo quality + consistency
Bio completeness across platforms
Social links cross-referenced
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Social Activity

Posting cadence and engagement signals matter for algorithmic surface area. A dormant profile gets less algorithmic distribution, period. We check whether your social presence signals an active artist.

Posting frequency across platforms
Engagement relative to profile age
Last activity recency
Platform-specific activity signals

Content Quality

Quality signals determine whether platforms boost or bury your content. We assess media resolution, caption completeness, and whether your content strategy looks intentional or haphazard to the algorithm.

Media quality indicators
Caption and description completeness
Content strategy consistency
Thumbnail and visual quality
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Metadata Health

This is what kills independent artists on streaming platforms. Incomplete ISRC data, missing songwriter credits, wrong genre tags — metadata gaps mean you're invisible to editorial playlists and Spotify's discovery algorithms.

Spotify artist profile completeness
DSP genre and tag accuracy
Track metadata coverage
Editorial playlist eligibility signals

Why timing matters

Check your score
before you release.

The week before a release is the worst time to discover your Spotify profile is incomplete. By then you're already fighting for attention. Fix it first.

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Step 1 — Audit

Know where you stand before anyone's listening

Run your Score Check. See exactly which signals are strong and which are dragging your overall number down. The audit tells you what to fix — not in general, but specifically for your profile.

↳ Takes 30 seconds to get your full breakdown
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Step 2 — Fix

Work through the improvement checklist

DECODED generates a personalized improvement checklist ranked by impact. Each item tells you exactly what to fix and why it matters. Start with Metadata Health — that's where most artists lose the most points.

↳ Checklist included in your free account
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Step 3 — Release

Go into your release with a clean score

When your profile is solid, DSPs are more likely to surface your music in algorithmic playlists, editorial discovery queues, and artist radio. You can't control the algorithm — but you can control whether your profile makes it easy for the algorithm to find you.

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What's included

Your score comes with
a full action plan.

Not just a number. DECODED tells you what's wrong, why it matters, and exactly how to fix it — in ranked order by impact.

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Scored breakdown by dimension

Four sub-scores with progress bars: Branding, Social Activity, Content Quality, Metadata Health. See exactly where you're winning and where you're not.

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Per-platform analysis

Drill into each platform — Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok — to see platform-specific findings. Some problems are universal; others only show up on one platform.

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Personalized improvement checklist

A ranked action list built from your specific score. DECODED's AI analyzes your profile data and surfaces the highest-impact fixes first. Work through the checklist, refresh your score, watch it climb.

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GHOST — your AI advisor

Ask GHOST anything about your score. "Why is my metadata health low?" "What should I fix first?" "How do I get on editorial playlists?" GHOST knows your specific profile and gives you specific answers.

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Re-scan anytime

Fix something, refresh your score. Watch the number move. Free accounts can re-scan as often as they want. Use it as an ongoing health check before every release.

DECODED / score / breakdown 72
🎨 Branding 84/100
📱 Social Activity 61/100
✨ Content Quality 78/100
🗄 Metadata Health 42/100
Fix Spotify artist bio — missing key fields
Add ISRC codes to 3 tracks
Post on TikTok — 18 days since last update
Update Instagram bio link to smart URL

How it works

Your score in three steps.
No setup required.

No OAuth. No connecting accounts. No waiting. Create a free account, fill in your profile, and your score is ready.

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Create a free account

Sign up in 30 seconds — just an email and password. No credit card, no trial period. Your DECODED profile is where you enter your artist name, social handles, and streaming URLs.

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DECODED scans your presence

Fill in your profile details and Score Check runs automatically. DECODED pulls your streaming and social data, runs it through four scoring dimensions, and produces your overall presence score.

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Get your score + action plan

See your score, drill into each dimension, and work through your personalized improvement checklist. Fix items, refresh your score, repeat before every release.

How DECODED compares

Built for musicians.
Not marketers.

Social media audit tools were built for brands. They optimize for reach and impressions. DECODED's Score Check optimizes for the signals that matter to streaming platforms and independent artist discovery.

Feature
DECODED Score Check
Generic Social Audits
DSP metadata health check
Spotify, Apple Music, ISRC
Not offered
Cross-platform branding consistency
All 5 platforms
~ 1–2 social only
Streaming-specific signals
Built for DSPs
Social-only focus
Personalized improvement checklist
Ranked by impact
~ Generic tips only
AI advisor on your specific data
GHOST — your AI
Not offered
Free with no trial
Free forever
~ Often paid

Common questions

Things artists ask us.

What platforms does Score Check scan?
Score Check scans five platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. These are the platforms that matter most for independent artist discovery — the combination of streaming DSPs (where you get royalties) and social platforms (where you build your audience). Across those five, DECODED evaluates four dimensions: Branding Consistency, Social Activity, Content Quality, and Metadata Health.
Does Score Check require me to connect my social accounts?
No. You don't hand over any OAuth credentials or connect accounts. Score Check works from your profile data — you tell DECODED your artist name, handles, and streaming URLs, and the scan runs from there. Your data stays yours.
Why is Metadata Health so important?
Metadata is the invisible infrastructure of your music career. When your Spotify bio is incomplete, your genre tags are wrong, or your tracks lack proper ISRC codes — streaming platforms have a harder time surfacing your music to the right listeners. Editorial playlists require complete metadata. Algorithmic playlists (Discover Weekly, Radio) use genre and mood tags to route your music. A low Metadata Health score is the most common reason good music doesn't get discovered. It's also the most fixable.
My follower count is high. Why isn't my score higher?
Score Check doesn't measure follower counts. Follower counts are a lagging indicator — they reflect what you've already done. DECODED's score measures the health of your infrastructure: how consistent is your branding, how complete is your metadata, how active is your presence signal. An artist with 50k followers and a broken Spotify bio will score lower on Metadata Health than an artist with 2k followers who has everything set up correctly.
Is Score Check only for new artists?
No — in fact, established artists often have the worst metadata health because they released early tracks before they understood the system. If you have releases from 3+ years ago, there's a reasonable chance some of them are missing ISRC codes, have wrong genre tags, or were released before you had a complete Spotify artist profile. Score Check will surface exactly these kinds of issues regardless of career stage.

Know your score before
your next release lands.

Free. No credit card. Your full breakdown in seconds — then a checklist to fix everything that's holding you back.

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Join thousands of independent artists building a stronger presence with DECODED.