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DistroKid
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DistroKid, formerly titled Fandalism, is an American independent digital music distribution service, founded in early 2012 by entrepreneur Philip Kaplan. DistroKid principally offers musicians and other rights-holders the opportunity to distribute and sell or stream their music through online retailers such as Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube Music, among others. Originally known as Fandalism, it was originally a social media website for musicians before going into its current name while also becoming a music distributor over a year later in mid-2013.

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Website.name
DistroKid
Website.industry
Music
Website.caption
The upgrade plant of official DistroKid website in April 2023
Website.former_name
Fandalism
Website.founder
Philip J. Kaplan
Website.current_status
Active

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distrokid.com
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2018-05-00
social media followers
55500
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DistroKid
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DistroKid, formerly titled Fandalism, is an American independent digital music distribution service, founded in early 2012 by entrepreneur Philip Kaplan. DistroKid principally offers musicians and other rights-holders the opportunity to distribute and sell or stream their music through online retailers such as Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube Music, among others. Originally known as Fandalism, it was originally a social media website for musicians before going into its current name while also becoming a music distributor over a year later in mid-2013.

== History == Originally a side-feature of Kaplan's social media music platform, DistroKid was first developed and launched in early 2012 as Fandalism, before going into its current name a year later in mid-2013, while the original Fandalism service was split out into its own company in 2015.

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