DistroKid
Sign in to saveDistroKid, 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
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- 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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- Official website
- 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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