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'''''twinkle star where are you I bet you are in the sky talking yeah you heard me yeah yeah Hey kids what you not coming Okay little one i see you come on around the sky oh wait you can't you too bad out I've heard that''''' {{Short description|Online collaborative metadata database of music and film established in 2000}}

| type = DatabaseSocial cataloging and community

| language = English (main site) <br /> English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (forums)

| launch_date = December 24, 2000

The first version of the site, nicknamed "RYM 1.0," allowed users to rate and [[Social cataloging application|catalog]] releases, as well as to write reviews, create lists<ref name="Black 2014">{{cite web|first1=Adrienne|last1=Black|title=15 of the Best Music Forums on the Web|url=https://pigeonsandplanes.com/in-depth/2014/04/15-of-the-best-music-forums-on-the-web/rate-your-music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817203910/http://pigeonsandplanes.com/in-depth/2014/04/15-of-the-best-music-forums-on-the-web/rate-your-music|work=Pigeons and Planes|publisher=[[Complex Networks (media)|Complex Media, Inc.]]|date=April 10, 2014|archive-date=August 17, 2016|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Douglas 2018">{{cite web|first1=Nick|last1=Douglas|title=How to Find New Music You'll Actually Like|url=https://lifehacker.com/how-to-find-new-music-youll-actually-like-1824562710|work=[[Lifehacker]]|publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|date=April 4, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref> and add artists and releases to the database.

== In May 2009, Rate Your Music started to add films to its database.<ref name="Mahalo.com staff 2019">{{cite web|author=Mahalo.com staff|title=Rateyourmusic.com|url=http://www.mahalo.com/rate-your-music/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216005840/http://www.mahalo.com/rate-your-music/|work=[[Mahalo.com]]|publisher=mahalo.com|archive-date=December 16, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref>` ==

The main idea of the website is to allow the users to add music releases of many types including but not limited to [[Album|albums]], [[Extended play|EPs]], [[single (music)|singles]], videos[[Mixtape|mixtapes]], [[DJ mix|DJ mixes]], and [[Bootleg recording|bootlegbootlegs]]s to the database and to rate them. The rating system uses a scale of minimum of a half-star (or 0.5 points) to a maximum of five stars (or 5 points).<ref name="Madden 2014">{{cite web|first1=Mike|last1=Madden|title=Meet Tymeshifter, the Incredibly Prolific Rate Your Music User|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/rmw9nr/meet-tymeshifter-the-incredibly-prolific-rate-your-music-user|work=Noisey|publisher=[[Vice Media]]|date=March 15, 2014|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref> Users can likewise leave reviews for RYM entries as well as create user profiles.<ref name="Tannenbaum 2015">{{cite web|first1=Rob|last1=Tannenbaum|title=Your La Monte Young Listening Guide|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/07/your-la-monte-young-listening-guide.html|work=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|publisher=New York Media LLC|date=July 2, 2015|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Vieira 2015">{{cite web|first1=Rafael|last1=Vieira|title=Rate Your Music: os melhores discos de todos os tempos|url=https://whiplash.net/materias/melhores/226063-radiohead.html|work=Whiplash.Net|date=June 30, 2015|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=pt}}</ref> Rate Your Music is generated jointly by the registered user community (artists, releases, biographies, etc.); however, the majority of new, edited content must be approved by a moderator to prevent virtual vandalism.

Rate Your Music has been credited with helping previously unknown artists and albums rise to popularity, most prominently [[Have a Nice Life]]'s debut album ''[[Deathconsciousness]]'' and [[Sweet Trip]]'s 2003 album ''[[Velocity : Design : Comfort]]''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Have A Nice Life Aren't Joking |url=https://www.kerrang.com/have-a-nice-life-arent-joking/ |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Kerrang! |date=March 22, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> [[Chat Pile (band)|Chat Pile]] guitarist Luther Manhole said, "Our popularity on RYM definitely contributed to us having this career-type-thing, 100%.", as the band's self-released debut EP topped the weekly charts due to fortunate timing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Chat Pile: The Success No One Was Expecting |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/chat-pile-gods-country-profile |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=Bandcamp Daily}}</ref>

Rate Your Music has been received generally favorably. ''M.O.V.I.N [UP]''{{'}}s Maurício Angelo praised RYM as "the best guide to discovering new music, in all styles, of any tempo".<ref name="Angelo 2019">{{cite web|first1=Maurício|last1=Angelo|title=Rate Your Music: crowdfunding para a nova versão "Sonemic"|url=http://revistamovinup.com/noticias/mundo/2015/rate-your-music-crowdfunding-para-a-nova-versao-sonemic|work=M.O.V.I.N [UP]|date=December 18, 2015 |publisher=revistamovinup.com|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=pt}}</ref> ''Hypebot'' staff found Rate Your Music "snobby and multilingual and people come to show off their various incredible music collections. I’ve loved it for ages".<ref name="Hypebot staff 2018">{{cite web|author=Hypebot staff|title=8 Different Ways To Discover Music In 2015|url=https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/02/8-different-ways-to-discover-music-in-2015.html|work=Hypebot|publisher=hypebot.com|date=February 20, 2015|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''{{'}}s Andy Baio deemed it "quirky".<ref name="Baio 2011">{{cite magazine|first1=Andy|last1=Baoi|title=Spotify vs. Rdio: Who Has The Exclusives?|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/12/spotify-vs-rdio/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|publisher=[[Condé Nast]]|date=December 14, 2011|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref> ''Radio Wave''{{'}}s Karel Veselý praised Rate Your Music and Discogs as "[t]he cult music portals".<ref name="Veselý 2015">{{cite web|first1=Karel|last1=Veselý|title=Kultovní hudební databáze Discogs a Rate Your Music kráčí vstříc mobilní budoucnosti|url=https://wave.rozhlas.cz/kultovni-hudebni-databaze-discogs-a-rate-your-music-kraci-vstric-mobilni-5207856|work=Radio Wave|publisher=[[Czech Radio]]|date=December 8, 2015|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref>

''Flashmode Arabia'' staff commended RYM as "a fantastic way to discover new music" but critiqued its user experience.<ref name="Flashmode Arabia staff 2019">{{cite web|author=Flashmode Arabia staff|title=RateYourMusic Case Study: an Examination of RYM's UX Flaws|url=https://ar.flashmode.tn/rateyourmusic-case-study-an-examination-of-ryms-ux-flaws/|work=Flashmode Arabia|publisher=ar.flashmode.tn|date=November 26, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]''{{'}}s Deeparghya Dutta Barau called it "one of those hip sites that offer functionality over aesthetics".<ref name="Barau 2019">{{cite web|first1=Deeparghya Dutta|last1=Barau|title=Discovering music|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/music/news/discovering-music-1672651|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|publisher=[[Transcom Group]]|date=December 13, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref> Similarly, ''Newonce'''s staff was somewhat critical, stating the site was "Extremely ugly visually (its creators like the consistency: RYM has not changed the layout to this day), but quite useful".<ref name="Newonce staff 2018">{{cite web|author=Newonce staff|title=8 serwisów społecznościowych, na których kiedyś traciliśmy czas|url=https://newonce.net/2017/10/8-serwisow-spolecznosciowych-ktorych-kiedys-tracilismy-czas/|work=Newonce|publisher=newonce.net|date=August 8, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=pl}}</ref>

[[Centuries of Sound]] founder James Errington said "[he consulted] websites like Rate Your Music and [[Acclaimed Music]] to pick top hits" for his year-by-year [[mixtape]]s of the 20th century.<ref name="Voon 2017">{{cite news|first1=Claire|last1=Voon|title=A Mixtape for Every Year of the History of Recorded Sound|url=https://hyperallergic.com/399231/a-mixtape-for-every-year-of-the-history-of-recorded-sound/|work=[[Hyperallergic]]|publisher=Hyperallergic Media Inc.|date=October 9, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Complex Networks (media)#Complex|Pigeons and Planes]]''{{'}}s Adrienne Black highlighted the forums, stating, "if you haven't already spent half your day exploring the above, there are the highly active, engaged threads to dive in to".<ref name="Black 2014" /> ''Evolver.fm''{{'}}s Eliot Van Buskirk advised readers to "Keep a [[wish list|wishlist]] on rateyourmusic.com".<ref name="Buskirk 2013">{{cite web|first1=Eliot Van|last1=Buskirk|title=How To Collect Music in These Overwhelming Times|url=http://evolver.fm/2013/05/08/how-to-collect-music-in-these-overwhelming-times/|work=Evolver.fm|publisher=The Echo Nest|date=May 8, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref>

Appraising [[Kairon; IRSE!]]'s album ''Ruination'', ''Stereogum''{{'}}s Doug Moore saw that the band "built a big following on Rate Your Music by combining the slightly heftier variants of prog and pysch (sic) with shoegaze".<ref name="Moore 2017">{{cite web|first1=Doug|last1=Moore|title=The Best Metal Albums Of 2017|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1975088/the-best-metal-albums-of-2017/franchises/2017-in-review/|work=[[Stereogum]]|publisher=Valence Media|date=December 12, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref>

In a piece concerning [[Mark E. Smith]], Patrin noted that [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]'s ''[[This Nation's Saving Grace]]'' was "the album that Rate Your Music still ranks as their best by a sliver as of less than 24 hours after Smith’s death".<ref name="Patrin 2018">{{cite web|first1=Nate|last1=Patrin|title=Remembering And Rediscovering Mark E. Smith And The Fall – Stereogum|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1980231/wonderful-and-frightening-remembering-andor-rediscovering-mark-e-smith-and-the-fall/franchises/sounding-board/|work=[[Stereogum]]|publisher=Valence Media|date=January 25, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref>

Commenting on the release of Retribution Body's album ''Self Destruction'', ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]''{{'}}s Lijah Fosl offered "a reminder that '[[dark ambient]]' is more than just a random rateyourmusic.com categorization".<ref name="Fosl 2018">{{cite web|first1=Lijah|last1=Fosl|title=Jason Lescalleet's Glistening Examples label drops three new glistening albums: listen now|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/jason-lescalleets-glistening-examples-drops-three-new-albums-listen-now|work=[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]|publisher=tinymixtapes.com|date=August 8, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref>