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{{Short description|Online collaborative metadata database of music and film established in 2000}}
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| language = English (main site) <br /> Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (forums)
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| users = 1.2 million (August 2024)
| launch_date = December 24, 2000
| current_status = Active
| url = {{Ubl
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==History==
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>
==Features==
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]], [[Mixtape|mixtapes]], [[DJ mix|DJ mixes]], and [[Bootleg recording|bootlegs]] 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.
== Statistics ==
As of February 2023, RYM had over 729,000 user-created lists ranging from "popular lists" to "ultimate box sets," which cover various musical genres, including obscure micro-genres.<ref name="Douglas 2018" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Rate Your Music: Welcome! |url=https://rateyourmusic.com/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=Rate Your Music}}</ref>
As of August 2024, the site had over 1.2 million users registered, with over 6.2 million releases added and 137 million ratings.[https://rym.fm/discussion/rate-your-music/statistics-of-rym/23/#post_9781976]
== Impact ==
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>
In 2019, [[Vice (magazine)|''Vice'']] and [[The Ringer (website)|''The Ringer'']] credited Rate Your Music for maintaining the popularity of the band [[Duster (band)|Duster]], which had recently reformed after being inactive since 2000.<ref name="Coney 2018">{{cite web |last1=Coney |first1=Brian |date=August 27, 2018 |title=The Slow Return of Duster, the Lo-Fi Trio Who Secretly Changed Indie Rock |url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/qvm9nv/duster-interview-new-ep-numero-group-set |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=Noisey |publisher=[[Vice Media]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Mark |date=2019-02-22 |title=Back to the Stratosphere: How the Rarest Music in the World Comes Back |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/2/22/18233366/duster-reissue-discogs-rare-music-vinyl |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}</ref> [[Pitchfork (website)|''Pitchfork'']] and ''[[Junkee]]'' noted the website's impact on the career of the anonymous South Korean musician [[Parannoul]], who said that he felt more anxiety than joy after his 2021 album [[To See the Next Part of the Dream|''To See the Next Part of the Dream'']] topped the website's album chart for the year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gui |first=James |date=2024-03-28 |title=Parannoul and the New Generation of Korean Indie |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/parannoul-and-the-new-generation-of-korean-indie/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=He |first=Kristen S. |date=2024-03-20 |title=The Resurrection And Rewriting Of Shoegaze History |url=https://junkee.com/longforms/shoegaze-tiktok-resurgence |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Junkee |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>
== Reception ==
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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>
In a review for American musician [[Yves Tumor]]'s album ''[[Safe in the Hands of Love]]'', ''[[The Brown Daily Herald]]''{{'}}s Katherine Ok associated [[plunderphonics]] with "crate-digging, list-obsessed 'Rate Your Music' users".<ref name="Ok 2018">{{cite web|first1=Katherine|last1=Ok|title=Yves Tumor releases Warp Records debut|url=http://www.browndailyherald.com/2018/10/08/yves-tumor-releases-warp-records-debut/|work=[[The Brown Daily Herald]]|publisher=The Brown Daily Herald, Inc.|date=October 8, 2018|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=en}}</ref>
The website gained a decent amount of traction in February 2023 after music sites reported on [[Kendrick Lamar]]'s 2015 album [[To Pimp a Butterfly|''To Pimp a Butterfly'']] overtaking [[Radiohead]]'s 1997 album [[OK Computer|''OK Computer'']] as the top rated album on the site.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=2023-02-02 |title=Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly' overtakes Radiohead's 'OK Computer' as top rated album on Rate Your Music |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kendrick-lamars-to-pimp-a-butterfly-overtakes-radioheads-ok-computer-as-top-rated-album-on-rate-your-music-3391372 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=To Pimp a Butterfly Surpasses OK Computer as Top Album on Rate Your Music |url=https://consequence.net/2023/02/to-pimp-a-butterfly-rate-your-music-top-album/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==See also==
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