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For independent artists

Promote your music on Captunes

Put your new release in front of people who check the Apple Music charts every day. Clearly labelled, reviewed by a human, priced for independent budgets.

  • Reach chart watchers

    Captunes readers come to see what is moving on Apple Music today — people actively looking for new music.

  • Honest by design

    Every placement is labelled “Promoted”. Paid spots never change a chart, a rank or an insight.

  • Pay once, no subscription

    Fixed price, fixed dates. Full refund if we do not approve your release or you cancel before it starts.

  • See what you got

    Impressions, clicks and click-through rate for every promotion on your dashboard.

Placements and prices

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  • Home Spotlight

    Home Spotlight · 7 days

    $49

    Your release in the Promoted row on the Captunes home page for 7 days.

    A Promoted row on the Captunes home page, above the daily chart movers.

    Only 3 at a time · available now

    $49 · 7 days

  • Chart Sidebar

    Chart Sidebar · 7 days

    $29

    A Promoted card beside chart pages in your genre for 7 days.

    Beside the Apple Music chart pages, matched to your genre when possible.

    Only 4 at a time · available now

    $29 · 7 days

  • Release Boost

    Release Boost · 7 days

    $39

    One #ad post from @captunes on X plus a Sponsored slot in one weekly newsletter.

    One #ad post from @captunes on X plus a Sponsored slot in the weekly newsletter.

    Only 2 at a time · available now

    $39 · 7 days

Prices in USD, charged once by Stripe. Taxes may apply at checkout. Discount codes can be entered on the payment page.

How promoted content is labelled

Artists pay for the cards marked Promoted on Captunes, and for posts marked #ad on our social accounts. That is how we keep the charts and insights free.

Promoted cards appear only in their own labelled boxes — never inside a chart, a ranking, an insight or an editorial post — and paying never changes chart positions, which come from Apple Music. Links in promoted cards are marked as sponsored for search engines. Every promotion is reviewed by a person before it appears.

Questions

Who can promote?

Any independent artist with a claimed Captunes profile and a published release on Captunes. Claiming is free: find your profile in the artist directory, or create one from your dashboard.

When does my promotion start?

As soon as it is approved, if a slot is free. Each placement shows only a few promotions at once; when it is full, your promotion is scheduled for the next free slot, shown on each plan before you pay. You always get the full duration you paid for.

What do you review?

That you have the rights to the music and artwork, and that nothing is hateful, sexually explicit in the artwork, misleading or infringing. Most reviews take less than a day. If we decline, you get a full refund automatically.

Can I cancel?

Yes, for a full refund at any time before the placement starts, from your promotions dashboard. Once it has started it runs to the end and is not refundable, except for an outage on our side longer than 24 hours.

How are impressions counted?

An impression is counted when at least half of your card is visible on screen. We measure a random sample of page views and scale it up, which keeps the site fast; numbers are accurate to a few percent. Clicks are counted one by one, excluding known bots.

Will this get me onto the charts?

No. Charts come from Apple Music and nothing on Captunes changes them. Promotion gets your release seen by people who care about new music; what they do next is up to your music.

Full terms, including refunds, are in the terms of service.