r/soundcloud • u/SchoolCareful9916 • Aug 02 '26
I need help with/using Soundcloud Please help
When I go offline, it keeps automatically skipping every single song, even ones I loaded before going offline. It is just me? Can someone please help? It’s getting annoying!
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u/Unique-Decision8924 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
Hello! I’m facing the same issue since Friday July 31st 2026 with my iPhone 14 Pro Max (26.5 iOS version)
The app version of SoundCloud is 8.71.0.
Normally on Free SoundCloud, since its inception, it’s always possible to hear multiple songs offline once you have listen to them and load them at least once online. I’ve been using this method on SoundCloud since 2013.
https://reddit.com/link/p1eyurt/video/sxcbxbw1r4hh1/player
As you can see in the embedded screen recording video, when I try to listen to music online, it’s doing fine, you can easily switch from one song to another. However when it’s offline, it’s glitching to point it’s skipping to multiple tracks so quick you can’t catch up. You can’t even select the same songs you’ve listened online
I’ve already reinstalled the app, restarted the phone, clear the 35 MB app cache, free some storage (5GB left), even tried Shuffle and Repeat option, Airplane Mode with and without WiFi. I also tried with one single song without queue and with an official album (which skips track until the final song without the ability to play it)
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u/Unique-Decision8924 Sep 10 '26
Hello! Just to confirm that after two weeks, the issue has been resolved and I can use SoundCloud offline normally.
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u/Formal-Web2378 Aug 02 '26
Did you update your app?
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u/SchoolCareful9916 Aug 02 '26
Yes, fully updated
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u/Formal-Web2378 Aug 02 '26
When was the last time you have cleared your app cache?
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u/SchoolCareful9916 Aug 03 '26
Just cleared it, still not working. I think it’s an issue on SoundCloud’s part, I’m not too sure
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u/Formal-Web2378 Aug 03 '26
Could be. There's been a lot of technical issues involving 3rd party software that are used by most online platforms. Cloudflare is the most common and used by many social media platforms.
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u/Glittering_Rest2418 Aug 12 '26
I been having the same issue either they removed it for no "soundcloud go" users or it's a glitch.
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u/SoundCloud Aug 04 '26
Hi there, thank you for surfacing this to us. It looks like you are playing the tracks online, and then when you go offline, they are stored in a cache, which allows you to play them offline. This cache is only so big and can only allow for a few instead of every track. It is important to note that downloading tracks to listen offline is only an option if you have a subscription with SoundCloud Go or Go+
As for the comment showing the skipping error, this is something we are aware of and working on to implement a fix. Thank you!
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u/Unique-Decision8924 Sep 10 '26
Hello! Just to confirm that after two weeks, the issue has been resolved and I can use SoundCloud offline normally. Thanks for your help
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u/Philpill06 Aug 06 '26
this just started happening to me too not long ago, before you had to play it online at least once then you could listen to it offline aslong as you played it online but right now its just skipping everytrack
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u/Bulky_Team1678 Aug 24 '26
This "glitch" was intentional by Soundcloud, there was a popular method to skip all ads by turning wifi and or cellular data off for a second and then pressing next song. Soundcloud did this because it makes it much harder to go back to the next song you wanted to play, and discourages skipping ads.
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u/Unique-Decision8924 Aug 24 '26
The issue is not about the ads, especially because you can listen to multiple tracks online before an ad appears. Spotify does unskippable ads too.
The issue is about skipping tracks offline. It’s not just you can’t listen to the next track, it’s that SoundCloud skips every single track so fast you can’t stop it.
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u/Bulky_Team1678 Aug 26 '26
Yes exactly, that was on purpose by Soundcloud. That way you cant do the quick wifi turn off and skip ad method. Now when you lose any connection, you cant just go back to the song you wanted to skip ads for and listen to. You now cant listen to the next track offline because that was the only way to bypass ads without purchasing a subscription.
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u/Bulky_Team1678 Aug 26 '26
Basically, it isn't a issue, but a new "patch" by Soundcloud to prevent people from skipping ads and encouraging people to purchase a subscription.
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u/snowinginlondon Aug 26 '26
i used soundcloud since i was able to listen offline , later i bought a subscription to remove ads but now i come back to this 🤦♂️
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u/Unique-Decision8924 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
Thank you for your perspective. And It’s a failed experiment then because like I said before, the main reason why I listen offline was never because of avoiding ads. It’s because since the beginning, it was always possible offline to listen to tracks you already played online, long before ads were in the picture. Especially when I don’t have 4G or don’t want to waste my 4G, I can still listen to the playbacks. When I use connection, I still listen and let the ads play, I don’t really care.
The glitch of quickly skipping every single track is just a bad look and an annoying experience if it’s done on purpose.
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u/Visible_Slice_3203 Aug 19 '26
you have NO IDEA how nice it is to hear I‘m not alone –the problem isn’t nice but it’s good to know it isn’t my phone.
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u/Bulky_Team1678 Aug 24 '26
This "glitch" was intentional by Soundcloud, there was a popular method to skip all ads by turning wifi and or cellular data off for a second and then pressing next song. Soundcloud did this because it makes it much harder to go back to the next song you wanted to play, and discourages skipping ads.
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u/Visible_Slice_3203 Aug 25 '26
I am willing to listen to ads, I just want to be able to listen while at work without draining the battery.
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u/Hut_1 Aug 22 '26
I’m experiencing the same thing and it’s soooo annoying especially commuting to work underground on the train. This has never happened before so it must’ve been a recent update that broke it or something. If this problem continues I’m going to cancel my subscription because this is pathetic.
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u/Bulky_Team1678 Aug 24 '26
This "glitch" was intentional by Soundcloud, there was a popular method to skip all ads by turning wifi and or cellular data off for a second and then pressing next song. Soundcloud did this because it makes it much harder to go back to the next song you wanted to play, and discourages skipping ads.
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u/MtheMerciless Aug 29 '26
Since Mon 24/08/2026 I have not been able to upload a mix session to soundcloud. I have had the error on my app on my android phone as error connect to a stable Internet, even though there is no problems with my internet/WiFi connection. I tried using my laptop and it did not work and the msg was unexpected error. The file is in the correct format and size to be suitable. I have tried uninstalling app, signed out and resigned in? Tried using mobile phone data still error. Contacted broadband Internet provider checked the stability they said there are no problems and it might be a problem on their side due to the failure failing on transcoding, HELPPPPPP????
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u/mrmykeonthemic Aug 02 '26
Well off line..means no inter net..I'm guessing. So that's the problem.