Rateyourmusic

RateYourMusic is a music database and review site built around user contributions, where members rate and review albums, build charts and catalogue releases across genres and decades. It also covers film through a related section of the same community.

The site functions as a reference and discovery tool for music listeners looking for ratings and opinions from other users rather than professional critics, with charts and lists surfacing well-regarded releases. Its ads.txt file lists 33 ad systems, mostly direct relationships, with sales run through Playwire and Seedtag Advertising. Members build personal collections, track what they have listened to and compile year-end or genre-specific lists, features that make the site as much a personal cataloguing tool as a review destination.