Rating Songs
Rate music and influence the charts
1. Browse songs — find music on the charts, discovery, or playlists. 2. Open a song and press play. 3. Wait until the listen timer shows you have heard at least 15 seconds. 4. Choose 1–5 stars; your rating saves automatically. You can rate as many songs as you want. Each song has one active rating from you at a time; tap a different star anytime to change it. Your latest rating counts for charts and discovery.
Star scale ★☆☆☆☆ (1) Poor ★★☆☆☆ (2) Below average ★★★☆☆ (3) Average ★★★★☆ (4) Good ★★★★★ (5) Excellent
There is no limit on how many songs you can rate. You only earn UpChart credits on your first rating on a song you have never rated before (first-time ratings). You can still rate more songs that day; the limits below are only how many of those first-time ratings can pay credits in each period. Amounts per credit are set by the platform and can change.
From when your account is created (defaults — we may tune these over time): 1. First 24 hours: up to 5 credit-earning first-time ratings 2. Next 24 hours (hours 24–48): up to 10 credit-earning first-time ratings in that window 3. After that: up to 15 credit-earning first-time ratings per rolling 24-hour window
No self-rating: You cannot rate songs you uploaded.
Per-artist cooldown: Until 50 lifetime ratings: wait until the next day to rate another song by the same artist. After 50, this no longer applies.