Welcome to the inaugural Audius newsletter, a monthly roundup of community highlights, new artists, upcoming events, Audius metrics and milestones, and more!

In 2020, the Audius community set a new record of over 1.9M unique users and welcomed iconic artists like Skrillex with the launch of the $AUDIO token. Now, artists can verify their Audius account using Instagram! This comes with the launch of $AUDIO staking and delegation, making it possible to earn network rewards for securing Audius!

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Just Signed

Milestones & Metrics

See the stats for yourself at dashboard.audius.org

Tweet of the Month

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Community MVP To-Do List

Here are four actions you can take now to improve your Audius experience while also benefiting everyone in the community.

Get verified using Instagram!

As of this week, artists can now connect their verified Instagram accounts to get verified on Audius! We know this has been a highly request feature, so we’re excited to give artists more ways to get verified on Audius today!

2. Make a playlist!

With over 200,000 tracks now on Audius and growing faster every day, there’s never been a better time to be among the first curators on Audius. Check out this guide on how to get started today.

3. Join or Host a Remix Competition

Audius is the only streaming platform to support stem downloads and remix competitions. Check out this guide on how to unlock the power and excitement of a remix competition to propel your career forward.

4. Delegate your $AUDIO

For the more technically inclined, follow this guide to put your $AUDIO to work.

Further Listenings

[Interdependence] - Artist Led Pricing, Scene Ownership and defection from Spotify with Audius

[Blog of Jake] - Interview with Audius CEO Roneil Rumburg

[CryptoTesters] - Building a Decentralized Soundcloud using Token incentives

[Delphi Podcast] - 3LAU and Cooper Turley: Audius Is Reinventing Music Streaming

[Fone a Friend] - Pat Lok interviews Audius' Cooper Turley - Fone a Friend 027

Wisdom of the Crowd

“Audius has helped bring back the joy of making and sharing music. With their unique remix feature I’ve been able to host a few competitions for my originals and have had a lot of fun doing remixes and entering contests for other artists on the platform. I’m a big fan of what they’re doing, especially with $AUDIO, and the community aspect of everything is so great. I’m stoked to see what the future holds in store!” - Pauline Herr

That wraps our first newsletter!

Be on the lookout for monthly editions from here on out.

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Until then, we’ll see you next time.