Curious to know how well SoundCloud converts users to paid subscribers? How does it compare to its biggest competitors? Will it live up to its 700 million dollar valuation and continue growing? Or will it fade into obscurity like MTV?

This seems like a good opportunity to perform an SEO-based SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) comparing SoundCloud to the other leaders in the online music space: Pandora, Spotify, and Grooveshark.

We will analyze SoundCloud using Similarweb PRO, MajesticSEO, and some Google queries to understand the impact of desktop visitors, traffic sources, and search visibility on SoundCloud's present and future performance.