We're Building the Future ofFan-Powered Music
Bandruption empowers fans to shape music culture through direct democracy, while creating sustainable careers for artists through authentic fan engagement.
Our Mission
"To become the #1 metric expected from music artists for any industry opportunities, as a genuine proof of music fandom driven by direct music superfan action"
Our Vision
"The richest, most robust and diverse music culture landscape ever in human history."
We value bottom-up, organically-forming communities and their power to diffuse new art and ideas throughout a chaotic and free society. We want a future of #HumansAsCreators.
The Problem We're Solving
The Fan-Artist Disconnect
Fans Can't Drive Discovery
Passive streaming means fans have no real influence on what music succeeds. Your votes don't count, shares don't matter, and there's no evidence or reward for efforts.
Live Music Discovery Gap
Fans want to see artists perform near them, but have no way to signal demand or coordinate with other fans. You just have to wait and hope artists come to your city.
No Proof of Real Fandom
Streaming numbers can be gamed, social followers can be bought. There's no verifiable way for real fans to prove their support or for artists to identify their true superfans.
Our Solution: Proof of Fandom
Direct Democratic Ranking
"People's Top 10/100" driven by real-time, transparent fan data, where fans can see the real impact they themselves are making.
Weighted Voting Based on Influence
Vote-weighting baked into computation applies orders of magnitudes to fans who drive music discovery. Follow Superfans of your favorite artist to increase votes on songs.
Blockchain-Verified Point Economy
Social predictive markets applied to music creates an exciting new path to music discovery & creates a traceable proof of fandom.
How It Works: Democratic Music Discovery
Every fan's vote counts, authentic engagement is rewarded, and transparency is guaranteed
Your Top 10 is Your Vote
Every user maintains a shareable, ranked list of their top 10 songs. This list serves as your musical identity, your vote in the collective ranking system, and a signal of genuine musical preference. Unlike passive streams or bot-inflated metrics, your Top 10 is an active choice that shapes what music succeeds.
My Top 10
People's Top 10
🎉 Your Top 10 contributed 5 songs to this chart!
Weighted Voting for Real Influence
Not all votes carry equal weight. Our fluid representative governance model acknowledges social influence - Superfans with larger followings become taste-makers whose musical choices carry proportional influence. This creates a democratic system that remains transparent while rewarding authentic community leadership.
Blockchain Verification
All significant actions are recorded on-chain to ensure engagement metrics that are harder to fake than make. Fans can verify their contribution to rankings. Artists get proof of music fan engagement. The industry accesses authentic data. The entire ecosystem benefits.
- Transparent, verifiable engagement
- Unforgeable proof of fandom
- Public audit trail
Decentralized verification network
Our Core Values
Bottom-Up Pathways
Digital communities form based on shared interests - the web is where we go to talk to like-minded people, regardless of geography. Bandruption emphasizes bottom-up diffusion pathways, where people share with their friends for rewards and status with the artists they love.
Robust Communities
Robust fan communities are built on human relationships. Support the superfans who support you the most and are the most loyal. These community champions will maintain and grow your community over time and stick with you through thick and thin.
Legends
Legends are created by robust fan communities. The greatest music legends who persevere for decades will all tell you they are nothing without their fans. Great music played in a room alone may still be great, but legends' music is heard through generations because of the fans who support them.
Meet the Founders
Why We Built Bandruption
Bandruption was founded in August 2023 by builders and music superfans who want to see tech bolster and embrace fragmented, richly diverse music cultures and communities going into the future, where tools like web3 and AI are converging to accelerate the complexity of human society.
We believe the music industry's reliance on easily-manipulated metrics—bot farms, algorithmic gaming, passive streams—has disconnected success from genuine fandom. High stream counts don't translate to concert attendance, sustainable careers, or lasting cultural impact.
We're creating the alternative: a platform where music superfans can be rewarded for driving visible, verified impact for the music & artists they love. Where artists can reach their audiences through the most direct route possible: music fans themselves. Where the question "What's your Bandruption engagement?" becomes the new industry standard for determining who fans will turn out for.
Join the Fan-Powered Revolution
Start Earning Rewards
Create your Top 10, earn loyalty points, and shape the charts.
Build Your Community
Launch bounty campaigns, reward real fans, access proof of fandom.