Songspot FAQ
Everything about how the game works — clip lengths, difficulty tiers and how to play.
What is Songspot?
Songspot is a free browser game that plays you a fragment of a song and asks you to name it. The first clip is a fraction of a second long. Each time you guess wrong or skip, the next stage reveals a little more of the track, so the puzzle gets easier the longer you take.
How do you play Songspot?
Press play to hear the current clip, then start typing a song title into the search box. Pick your guess from the suggestions. A wrong guess or a skip moves you to the next stage and a longer clip. Get it right as early as you can — the whole point is naming the track from as little audio as possible.
How long are the clips?
There are six stages: 0.01 seconds, 0.1 seconds, 0.5 seconds, 2 seconds, 8 seconds and 15 seconds. Five of them are switched on by default; the 0.01 second stage is optional and off unless you enable it. You can turn any stage on or off in the control panel to make a run harder or gentler.
What do the difficulty levels mean?
The five tiers are sorted by how much a track has been streamed, so higher difficulties mean less familiar songs. Easy covers tracks with 1.2 billion or more streams, Medium 800 million to 1.2 billion, Hard 550 to 800 million, Expert 375 to 550 million, and Impossible 250 to 375 million.
Can I really recognise a song in 0.1 seconds?
More often than you would expect. A tenth of a second is not enough for melody or lyrics, but it is enough to carry timbre — the texture of a voice, the particular sound of a snare or a synth patch. If you know a song well, that fingerprint is frequently sufficient. The 0.01 second stage is genuinely brutal, which is why it is off by default.
Does Songspot work on mobile?
Yes. The game is built for phones as well as desktop, with a dedicated mobile layout and menu. All you need is a browser and either speakers or headphones.
How is Songspot different from Heardle?
Heardle gave you one song a day and revealed it in whole seconds. Songspot lets you play as many rounds as you like, starts far shorter — a tenth of a second rather than one second — and sorts its catalogue into five difficulty tiers by stream count, so you can pick how obscure you want the music to be.
How often can I play?
As often as you want. There is no daily limit. Use reroll to draw a fresh track at any point, and the game avoids repeating songs you have already been served in the same session.