# Keeping Counts In Sync

DevFeed: [Keeping Counts In Sync](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/keeping-counts-in-sync-2071.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//keeping-counts-in-sync>)

Published: 2018-05-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/statistics.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [creators](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/creators.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [net](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/net.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud describes how its infrastructure keeps track play counts and other social-signal statistics synchronized for creators. The system supports aggregated totals across arbitrary time ranges, dynamic hourly, daily, and monthly granularity, and frequently requested public counters. Its Stitch system pre-aggregates events across multiple dimensions to answer statistics and counter queries efficiently.

## Source excerpt

Track play counts are essential for providing a good creator experience on the SoundCloud platform. They not only help creators keep track of their most popular songs, but they also give creators a better understanding of their fanbase and global impact. This post is a continuation of an earlier post that discussed what we do at SoundCloud to ensure creators get their play stats (along with their other stats), both reliably and in real time.