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# Is Cymbal Set To Become The Instagram Of Music?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/is-cymbal-set-to-become-the-instagram-of-music/
- Published: 2015-09-17T08:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-09-17T08:45:00.000Z
- Description: Taking a hint from Instagram's simple design a new app, Cymbal, allows users to share just a single song (along with album art) at a time, giving music fans a new way. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/09/is-cymbal-set-to-become-the-instagram-of-music.html]
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Music Business, Social Media, Startups & Funding, App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Electronic dance music, Instagram, Snapchat, Soundcloud, Spotify, Tufts University, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![1](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d15946af970c-150wi "1")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d15946af970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Taking a hint from **Instagram**'**s** simple design a new **app,** **Cymbal,** allows users to **share** just a **single song** (along with album art) at a time, giving **music fans** a new way to spread their favorite tunes **"in the moment."**

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*Guest Post by *Bobby Owsinski* on [Music 3.0](http://music3point0.blogspot.com/2015/09/could-this-app-be-instagram-of-music.html?ref=hypebot.com)*

[![Cymbal app image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/4-bp-blogspot-com/-3PJS2isy018/VfGaLLaDMYI/AAAAAAAALT8/v2MWxXzeeVg/s200/cymbal_app.jpg "Cymbal app")](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/4-bp-blogspot-com/-3PJS2isy018/VfGaLLaDMYI/AAAAAAAALT8/v2MWxXzeeVg/s1600/cymbal%5Fapp.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)Three undergrads from 

****Tufts University**

 have launched a new app that's catching on like wildfire. It's called 

****[Cymbal](http://www.cymbal.fm/?ref=hypebot.com)**

, and many have called it the "

****Instagram**

 of Music" because of its less-is-more user interface.Cymbal describes itself as "music powered by friends, not algorithms." That's because users are allowed to share just one song at a time along with album art.The whole idea is that the user gets to post that one song that's most important in their life at that moment.Like Instagram, Cymbal uses a home feed, personal profile, followers, likes, comments, hashtags and tags.You can share tracks from **Soundcloud** or **Spotify,** and since it was created from the ground up as an **iOS** app (an **Android** version is coming), it's perfectly at home where more and more do their listening – via the phone.There's less than a million users at the moment, but the app seems to be coming on strong, so look out for more about Cymbal in the future.

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