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# Remember iLike? The Social Music Network Officially Died Tuesday
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/remember-ilike-the-social-music-network-officially-died-today/
- Published: 2012-02-07T16:13:16.000Z
- Updated: 2012-02-07T16:13:16.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) In the the spring of 2009, iLike had 45 million registered users and was the #1 music application on Facebook. "Is There An iLike Effect?", we asked then; and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/02/remember-ilike-the-social-music-network-officially-died-today.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

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(UPDATED) In the the spring of 2009, **iLike** had **45 million registered users** and was the **#1 music application on Facebook**. "[Is There An iLike Effect?](https://www.hypebot.com/is-there-an-ilike-effect/)", we asked then; and the answer was yes. The #1 and #2 albums on iTunes were Keith Urban's "Defying Gravity" and "Gavin Degraw's "Free" – two releases with nothing in common except that both debuted exclusively on iLike. Tuesday, the social music network officially closed, with the url redirected to **MySpace**.

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At its peak, iLike had 60 million registered users and content from **300,000 artists**.Then **[MySpace purchased ](https://www.hypebot.com/official-myspace-buys-ilike/)**the company in August 2009, in large part for its technology which included then superior music serach. On Tuesday, the new owners of MySpace finally [killed the remnants](http://www.myspace.com/music/?ilike=1&ref=hypebot.com) of iLike posting the message: "The iLike website is no longer available. We welcome you to MySpace."

**MORE: Kyle Bylin'**s [interview of iLike founder and CEO Ali Partovi](https://www.hypebot.com/interview-ali-partovi-of-ilike/) and **GigaOm**: [Online music is hard: iLike shuts down](http://gigaom.com/2012/02/07/ilike-shut-down/?ref=hypebot.com)