Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers about how Dap.FM works — daps, airplay rules, payouts, referrals, and support.

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How does a song get on air?

Getting dap from fans. The song with the most dap plays next. Promote your content with the promo page links on your website, social media, direct via email, the more dap you get the more you will get on air.

How many times can a song air?

Unlimited. You can dap as much as you like. But note, we like to keep the playlists fresh, so a specific song can only play once per hour. Any dap you collect during that time will be stored and used in the next hour.

Can I just dap my song as fast as I can and get on air?

Naah, you can dap as many different songs as you like, but you can only dap each specific song once per hour. Again, this helps keep the playlists fresh. If you want to get on air, get your fans to dap your song. 100 fans can give your song 100 daps in an hour. 1 fan can give your song 1 dap per hour.

Can I dap my own songs?

Yes! And you should.

How can I dap a song?

There's two ways. Find a song you like on the radio, in discovery, on the artist page or through search. Press the Dap button. That earns 1 dap.

If you hold the Dap button until the screen changes, you can voice record your request and the song earns 10 dap.

What are the broadcast airplay rules?

1. The song with the most dap plays next.

2. If there’s a tie, the song that was uploaded first wins.

3. Songs can only play once an hour.

4. An artist can have many different songs play per hour as long as they have the most dap at the time.

5. We pick the next song to play about 30 seconds before the currently playing song ends.

Something on the site isn't working or I want to give the dap.fm team some feedback?

We want to fix every bug on the site and you can help. Tell us if something doesn't work so we can get the team to fix it.

On most of the site pages there is a feedback link. We want to hear from you!

Can I add my bandcamp to my profile, where do I do it and where will fans see it?

Yes! Go to the menu, Dashboard, Edit Artist and add your bandcamp address there.

If your song has daps and gets played, we will have a button to take fans to your bandcamp page to buy your tracks.

I'm an artist, how much can I get paid?

We pay at two rates. For your artist page, that's where you set up a playlist of your music that fans can visit, we pay the industry standard .0028 per stream.

For the broadcast, thats the radio station where everyone hears the latest winning songs, we pay a penny (.01) per stream.

You can request a payout when your account reaches $10.

What's up with the artist referral promotion?

Artists who refer new artists to Dap.FM will receive 10 bonus daps when:

1. The referred artist successfully registers using their referral link (available on your artist dashboard). Copy that link and send it to artists you think might benefit from exposure on Dap.FM.

2. When the referred artist uploads an active song.

The bonus daps will be automatically applied to the referring artist’s first track in their playlist. Each artist may earn multiple referral bonuses. These promotional daps count toward the $100 Song of the Month prize and all station leaderboards unless otherwise stated.

I think there may be a copyright violation on the site, what do I do?

We take copyrights seriously and subscribe to the digital millenium copyright act (DMCA) take down rules.

To report violations go to our DMCA Violation Form.

Where can I read your terms and conditions and privacy policy?

You can get the terms and privacy policy here.