Freesound

publication·community audio database·active

Collaborative Creative Commons audio database with APIs and research use.

Recorded facts

Official site	https://freesound.org/help/faq/ ↗
Geography	Spain / global; materially active in the United States
topics	audio datasets; sound search; Creative Commons audio; machine listening; research APIs
cadence	Continuously contributed community database.
language	English
category fit	Audio dataset and API infrastructure for machine listening and creative-audio research.
channel type	community_audio_database
owner operator	Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
current activity	The service maintained a live developer API and current access documentation at the snapshot.
intended audience	sound creators; researchers; developers; educators
relationship notes	Global community dataset frequently used in audio and music-information research.
online offline state	online
public audience size	unknown
business access model	Public browsing and downloads under per-sound licenses; free noncommercial API and licensed commercial API access.
official access route	https://freesound.org/help/faq/
editorial independence	University-operated community repository, not editorial media.
latest activity evidence	date: 2026-07-15 · source url: https://freesound.org/help/developers/ · description: Official developer documentation confirmed an active API and access routes at the snapshot.
editorial or governance leadership	unknown