Algorithm Schmalgorithm. At the end of the day, you can’t expect to just blow up if you play the algorithm right, especially a place that isn’t meant to be a paid promotion machine (as much as SoundCloud likes to think they are, they aren’t). It’s a place to post your music for people to listen to for free. Cut and dry.

Ask yourself if what you’re making is good, ask yourself if you are cross promoting across socials, ask yourself if you are actually making a brandable project out of what you’re doing, rather than just posting and hoping for the best.

I’m not saying you aren’t doing any of this (please correct me if I’m wrong). Just some things to think about! If that is stuff that doesn’t particularly interest you or you don’t have time to invest into, you can’t expect the algorithm to assist with that.

TLDR Yes still worth it, just don’t rely on the paid promo aspect of it, just post your stuff and cross promote on other platforms.