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Should I use Last.fm?

The world's largest online music service. Listen online, find out more about your favourite artists, and get music recommendations, only at Last.fm - last.fm

Worth it. Buy if you want a permanent, cross-platform record of everything you listen to — the core is free and nothing else does it as well. Skip it if you expect a streaming service, fast feature updates, or strong security assurances.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; many snippets were truncated so aggregate review ratings were unavailable.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
ProNot stated in sources

Best for

  • Music nerds who want lifetime listening stats
  • Listeners spread across multiple apps
  • People hunting new music via recommendations

Not for

  • Anyone wanting an actual streaming service
  • Privacy-cautious users uneasy about the 2012 breach
  • Businesses or teams — purely a consumer tool

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

If your account predates 2012, assume the old password leaked

medium

Pro pricing was raised; verify current cost before subscribing

medium

Retroactive imports capped at 14 days; mass imports can fail

medium

Spotify API changes can silently stop scrobbling until you reconnect

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Tracks listening across Spotify, Apple Music and other apps automatically
  • Deep stats: top artists, albums and tracks over time
  • Recommendations built from your actual listening history
  • Free core service preserving 20+ years of history
  • Loyal userbase, some members active since 2008

Cons

  • No longer streams music; killed subscription radio in 2014
  • Pro price increase frustrated longtime subscribers
  • 2012 password breach still shadows the service
  • No dedicated security page found
  • Spotify changes periodically break scrobbling until re-authorized

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/01/2026 - 12 sources - 2012 password breach confirmed; bug bounty via HackerOne exists; no dedicated security page found.

official x3review x4security x2news x3
  • 2012 data breach — passwords compromised, lost user passwords in March 2012; accounts are listed on Have I Been Pwned.
  • CVE-2025-7684 (third-party WordPress plugin), CSRF flaw in the 'Last.fm Recent Album Artwork' WordPress plugin, not itself.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Core free; Pro price hike stings
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Passive scrobbling once apps connected
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Deep stats and recommendations; development slow
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 2/5. 2012 breach; no security page found
  • 2002 Founded Over 20 years of listening archives
  • $280M CBS acquisition Independent again as of May 2026
  • Yes Free tier Pro is an optional upgrade
  • Discontinued 2014 Streaming radio Killed as losses mounted

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Scrobbling and listening history
  • Charts and recommendations

Pro

Not stated in sources

  • Ad-free browsing
  • Extra profile perks

Security

2012 password breach confirmed; bug bounty via HackerOne exists; no dedicated security page found.

  • 2012 data breach — passwords compromisedlost user passwords in March 2012; accounts are listed on Have I Been Pwned.⁵
  • CVE-2025-7684 (third-party WordPress plugin)CSRF flaw in the 'Last.fm Recent Album Artwork' WordPress plugin, not itself.⁶

What users say

Longtime users love the listening-history archive but grumble about stagnant development, the Pro price hike, and app quirks.

“I've been a Last.fm user”
Trustpilot reviewer
“5/5 no notes”
App Store reviewer
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources; many snippets were truncated so aggregate review ratings were unavailable.

Free lifetime listening stats across every app you use. Great for stats nerds; not a streaming service.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources; many snippets were truncated so aggregate review ratings were unavailable.

Sources

  1. Last.fm homepagelast.fm
    official
  2. Upgrade to Last.fm Prolast.fm
    official
  3. Last.fm kills 'subscription radio' service as losses mounttheguardian.com
    news
  4. Last.fm is the latest site to suffer a password breachbbc.com
    news
  5. Last.fm Data Breach — Have I Been Pwnedhaveibeenpwned.com
    security
  6. Last.fm Recent Album Artwork CSRF vulnerability (WordPress plugin)wordfence.com
    security
  7. Last.fm Pro Pricing Increase — Redditreddit.com
    review
  8. Retroactively scrobble past tracks | 14 days limit — Redditreddit.com
    review
  9. Trustpilot reviews of last.fmtrustpilot.com
    review
  10. Last.fm — App Storeapps.apple.com
    review
  11. Last.fm goes independent 19 years after $280m CBS acquisitionmusically.com
    news
  12. Important information if you scrobble from Spotify — Last.fm on Facebookfacebook.com
    official

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