WhoSampled

{{Infobox website

| name = WhoSampled

| logo = Whosampled logo small.png

| caption =

| foundation = London, England

| url = {{URL|whosampled.com}}

| commercial = Yes{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/content/we-speak-whosampledcom|title=We speak to whosampled.com|publisher=DJ Mag|date=24 September 2014|access-date=19 October 2023}}

| type = Music website, music samples database

| language = English

| registration = Optional

| owner = Nadav Poraz{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/12/01/say-it-isnt-so-whosampled-reveals-the-rip-offs-in-music/|title=Say it isn't so – WhoSampled reveals the rip-offs in music|publisher=TechCrunch|date=1 December 2009|author=Khan, Basheera|access-date=11 September 2010}}

| launch_date = {{start date and age|2008|10|1|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/news/2016/10/01/whosampled-is-8-years-old/|title=WhoSampled is 8 Years Old!|website=WhoSampled }}{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/whosampled.com|title=WhoSampled.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools|work=WHOIS|access-date=14 November 2016}}

| current_status = Active

}}

WhoSampled is a website and app database of information about sampled music or sample-based music, interpolations, cover songs and remixes. As of April 2025, the website features 1,155,375 songs and 355,929 artists in its catalog.

History

Nadav Poraz founded the site in London, England in 2008, as a way to track musical samples and cover songs. Mobile apps were released in 2012 and 2014 for iPhone and Android, respectively.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/23/whosampled-android-music-dna-nadav-poraz|title=With 1 million users, WhoSampled brings its music DNA exploration to Android|last=Dredge|first=Stuart|work=The Guardian|date=23 September 2014|access-date=1 February 2017}} The website's database is user-generated and reviewed by moderators before the content goes live. As of 2024, the site's most sampled track is "Amen, Brother" by the Winstons, which contains the most sampled drum break in music history, having been sampled in more than 6,600 songs.{{cite web|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-sampled-song-of-all-time/|title=It Only Takes Six Seconds To Hear The World's Most Sampled Song|last=Goldenberg|first=David|work=FiveThirtyEight|date=22 September 2016|access-date=1 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/song-tag/Sampled%20in%20More%20Than%206000%20Songs/|title=Sampled in More Than 6000 Songs|website=WhoSampled |access-date=22 October 2022}} In 2015, the site added support for film and television clips.{{cite web|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/now-you-can-search-whosampled-for-film-and-tv-samples-too-1293902|title=Get to the chopper! WhoSampled adds movie and TV sample clips|last=Solomon|first=Katie|work=TechRadar|date=15 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203224412/http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/now-you-can-search-whosampled-for-film-and-tv-samples-too-1293902|archive-date=3 December 2019}} The following year, it partnered with Spotify{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/02/08/whosampled-taps-spotify-to-show-you-who-covered-remixed-or-sampled-your-favorite-songs/|title=WhoSampled taps Spotify to show you who covered, remixed, or sampled your favorite songs|last=Sawers|first=Paul|work=VentureBeat|date=8 February 2016|access-date=1 February 2017}} and introduced 6D, a six degrees of separation-inspired game, that tracks relationships between artists, producers, and their tracks.{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/2016/07/06/whosampled-six-degrees-music-separation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707152307/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2016/07/06/whosampled-six-degrees-music-separation/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 July 2016|title=WhoSampled's new Six Degrees tool shows you how your favourite artists are connected|last=Pugsley|first=Adam|work=Chart Attack|date=6 July 2016|access-date=1 February 2017}} In October 2017, WhoSampled partnered with KPM and Ableton and organised the third 'Samplethon' competition at Point Blank Studios in London.{{Cite news|url=https://djmag.com/pointblank/whosampled-presents-%E2%80%98samplethon%E2%80%99-competition-point-blank-london-kpm-ableton|title=WHOSAMPLED PRESENTS 'SAMPLETHON' COMPETITION AT POINT BLANK LONDON WITH KPM & ABLETON|date=5 October 2017|work=DJMag.com|access-date=17 October 2017|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.solvdmag.com/whosampled-presents-third-samplethon-contest-hosted-point-blank-studios/|title=WhoSampled presents third Samplethon contest hosted by Point Blank Studios|website=www.solvdmag.com|language=en-US|access-date=17 October 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/whosampled-teams-up-with-sonyatv-for-new-samplethon/|title=WhoSampled teams up with Sony/ATV for new Samplethon {{!}} Complete Music Update|website=www.completemusicupdate.com|access-date=8 November 2017}}