PlaylistSearchr started in 2023 as a search box for one problem: finding a playlist when you don't know which app it lives in. Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music each have millions of public playlists, and none of them will search the others.
The play button came next. People kept pasting links from apps they didn't use, and there was nowhere to just listen. So now you can paste a link from any of the four, and it plays.
It's made by one independent developer in the UK, who also runs SkipVids. There's no company behind it, no investors and no account system. Ads on the page cover the server costs.
How it works, plainly
- When you paste a link, the server reads the public page for that playlist or album, the same page anyone can open in a browser, and pulls out the song names.
- Each song is matched to an upload on YouTube.
- The songs play in YouTube's official embedded player. Nothing is downloaded, stored or re-hosted, and plays count as YouTube views for the artist.
- Search results come from Google, limited to each music service's own website.
Get in touch
Found a playlist that won't load, or a song that matches the wrong video? Email hello@playlistsearchr.com with the link. It gets read.