Discogs

Discogs
	Screenshot of Discogs' home page on February 12 2025.
Type of site	Music
Available in	English, German, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian
Headquarters	Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
Owner	Zink Media, LLC
Created by	Kevin Lewandowski
Industry	Internet
Services	Database, online shopping
Revenue	Advertising, marketplace fees
URL	www.discogs.com
Commercial	Partially
Registration	Optional
Launched	November 2000
Current status	Online

Discogs (/dɪˈskɒɡz/ disk-OGZ; short for "discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in The New York Times as "Wikipedia-like".^[4] While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music,^[5] it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats.^[4] By 2015, it had a new goal: that of "cataloging every single piece of physical music ever created."^[6] As of 2025, its database contains over 18 million user-submitted album listings.^[7]

^ "Privacy Policy". Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2023. [...] Zink Media, LLC (d/b/a Discogs), 4145 SW Watson Avenue, Suite 350, Beaverton, Oregon, USA 97005.
^ Greenwald, David (December 29, 2015). "Inside Discogs, Beaverton's $100 million record store". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
^ "Terms of Service". Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2023. The domains discogs.com (including subdomains) and nearmint.io, related applications, and any of Our associated services, including Application Program Interfaces ("APIs"), (collectively, the "Service"), owned and operated by Zink Media, LLC (d/b/a Discogs) [...]
^ ^a ^b Sisario, Ben (December 29, 2015). "Discogs Turns Record Collectors' Obsessions Into Big Business". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
^ Saunders, Luke (September 8, 2021). "Discogs: what is it, where it came from, and how to use it". Happy Mag. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
^ Lewandowski, Kevin (March 4, 2016). "Guest Column - How Discogs Organised the World's Record Collection". Q the Music. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
^ "Find Music on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved February 27, 2025.

[1] "Privacy Policy". Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2023. [...] Zink Media, LLC (d/b/a Discogs), 4145 SW Watson Avenue, Suite 350, Beaverton, Oregon, USA 97005.

[Oregonian-2] Greenwald, David (December 29, 2015). "Inside Discogs, Beaverton's $100 million record store". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

[3] "Terms of Service". Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2023. The domains discogs.com (including subdomains) and nearmint.io, related applications, and any of Our associated services, including Application Program Interfaces ("APIs"), (collectively, the "Service"), owned and operated by Zink Media, LLC (d/b/a Discogs) [...]

[:0-4] Sisario, Ben (December 29, 2015). "Discogs Turns Record Collectors' Obsessions Into Big Business". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 29, 2023.

[auto-5] Saunders, Luke (September 8, 2021). "Discogs: what is it, where it came from, and how to use it". Happy Mag. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

[6] Lewandowski, Kevin (March 4, 2016). "Guest Column - How Discogs Organised the World's Record Collection". Q the Music. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2025.

[7] "Find Music on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved February 27, 2025.

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