# Mixcloud

> mixcloud.com | Storage; 1 record: free tier, limits, identity cost and evidence.

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## Mixcloud — Basic tier (unlimited drafts)

- `storage/mixcloud-basic-tier` | qualifies-with-caveat | evidence reported | binding per-object-cap | category media
- identity a placeholder: card and phone unknown | verified 2026-10-21 (inherited) | stale on 2026-11-05
- url https://www.mixcloud.com
- free tier: 10 published shows (>15 min) + 10 published tracks (<=15 min). But: 'there's currently no limit to the number of uploads you can have in your drafts' — drafts are uploaded, stored, and private. That is the actual finding: published storage is capped at 20 items, unpublished storage is uncapped. | unit: objects | metered on: stored-bytes | read on: 2026-10-21 | source: [1]
- per-object cap: 4 GB ceiling | bytes: 4000000000 | source: [1] | note: not stated
- retention: not stated | source: [1] | note: not stated
- egress: Free streaming for listeners; no egress charge to the creator, but drafts are not publicly downloadable at all, so 'egress' is the wrong axis — a draft has no delivery surface. | metered: no
- identity: email
- interface: rclone
- limits:
  - per-object-cap (binding): 4 GB ceiling [1]
- limits note: 4 GB max per show file; shows must be >15 min, tracks <=15 min (so the 4 GB ceiling only applies to long files); 10 published shows + 10 published tracks; RSS-fed podcasts also count toward the 10-show cap ('only the 10 most recent shows will display').
- interface detail: wrapper-only
- tooling: No public API. Desktop-only upload for tracks ('only available through the desktop platform and not the Mixcloud app'); shows upload from web. No rclone backend, no client library found.
- composes with: Unlimited drafts x 4 GB per show x N free accounts. Whether drafts are garbage-collected is not stated — the FAQ only says previous uploads are not deleted when you exceed the publish cap, which is a different promise from 'drafts are kept forever'.
- reliability: Mixcloud is a streaming platform: shows are transcoded for playback and there is no original-file download link on Basic. Drafts are inaccessible to anyone but the uploader, which means they are storage but not retrieval — a draft is only recoverable by publishing it, and publishing consumes one of the 10 slots.
- notes: the same as the free tier
- evidence:
  - [1] 2026-10-21: 'Creators on the basic tier can have a total of 10 published shows (over 15 minutes long), and 10 published tracks'; 'we won't delete your previous uploads, and there's currently no limit to the number of uploads you can have in your drafts'
  - [2] 2026-10-21: 'Choose a file over 15 minutes in length (max 4GB)'; 'Lossless and lossy formats are supported ... WAV, AIFF, FLAC or AAC, OGG, M4A, MP2, MP3 and WMA'
- sources:
  - [1] https://help.mixcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/6617808567708-FAQ-Publishing-limits
  - [2] https://help.mixcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005918580-How-do-I-upload-on-Mixcloud