How it works

From stream
to portfolio.

Four steps between you and a virtual portfolio of artist "stocks." This is exactly how Muses Exchange works — the data it runs on, the formula that sets every price, and where the prototype currently draws the line.

The Market

"You're not investing in a chart.
You're investing in a crowd."

The flow

Four steps. Zero jargon.

Step 01

Discover

Browse 105 hand-picked artists across pop, hip-hop, indie, and more. Each profile shows monthly Spotify listeners, YouTube channel stats, price history, and the signals that moved the price. Watchlist the ones you're weighing.

  • Price history since the artist was listed
  • Live Spotify + YouTube data
  • Chart and radio boost signals
S
Sabrina Carpenter
$SABR · Pop
$142.80 ▲ 8.42%
Step 02

Invest

Buy shares at the current price with a market order, or set a limit order to execute only at the price you want. Every new account starts with $10,000 in virtual credits — no deposit, no KYC, nothing real at risk. Build the portfolio you'd build if this were real.

  • Market and limit orders
  • $10,000 in virtual credits to start
  • Free account — no deposit, no KYC
BuySell
Amount$250.00
Shares1.751
TypeMarket
Step 03

Track

Prices refresh every 30 minutes, 24/7 — driven by Spotify monthly listeners and YouTube channel stats, with boosts for chart position and radio play. Your portfolio is tied to your account and follows you across devices — open it on desktop, close the tab, pick it up on your phone.

  • Live price + P&L, updated every 30 min
  • Full price history per artist
  • Portfolio synced across devices
Your portfolio
+ $412.88 today
Step 04

Compare

Sell any position at any time to lock in a virtual gain or cut a virtual loss. Watch how your picks perform against the market, against other artists, and — if you opt in — against every other trader on the public leaderboard. The thesis under test: can you spot a rising artist before the charts do?

  • Sell any time — no delays, no lock-ups
  • Cumulative P&L since your first buy
  • Public leaderboard (opt-in)
Portfolio snapshot
Starting balance$10,000.00
Current value$104,812.40
P&L+ $4,812.40
Under the hood

"The console never lies.
Neither does the tape."

Under the hood

The pricing engine.

Every artist's price comes from a simple, readable formula. No black box. Here's exactly how the number on screen is built.

01

Raw ingest

A cron job pulls Spotify monthly listeners and YouTube channel stats (subscribers, total views) for every listed artist every 30 minutes, 24/7. That's the entire feed today.

02

Base formula

Price per share = monthly listeners × $0.03 per 1,000,000. So an artist with 30M monthly listeners sits around $0.90 before boosts. Bigger audience = higher price.

03

Boost multipliers

YouTube scale adds a small premium. Chart position on major streaming charts and recent radio airplay add bounded boosts on top. All multipliers are capped so a single viral moment can't lift a price by 10x overnight.

04

Smoothing

Raw values go through an exponential moving average so the price doesn't whiplash on every data refresh. Over time, an artist's trajectory shows up cleanly instead of as noise.

Data sources today
SpotifyYouTube
What it costs

Nothing —
it's paper.

Muses Exchange is a prototype, not a brokerage. Accounts are free, there is no deposit, no real money, and no real fees. Any future paid product will publish its full cost model before a single user is charged.

Starting balance$10,000 virtual
Trading feesNone (paper)
Deposits / withdrawalsN/A
Account minimumNone
Sign-up requiredYes (free, email)
Cross-device syncIncluded
Data refresh cadenceEvery 30 min
Status today

What Muses is,
and isn't.

Paper trading only

No real money is accepted, held, or at risk. Your balance is virtual. You can't win or lose actual dollars here.

Real data, honest formula

Prices come from real Spotify and YouTube numbers, refreshed on a public 30-minute cadence. The formula is small and readable — no black box.

Independently built

Muses Exchange is a long-running, self-funded product — not venture-backed. The roadmap is set deliberately, with no quarterly growth targets to chase. When a bug or data outage occurs, it is disclosed and fixed rather than hidden.

Not a regulated exchange

Muses Exchange is not a broker, not a fund, and not a securities exchange. Any move into regulated territory will be announced publicly and fully licensed before launch.

Ready to
trade the taste?

Sign up free and get $10,000 in virtual credits. No deposit, no KYC, no strings.