The evolution of SoundCloud design over time

Oh, found some screenshots of the old SoundCloud, check out the design.

This is May 2012, but the service seemed to look like this since 2010:

At the end of 2012, they rolled out a redesign, and it looked like this:

And from 2017 — like this:

I remember with each redesign there were tons of dissatisfied users asking to revert everything back, even creating some petitions. But now, looking at the old screenshots, I don’t understand how we even used it, the original design looks so dated!

Also, in the latest screenshot, it indicates that my tracks and podcasts on SoundCloud have amassed half a million listens. On one hand, it’s a respectable number, but on the flip side — it took a lengthy five years. That’s just the reality of it.