How to use 1001Tracklists to dig for tracks
Use 1001Tracklists' artist pages, Advanced Search, play counts and track pages to find music, save what you find, and know what the site can't do.
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1001Tracklists is a website, not an app: we didn't find an official app for browsing its tracklists, and its home page doesn't link to one, so use it in a phone or desktop browser. For digging, it's one of the most useful sites there is. Start from a DJ's page, narrow sets with Advanced Search, use each track's play count to separate the big records from the rare ones, and follow track pages to other sets. Then save what you find, either with the site's Favorite Tracks, a Spotify playlist export, or your own list.
Is there a 1001Tracklists app?
People search for one, and it's worth being clear. The 1001Tracklists home page we checked on 3 October 2026 had no App Store or Google Play links, and we didn't find an official app for browsing tracklists. The site works in a mobile browser. On iPhone or Android you can add it to your Home Screen from the browser's share or menu options, which gives you an app-like shortcut.
If you see an app in a store using the 1001Tracklists name, check who publishes it and what it actually does before signing in with anything.
Where to start digging
Artist pages
In July 2026 the site merged its DJ and artist pages, so a person's tracklists and tracks now sit on one page. That's the natural starting point: pick a DJ whose taste you trust and scan their recent sets. Earlier, in July 2025, the site began listing every artist on a track individually and linking each to their artist page, which makes it easier to jump from a collaboration to each producer.
Advanced Search
The changelog for February 2022 introduced Advanced Search: "Enter a search term for tracklists or tracks, and then you can filter it by date, genre and more!" That turns the site into a filter for scenes. Search a genre for tracklists from the last month, or a track title to see who's been playing it lately.
Charts
The site has run charts for years. A 2016 changelog entry describes "Trendings Charts," built from the tracks played over the last two weeks in the 50 most important DJ and radio shows, and a 2019 entry added Spotify Saves and Pre-Saves charts to the home page. Charts are useful for spotting what's moving, but by definition they show what's already being played widely.
Read a tracklist like a digger
A tracklist page gives you more than names. On the Skrillex set from Austin City Limits on 2 October 2026, for example, each row shows a cue time, the artist and title, the label, a contributor's username and, on many rows, a save count, and some rows link an "ID" to the same unreleased track in other sets.
What to look at:
- Play counts. In 2016 the site began showing the total number of plays for each track on a tracklist, so "you can see which tracks are very popular or rare insider tips." The big numbers tell you what everyone's playing. The small ones are where digging pays off.
- Labels. A label you don't recognise next to a track you like is a lead. Open the label and listen back through its catalogue.
- IDs. Unidentified tracks appear as ID. Some are linked to the same ID in other sets, which tells you the track is circulating. Don't plan around buying it yet.
- Cue times. Cue times let you jump to a track in the recording to hear it in context.
Follow tracks sideways
The strongest digging move on 1001Tracklists is going from a track to the other sets that played it. Open a track you like, look at which DJs played it and when, then open one of those sets. You'll often find a cluster of tracks that travel together. Repeat once or twice and you'll be well outside the charts.
Keep it bounded. A suggestion: three hops from your starting set, then stop and review what you collected. What is crate digging? explains why following connections works, and digging through DJ mixes and tracklists covers the wider method across sites.
Save what you find
1001Tracklists gives you a few ways to keep tracks:
- Favorite Tracks and Track Playlists. Introduced in December 2023, these let you save tracks to your account and group them into playlists "based on genres or other criteria."
- Spotify playlist export. Announced in August 2025, this exports a tracklist to a Spotify playlist. Expect gaps: IDs and tracks that aren't on Spotify won't appear.
- Spotify saves and pre-saves. Since 2019 you can connect Spotify and save tracks to your Spotify collection, and pre-save tracks, including IDs, so they're added when a Spotify ID becomes available.
Each of these keeps your finds inside one service. If you also capture tracks from Shazam, Bandcamp or SoundCloud, copy the keepers into one list that covers everything, then listen through it on a set day. How to find and buy the tracks from a DJ set covers turning a tracklist into a buy list.
What 1001Tracklists can't do
- Fill every gap. Tracklists are built by users. Some sets are incomplete, and unreleased IDs stay unnamed until someone identifies them.
- Tell you the exact version. A row names a track, but check the store for the right mix before buying.
- Judge for you. A track appearing in a big DJ's set says it works for them. Listen on your own before deciding it works for you.
If you play techno, finding new techno tracks shows how tracklists fit with charts and labels in that genre.
Doing this with CatchIt!
CatchIt! is a Mac app with a free iOS companion that turns a 1001Tracklists page into a list you can work through.
- Import the page. Paste a 1001tracklists.com tracklist URL into the Mac app's Add Tracklist sheet and the tracklist is imported for review.
- Decide track by track. Return keeps a track and Space rejects it. Kept tracks go to your Wishlist with search links for Beatport, Bandcamp, YouTube and Google.
- On the move. The iOS Tracklists tab lets you classify imported tracklists with Apple Music playback, and Walking Mode turns the screen into a pad: swipe up for green, down for red.
- Mark it done. When you've been through a tracklist, mark it completed so it drops out of view under Hide Done.
See Importing tracklists.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there an official 1001Tracklists app?
- We didn't find an official 1001Tracklists app for browsing tracklists. The site's home page doesn't link to an App Store or Google Play listing. The website works in a phone browser, and you can add it to your Home Screen like any other site.
- Can I export a 1001Tracklists tracklist to Spotify?
- Yes. 1001Tracklists' changelog announced Spotify playlist export for tracklists in August 2025. Tracks that aren't on Spotify, including unreleased IDs, won't make it into the playlist.
- What do the play counts on 1001Tracklists mean?
- The site says that on tracklists it displays the total number of plays for each track, so you can see which tracks are very popular and which are rare. A low count on a track you like is a good digging lead.
- How do I save tracks I find on 1001Tracklists?
- The site has Favorite Tracks and Track Playlists, introduced in December 2023, for saving tracks to your account. If your other finds live elsewhere, copy the keepers into one list you review regularly.