Pandora's Music Genome Project turned any song or artist into a personalised radio station with thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons. Free listening was capped at 40 hours a month in 2010, the service was US-only, and its iPhone app made it one of the first must-have smartphone apps.
- Domain in 2010
- pandora.com
- Launched
- September 2005
- Founders
- Tim Westergren, Will Glaser, Jon Kraft
- Owner in 2010
- Pandora Media (private)
- Region
- United States
- Status today
- Acquired
What people used it for
- Custom radio stations seeded by an artist or song
- Discovering similar music
Interface characteristics
- Blue Flash player with album art tiles
- Thumbs up and thumbs down on every song
- Limited skips per hour
Notable features
- Music Genome Project attributes
- 40-hour monthly cap for free listeners (2009-2011)
What happened later
Pandora went public in 2011 and was bought by SiriusXM in 2019.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
