Every sound on this site — 1556 of them, with the MP3, the Discord clip and the ringtone — as JSON. No key, no sign-up, CORS open, regenerated with every build.
| GET | Returns |
|---|---|
/api/v1/sounds | Search and browse. Parameters: q (matches title, aliases and tags), category, tag, page (from 1), per_page (default 50, max 100). |
/api/v1/sounds/{slug} | One sound. |
/api/v1/trending | The 20 sounds trending on the site now, plus the 20 people search for most. |
/api/v1/new | The 50 most recently added. |
/api/v1/categories | Categories with counts. |
/api/v1/sounds.json | The whole library in one file (~1556 entries) — for anything that wants its own index. |
curl "https://usesounds.com/api/v1/sounds?q=boom&per_page=2"A sound looks like this:
{
"slug": "vine-boom",
"title": "Vine Boom",
"category": "memes",
"tags": [
"boom",
"bass",
"vine",
"impact",
"tiktok",
"punchline"
],
"aliases": [
"vine boom bass",
"bass boost boom",
"boom meme sound",
"vine boom sound",
"vine thud",
"bass boom meme"
],
"duration": 2.64,
"added": "2026-07-21",
"popularity": 99984,
"origin": "Vine app (2013), went massively viral on TikTok from 2021.",
"license": "free-with-attribution",
"page": "https://usesounds.com/sounds/vine-boom/",
"audio": "https://usesounds.com/audio/vine-boom.mp3",
"discord": "https://usesounds.com/audio/discord/vine-boom.mp3",
"ringtone": "https://usesounds.com/audio/ringtones/vine-boom.m4r",
"ringtone_mp3": "https://usesounds.com/audio/ringtones/vine-boom.mp3"
}duration is in seconds. discord is a mono MP3 under five seconds and 512 KB, ready for a Discord soundboard; ringtone is a 30-second M4R for iPhone and ringtone_mp3 its Android twin.
Free with attribution: link to the sound's page on usesounds.com wherever the audio or the data is used. Commercial or attribution-free use: write to us.
page wherever the audio or the data appears.page until page >= pages.