Soundcloud — Design Score: 74/100 (grade B)
Strong typography & motion polish (79–86), but spacing density crushes readability—29% dominant color + 0.74 density means users see packed, hard-to-scan layouts.
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The four measured dimensions
- Typography & Hierarchy: 79/100
- Color & Contrast: 80/100
- Spacing & Layout: 45/100
- Motion & Polish: 86/100
What we measured
- Typography & Hierarchy — type ladder rhythm: 2.32× · 1.27× · 1.57× (26.9/35)
- Typography & Hierarchy — weight contrast: [100, 400, 600, 700, 800] (spread 700) (14.0/20)
- Typography & Hierarchy — body line-height: 1.43 (15.0/15)
- Typography & Hierarchy — heading line-height: 0.85 (3.1/10)
- Typography & Hierarchy — size discipline: 4 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — body text contrast (WCAG): 18.73:1 (30.0/30)
- Color & Contrast — primary button contrast: 18.73:1 (10.0/10)
- Color & Contrast — accent discipline: 2 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — surface coverage: 29% dominant (6.2/20)
- Color & Contrast — scheme consistency: dark (14.0/20)
- Spacing & Layout — breathing room: 0.74 density · dense (0.0/25)
- Spacing & Layout — structure & responsive: 2 breakpoints (15.0/15)
- Motion & Polish — motion tokens: 100ms dominant (20.6/25)
- Motion & Polish — choreography: 40 reveal candidates (20.0/20)
Every line above is read from the live DOM — the exact contrast ratio, the detected spacing grid, the forced hover states — not an AI's guess from a screenshot.
Top fixes
- Reduce layout density by increasing padding and margins
- Tighten heading line-height from 0.85 to 0.95–1.1
- Flatten type ladder—reduce 2.32× jump to 1.6–1.8×
The comprehensive report — every fix with why + the exact how-to — is part of Mozaika Pro.
An automated measurement of Soundcloud's publicly-visible design (color, type, spacing, motion) — not affiliated with soundcloud.com. Removal requests: hello@mozaika.design.