Bandcamp is an online music distribution platform founded in 2008 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker,[1][2][3][4] with an office and record store in Oakland, California.

[6] Bandcamp was founded in 2008 by Ethan Diamond (CEO) and programmers Shawn Grunberger (CFO), Joe Holt and Neal Tucker.

[15] In an internal email, Songtradr's CEO, Paul Wiltshire, said that Bandcamp's financial state had "not been healthy" due to increased operating costs over steady revenues, despite the site's continuous profitability.

They can also send purchased music as a gift,[23] view lyrics, and save individual songs or albums to a wish list.

[25] In addition to digital downloads artists may offer to sell their music on physical media such as CD or vinyl.

[31] In response to the protests that took place following the murder of George Floyd and other African Americans who had died from police violence, Bandcamp announced that for 24 hours on June 19, 2020 they would donate 100% of profits to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

[32] Also, in response to the Southern California wildfires of January 2025, Bandcamp announced that they would donate all of their proceeds from February 7th to MusiCares to support those affected by it.

Several indie game developers published their game soundtracks on Bandcamp,[citation needed] including the creators of Aquaria, Bastion, Cuphead, Celeste,[36] Sanctum, Machinarium, Terraria,[37][38] Plants vs. Zombies, Limbo, Super Meat Boy, To the Moon, YIIK: A Postmodern RPG, Fez, Minecraft,[39] Undertale,[40] Deltarune[41], and Stardew Valley.

[45] In December, UK label Warp joined Bandcamp; this made records by Hudson Mohawke, Aphex Twin, Kelela and other artists available on the platform.

[47] In the summer of 2016, their editorial content was expanded by launching Bandcamp Daily, an online music publication about artists on the platform.

[5] Its managing editor was jj skolnik, a writer for Pitchfork, BuzzFeed and The New York Times, as well as former author of punk zines.