The site hosts both professional and amateur content,[2] covering metal, punk, indie, rock, hip-hop, pop and other styles.

[5] Michael Miller wrote that "you're likely to fine [sic] a wide variety of opinions in the site".

[6] The ethnomusicologist Jorge Mercado Méndez references Sputnikmusic as an 'acclaimed' review source adjacent to Pitchfork,[7] while musicologist Giuseppe Catani cites Sputnikmusic's Alex Robertson alongside the NME.

[8] On Sputnikmusic, there are four levels of reviewers, which differentiate professional and amateur content:[9] The Sputnikmusic notation system is based on a 5-point system, starting at 1.0 and ending at 5.0 in 0.5 steps.

A bar chart also shows the number of ratings each score has received for each album.