As of November 2024, the website features 1,114,000 songs and 342,000 artists in its catalog.

Nadav Poraz founded the site in London, England in 2008, as a way to track musical samples and cover songs.

[5] The website's database is user-generated and reviewed by moderators before the content goes live.

[6][7] In 2015, the site added support for film and television clips.

[10] In October 2017, WhoSampled partnered with KPM and Ableton and organised the third 'Samplethon' competition at Point Blank Studios in London.