# Chiptune Radio

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/chiptune-app/

5 people recommended Chiptune Radio in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

3 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Keygen.music”.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a long-running, fast, free chiptune radio site that is well maintained and open source.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 4 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Long-running and well maintained (2 comments in the sample): "seems to be a better project and has been maintained for years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48508103)) "This site's been around for a while and is really good as well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112998))

## Other internet radios people recommend

- [SomaFM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/somafm/): 28 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize
- [KEXP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kexp/): 17 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Radio Garden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/radio-garden/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Radio Paradise](https://hackerapproved.com/p/radio-paradise/): 12 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Chiptune Radio", https://hackerapproved.com/p/chiptune-app/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.