# Discogs

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/discogs/

7 people recommended Discogs in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Discogs as a large music database and marketplace for buying physical records and CDs, with a freely downloadable database.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 10 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful music database and marketplace (2 comments in the sample): "Amazing DB of music and used record shop." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50007095)) "Discogs.org is a very good marketplace" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46180459))
- Go-to place for physical media (1 comment in the sample): "For physical media, Discogs is the way to go" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45875887))
- Well-liked resource among enthusiasts (1 comment in the sample): "what a great resource discogs is" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46917834))

## Other music databases people recommend

- [MusicBrainz](https://hackerapproved.com/p/musicbrainz/): 22 recommend, 2 mixed, 3 criticize
- [RateYourMusic](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rateyourmusic/): 8 recommend, 0 mixed, 6 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.discogs.com/)

## 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, "Discogs", https://hackerapproved.com/p/discogs/ (7 recommend, 3 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.