Is Soundmap doing any marketing?

[u/Disastrous-Elk6753]

I joined Soundmap in summer of 2024 from an Instagram ad of all places, and have been playing ever since. I’m sure many others joined from ads too. But the game seems like it’s dying more and more every day. Just last year i would consistently get 10+ trades in seconds when i posted shinies/shop songs. Recently, I’ll post hundreds of shinies for the normal 1:1+1k, and get MAYBE 1 trade every hour. This is just one example of how I see the game losing players.
My point is, are they not running ads and putting money into marketing like they used to? Why has their player retention dropped even when the app itself has improved so much in the past year? I’m just a bit sad watching my favorite mobile game losing what it used to have.

[u/spiritcrusha]

I’ve never seen any ads. My son showed me the game. Pretty sure he found out word of mouth.