About Disglobe

Disglobe is a free interactive 3D globe of the world that streams live radio stations from every continent. Click any glowing dot on the globe to listen instantly.

What it does

• Renders roughly 2,200 live radio stations as dots on a 3D Earth.
• Streams audio directly in the browser. HLS, MP3, AAC, and Icecast supported.
• Filters by country, language, genre, and station type (independent, commercial, community, college, public).
• Search by station name, tag, country, or language.
• Works offline once visited — installable as a Progressive Web App.

Where the data comes from

Station metadata is sourced from the Radio Browser community database, a CC0-licensed catalog maintained by volunteers. Disglobe filters this catalog to active, geo-located stations. Stream URLs point directly to the broadcasters themselves; we do not host or re-encode audio.

Privacy

No account required. No personal data collected. We use Vercel Analytics for anonymous page-view counts. Audio plays directly from broadcasters — they see your IP the same as any radio website. HTTP-only Icecast streams are proxied through our edge to satisfy browser HTTPS requirements.

Cost

Disglobe is free. There is no premium tier, no ads, and no subscription.

Technology

Single-page web app built with React, Three.js (via globe.gl), Zustand, and Fuse.js. Deployed on Vercel. Audio uses HLS.js with fallback to native HTML5 audio. The full source approach favors performance: stations paint from a pre-baked seed before any API call, with the live catalog hydrated in the background.