About Disglobe

Disglobe is a free interactive 3D globe of the world that streams live radio stations and ambient field recordings 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.
• Plays ambient field recordings (forests, oceans, cities) for environmental soundscapes.
• 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.