Are you going to soundcloud.com in a browser, or in a SoundCloud app? It seems to give you more options if you’re in a browser.
Also, have you logged into Sound Cloud? I’m pretty sure I don’t have any followers, but the Upload option still gives me a screen asking me to drag or search for the files I want to upload. I then go to the sound file that I created and saved, click on that and upload it into SoundCloud.
Have you read the help in How to set up and record to an account in SoundCloud ?