Shazam, Apple’s music recognition app, has announced a milestone as it has been recognized more than 100 billion times since its launch.
Shazam points out that this number is roughly equivalent to 12 songs Recognized for everyone on the planet.
In the long term, Shazam says, reaching that number would require individuals using Shazam to identify one song per second. 3,168 for several years in a row.
“This monumental milestone reflects not only how much people enjoy using Shazam, but also their interest in new music,” said Oliver Schussel, appleVice President apple music and beat.
“Music discovery is at the core of everything we do, and we’re constantly innovating to ensure music lovers around the world can click the Shazam button wherever they hear music playing!”
“Music discovery is at the core of everything we do, and we’re constantly innovating to ensure music lovers around the world can click the Shazam button wherever they hear music playing!”
Oliver Schusselapple
Shazam’s journey began in 2002 as a messaging service in the UK. Initially, music fans will dial 2580, raise their mobile phones to identify the music, and receive detailed information about the songs via text messages. The platform’s popularity soared with its launch on the App Store in 2008 and the launch of an iOS app, bringing music recognition technology to millions of users.
By the summer of 2011, Shazam had realized 1 billion song. After being acquired by Apple in 2018, $400 million, Shazam is starting to give users more ways to discover music.
Recent technological advancements further enhance the Shazam experience, including music recognition on iOS and macOS, a Shazam widget on the watchOS Smart Stack, integration with iPhone and Apple Watch action buttons, and Wear OS updates for direct watch-based song recognition and quickly identify settings tiles on Android devices.
Last year, Shazam launched a personalized in-app concert discovery hub called “concert”, which uses users’ Shazam history to provide curated activity recommendations. In June 2023, Shazam launched a new feature that allows users to identify TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other applications by turning on the “Auto-Shazam” function songs on the program.
Shazam says that in addition to its technical capabilities, it is also a platform for capturing global music trends and moments. During the Paris Olympics, Kavinskyof Night call Becoming the most recognizable song within a minute.
Recent milestones for the app include Benson Booneof beautiful things, became a #1 hit in 2023 10 million Recognized, it took only 178 days to achieve this goal. For context it will take over 4,800 year reached 100 billion recognition.
Shazam says yes connected with more than 300 million Number of monthly active users to date.
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