Apple announced that its music recognition app Shazam has surpassed 100 billion song recognitions worldwide. This figure is so big that, based on the world’s population, it means that 12 songs are recognized per person. Let’s take a look at what exactly Shazam is and how it broke the record…
Historic record from Shazam: The number of song recognitions has crossed the 100 billion threshold!
Once upon a time, Shazam, which Apple acquired in 2018, started as an SMS service in the UK in 2002. Users could identify the music they were listening to by dialing a number from their phones and receive the results via text message. In 2008, the application moved to the iOS platform and quickly became popular.
Today, Shazam offers an ad-free experience as part of the Apple ecosystem, allowing millions of users to discover music. In fact, the most recognized song on Shazam to date is “Dance Monkey”, which has been recognized 45 million times. This number is only a small portion of the app’s total recognition amount.
After the new update, Shazam, which finds the name of the music playing, will be able to recognize the songs playing around and in the application, even if headphones are plugged in.
In addition, Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things”, one of the most popular songs of 2023, has achieved great success by exceeding the 10 million recognition threshold in just 178 days. According to Apple, even if a single person recognized a song every second, it would take 3168 years to reach 100 billion recognitions!
In short, the fact that Shazam has crossed the 100 billion recognition threshold today is an indication of the trust and loyalty of music lovers to the app. What do you think? You can write your opinions in the comments section below.
