Apple’s Shazam app surpassed 200 million monthly active users globally

Apple-owned Shazam app on Wednesday announced that it has surpassed 200 million monthly active users worldwide.

For those of you who aren’t aware, Apple acquired Shazam back in 2018. Apple, while making the announcement, had noted that Shazam was one of the first apps available on the App Store when it was launched. The app lets users identify songs simply by listening to the music playing around them. As of now, Shazam is available as a standalone app. It is also available as a built-in feature on iPhones and iPads.

“Apple Music and Shazam offer a seamless experience to music fans around the world, from Shazam’s ubiquitous discovery platform to Apple Music’s unparalleled content, global live radio stations and human curation. Looking back at our long history together, we can only see how close our missions have been: bringing the best home for music lovers and creators everywhere,” Oliver Schusser, vice president of Apple Music, Beats, and International Content, said on the occasion.

To mark the special occasion, Shazam shared the list of the 100 most Shazamed tracks ever globally, through a chart-playlist now available exclusively on Apple Music. The list includes Tones and I’s pop single “Dance Monkey”, which tops the all-time list with over 36.6 million Shazams since its release in May 2019. It is followed by Lilly Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz’s “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)” and Passenger’s “Let Her Go" closing the top 3.

In addition to that, Shazam also shared a new playlist Discovery Top 50, which compiles up-and-coming songs from breaking artists around the world, and access Shazam’s global, country and city-specific top charts in-app and on the website.