The infinite quest for IDs has propelled Shazam to an unfathomable milestone: over 100 billion searches.
Representatives of the Apple-owned platform put the variety of searches into perspective in a celebratory weblog submit, noting that it will take 12 searches from each individual on the planet to achieve 100 billion. If a single consumer tried to achieve that determine, they would want to Shazam a brand new music each second for 3,168 years.
The information illustrates the explosive progress garnered by Shazam since its debut again in 2002, to which Apple credit gradual developments to the app. At first, customers might solely search utilizing SMS, however now they’ll search on desktop, cellular and on units like smartwatches.
Digital dance music represents a good portion of the highest 100 songs searched on Shazam. That features generational dance anthems like Avicii’s “Wake Me Up,” Martin Garrix’s “Animals and The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s “Nearer,” amongst others. In the meantime, synthwave icon Kavinsky lately achieved the most-Shazamed minute within the app’s historical past after he carried out his iconic single “Nightcall” on the Paris 2024 Summer time Olympics.
You may take heed to Shazam’s high 100 most searched songs on Apple Music beneath.
