Apple declares that Shazam has surpassed 300 million month-to-month lively customers worldwide — with extra individuals than ever utilizing the app to find music.
Apple has introduced a brand new milestone, with Shazam surpassing 300 million month-to-month lively customers worldwide. With an more and more world consumer base, Shazam stays one of many strongest alerts to find out what individuals are listening to.
African international locations have been a few of the quickest rising consumer bases on Shazam, as many African songs high the platform’s yearly world charts. Rema’s “Calm Down” took the No. 1 spot on Shazam’s High 100 2023 after spending extra time atop the chart up to now yr than another track. Additionally ending the yr within the High 10 of the High 100 2023 is Ayra Starr, as she turns into one in all Nigeria’s most-Shazam’d artists.
“To everybody who took the vitality to search out this track, I hope it’s supplying you with pleasure wherever you’re immediately, and I hope it sounds as lovely as the primary day you heard it,” says Rema.
In the meantime, the worldwide attain of Ok-pop has continued to extend on Shazam, and the app’s consumer numbers have seen a notable progress in Korea. Extra Ok-pop songs have made it to the Shazam world charts this yr than any earlier yr, with rising band FIFTY FIFTY reaching No. 3 — the primary time a Ok-pop act apart from BTS or a member thereof has charted so excessive.
Latin music, significantly that of Mexico, has additionally skilled vital progress within the final yr, with the one 5 tracks from this style to enter the US Shazam High 10 all doing so throughout the final twelve months.
One of many longest standing apps on the App Retailer, Shazam has continued to innovate and introduce plenty of new options to make it simpler for customers to find music regardless of the place they’re or how they’re listening.
Most not too long ago, Shazam unveiled Concert events, a brand new area within the app for music followers to find upcoming live shows occurring of their space, offering customized occasion suggestions based mostly on their Shazam historical past or widespread occasions round them. Followers can even uncover occasions by filtering location, date, and artists.