The endless quest for IDs has propelled Shazam to an unfathomable milestone: over 100 billion searches.
Representatives of the Apple-owned platform put the number of searches into perspective in a celebratory blog post, noting that it would take 12 searches from every person on the planet to reach 100 billion. If a single user tried to reach that figure, they would need to Shazam a new song every second for 3,168 years.
The data illustrates the explosive growth garnered by Shazam since its debut back in 2002, to which Apple credits gradual advancements to the app. At first, users could only search using SMS, but now they can search on desktop, mobile and on devices like smartwatches.
Electronic dance music represents a significant portion of the top 100 songs searched on Shazam. That includes generational dance anthems like Avicii’s “Wake Me Up,” Martin Garrix’s “Animals and The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s “Closer,” among others. Meanwhile, synthwave icon Kavinsky recently achieved the most-Shazamed minute in the app’s history after he performed his iconic single “Nightcall” at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
You can listen to Shazam’s top 100 most searched songs on Apple Music below.
