Shazam surpasses 100 million mobile monthly active users

NEW YORK, US: Shazam has announced it has more than 100 million mobile monthly active users (MAUs), a 34 percent increase year-over-year and a milestone achieved in the past only by an elite group of services, including the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

The app has been downloaded onto more than 500 million mobile devices to date and is adding users at a rate of 13 million per month. This massive user base Shazams more than 20 million times per day, a comany release said.

Also driving growth is Shazam's continued attention to a seamless user experience. Improvements to app speed and simplicity are a central focus of the company's product and engineering team, which includes a group of over 120 scientists and engineers. The company has been granted over 200 patents and continues to innovate aggressively. Now, most Shazams take less than 4 seconds, giving users access to the content they want almost instantly.

Over the past year, Shazam has accelerated its product roadmap, delivering monthly updates for iOS and Android that enhance the app's functionality, including:

Auto Shazam - An "always on" feature that allows users to seamlessly discover the music and TV around them.
Newsfeed - Highly relevant content targeted based on what a user has Shazamed.
Streaming Integration - A simple way for users to listen to the music they discover through Shazam with leading global streaming providers.
Charts - Predict hits before anyone else and show users what songs are trending based on Shazam activity.
Shazam for Mac - Shazam's first experience beyond mobile.

Shazam has plans to continue to aggressively increase the universe of what is Shazamable and expand its technologies into new verticals with additional launch announcements expected later this year.