Shazam: Find Music & Concerts
84
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ bumetric analysis
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This iOS app dominates the music identification niche, directly competing with sound recognition features embedded within smart assistants like Siri and Google Assistant, as well as dedicated apps such as SoundHound. Its substantial user rating, backed by millions of reviews, signals exceptional user satisfaction and a deeply entrenched market position, indicating a mature product with significant traction. Operating as a free app, its revenue strategy relies on data monetization and driving traffic to partner services, rather than direct in-app purchases or subscriptions. For a "News" category app, this approach leverages its massive user base to generate value through referrals and advertising, a common monetization path for high-volume utility apps that avoid direct consumer charges to maximize adoption. The opportunity in this space often involves integrating premium content discovery or exclusive artist access through subscription tiers, which Shazam currently foregoes.
BU Score 84 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.1M – $6.8M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$5.7M – $8.6M
per month
MEGA tier
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$172/mo · 12.0M ratings · 4.8★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$60K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $45K – $80K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| ⚙ News complexity ×1.20 | +$10K |
Total estimate
$60K
👥 Estimated audience size
1045.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
156.5M
Daily active
70.0M
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 News engagement | ~120 installs / rating |
| 🔁 News D30 retention | 15% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.45 |
DAU / MAU
45% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+1.5% MoM · MEGA tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.9M – $6.0M
12 months
$5.1M – $6.8M
24 months
$5.7M – $8.6M
Compound growth at +1.5% MoM (tier baseline for MEGA). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±10% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 61/100MEGA TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
7.5
Product Quality
9.8
Revenue Strength
6.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.8
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $2.0M - $10.0M/mo · MEGA tier · low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.9★ across 8,714,749 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90.0M-$160.0M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (8,714,749 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (19 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| Established app (7y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v26.14
Thanks for using Shazam! We’re always working hard to make the app faster and better than ever. Update to the most recent version to enjoy the latest and greatest Shazam.
Don’t forget to keep your Shazam History safe and in sync between your devices.… Full release notes →
Don’t forget to keep your Shazam History safe and in sync between your devices.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Shazam: Find Music & Concerts
- Developer
- Apple
- Bundle ID
- com.shazam.Shazam
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- CS, NL, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, PL, PT, RU, ZH, SK, ES, ZH, TR, UK
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $442/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth8,714,749 ratings+36% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (4 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
"What's that song? Shazam will instantly identify music playing around you or in apps like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube & Snapchat. Discover concerts near you, song lyrics, videos & more. With tens of millions of daily users, Shazam is trusted by music lovers worldwide.
Shazam has thousands of five star reviews and is a top rated music app.
""Shazam is a gift... a game changer"" - Pharrell Williams, GQ
""I don't know how we ever survived before Shazam"" - Marshmello… View full description on the official store →
Shazam has thousands of five star reviews and is a top rated music app.
""Shazam is a gift... a game changer"" - Pharrell Williams, GQ
""I don't know how we ever survived before Shazam"" - Marshmello… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 47 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 18.0+🔖 v26.14🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 CS, NL, EN, FR, DE +14📂 News💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
6 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v26.12 → v26.14
2026-07
📦
Bundle ↓ 74MB → 50MB — likely major code refresh
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v26.10 → v26.12
→ 30 days after: revenue +$441/mo · reviews +83,289 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +46,057 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v26.10
→ 30 days after: reviews +8,721,661 low · multiple changes
2026-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +8,675,604 high confidence
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Tech & Domain Intel — shazam.com
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.8613★ | 841,569 | 4.8613★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.92202★ | 1,088,204 | 4.92202★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.85719★ | 1,141,046 | 4.85719★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.82466★ | 1,598,483 | 4.82466★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.8162★ | 2,567,553 | 4.8162★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.86609★ | 1,651,821 | 4.86609★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.83139★ | 222,670 | 4.83139★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.76829★ | 635,298 | 4.76829★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.8956★ | 8,753,414 | 4.8956★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Shazam: Find Music & Concerts: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 8,714,749 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Shazam make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Shazam earns approximately $441/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like Shazam?▴
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Who makes Shazam?▴
Shazam is published by Apple on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Shazam's BU Score?▴
Shazam has a BU Score of 84/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.