How much does Shazam make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Shazam earns approximately $7.3K/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.

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Shazam is published by Apple Inc. on the Google Play 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 89/100 (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.

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts

Quality Score

Excellent

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts

Name: Shazam: Find Music & Concerts — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Shazam: Find Music & Concerts revenue, Shazam: Find Music & Concerts app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Music & Audio revenue, Android app revenue

High confidence

4.8 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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This app dominates the real-time song identification niche, competing directly with Google’s Sound Search and SoundHound. Its substantial user base, evidenced by millions of ratings and a strong average rating, signals robust traction and a mature product in the growth stage, maintaining significant market share despite being free. The lack of a direct revenue stream here is notable. In the Music & Audio category, a common monetization path for free utility apps like this, especially those with high engagement, involves strategic partnerships for music discovery and streaming service referrals, or integrating premium, ad-free tiers for enhanced features. Given its established user base, exploring an IAP for advanced features or an ad-free experience could unlock significant revenue without alienating the core user base.

BU Score 89 · 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

$7.3K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$7.6K – $15.9K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$9.4K – $28.2K

per month

MID tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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🍎Also on iOS

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts

—/mo · 8.7M ratings · 4.9★

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$115K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $85K – $155K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~1.3y at current MRR

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
⚙ Music & Audio complexity ×1.45	+$22K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$40K

Total estimate $115K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$125K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 19× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.1× build cost (break-even+)

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.

How the multiple was built

📺 Ad-supported base	15× MRR
⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium)	+15%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 19× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

1553.5M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

310.5M

Daily active

155.0M

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

📲 Music & Audio engagement	~130 installs / rating
🔁 Music & Audio D30 retention	20%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.50

DAU / MAU 50% sticky

🛠 Estimated tech stack

🤖

Native Android (Kotlin)

High confidence · 80%

Also possible

Flutter

Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.

Signals we read

🏷 Category context	Music & Audio
📦 Compact Android bundle	→ Native Kotlin

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$7.3K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)

Direction

Headwinds: low defensibility moat

6 months

$7.0K – $11.6K

12 months

$7.6K – $15.9K

24 months

$9.4K – $28.2K

Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 46/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

4.9

Product Quality

9.7

Revenue Strength

3.9

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

2.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $5K - $10K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.84★ across 11,951,160 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 = $131K-$234K.

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

MODEL

Revenue 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 3 of 3 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

High install base (11,951,160 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC		+$2,200
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Shazam: Find Music & Concerts
Developer: Apple Inc.
Bundle ID: com.shazam.android
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Music & Audio
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.shazam.com
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $7.3K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
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.

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 →

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📝 Description

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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