Today, the hugely popular music recognition app Shazam announced the rather staggering news that its app-based service had exceeded 100 billion song recognitions. To put that in perspective, that's the equivalent of 12 songs for every person on Earth (not that every person on Earth has downloaded Shazam, mind.)
The company, was (surprisingly) first launched in 2002 as a simple SMS-based 'tell me what song this is' service, but would fully explode in the 2010s - following its iOS app becoming a must-download on the blossoming App Store. It would later be acquired by Apple in 2018.
