How Shazam Predicts a Song's Future

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Shazam leverages 100 million monthly active users and 20 million shazams a day to do concrete prediction and product work: models forecast what will hit the Billboard top 100 33 days out and flag likely hits within hours, analytics pinpoint the ~10‑second clip that drives engagement, and charts broken down by territory and genre feed licensing and A&R customers. Product work includes an Apple Watch‑optimized recognition flow and a newsfeed for post‑listen discovery.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:43What Kinds of Challenges Do You Face in the Product Life Cycle
3. 4:15How Most Users Use Shazam
4. 8:58Technology's Ability To Change Your Behavior

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