Shazam status: streaming issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Shazam reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Shazam users through our website.

• Errors (80%)
• Buffering (20%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Shazam outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Catania	Errors	9 days ago
Narbonne	Errors	29 days ago
Poplar	Errors	2 months ago
Katowice	Buffering	3 months ago
Lyon	Errors	3 months ago
Township of Evan	Errors	4 months ago

Full Outage Map

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Shazam Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Marco Almeida (@MarcoAlmeidaPT) reported 26 seconds ago

  Car stereo playing a song on the radio. iPhone connected via CarPlay. Opening Shazam or Apple’s own “recognize music” tool immediately shuts down the radio. I know taking over the car stereo audio when the microphone is activated is the standard behavior, but it’s kind of stupid in this scenario, right?

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  Boluwatife (@abubakirhammedb) reported 1 minute ago

  @bekeestitches Everyone kept treating Shazam like the threat, when the real problem was the people manipulating the situation behind the scenes. 😭 The guy was fighting the wrong battle from the start. 💀

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  Recovery Simp (@recovery_simp) reported 2 minutes ago

  COSOMA’s Blank Media Levy A THREAD 1/ Everybody is arguing about COSOMA payouts, but most people don’t even know what the Blank Media Levy actually is. Some think it’s government tax. Some think it’s Spotify money. Some think COSOMA just wakes up and chooses who to pay. None of that is true. So let’s break it down. 2/ Imagine you make a song. Thousands of people save it on their phones, laptops, memory cards and flash drives. Even if they don’t sell your music, they’re still making copies of it. Now imagine trying to ask every single person to pay you. Impossible, right? 3/ That’s why copyright law created the Blank Media Levy. Instead of chasing millions of people who copy music for personal use, a small levy is collected whenever devices that can store copyrighted content are imported into Malawi. That money goes into one big pool for creators. 4/ The devices include: • Phones • Laptops • Tablets • Flash drives • Hard drives • Memory cards • CDs & DVDs Basically, anything people use to store music, movies or books. 5/ So who collects this money? MRA. Think of MRA as the cashier. When importers bring these products into Malawi, MRA collects the Blank Media Levy together with other applicable charges. It then remits the money to COSOMA. MRA doesn’t decide who gets paid. 6/ Now COSOMA has one big pot of money. Thousands of musicians, filmmakers, writers and other creators are waiting for a share. So… How does COSOMA decide who gets what? 7/ Most people think it’s based on popularity. It isn’t. COSOMA isn’t supposed to ask: “Who’s the biggest artist?” It’s supposed to ask: “Whose copyrighted work was used the most according to the data available?” 8/ Think of two students. One is the most popular kid in school. The other has perfect attendance. Those aren’t always the same person. Royalties work the same way. Popularity and measured usage are not always the same thing. 9/ So how does COSOMA measure usage? Through a monitoring system. Think of it like a football referee. The referee doesn’t guess who scored. He keeps score throughout the game. 10/ Radio stations and TV stations keep playlists and broadcast logs showing every song they play. COSOMA collects that information and uses it to estimate how often songs were broadcast. The more qualifying plays your music gets, the bigger your potential share. 11/ Many copyright societies around the world also use music recognition technology (similar to Shazam) to automatically identify songs played on radio and TV. COSOMA has said it uses monitoring and broadcast data, although it hasn’t publicly explained every technical detail of its system. 12/ Imagine the monitoring results look like this: Artist A — 1,000 plays Artist B — 700 plays Artist C — 300 plays If royalties are shared using that data, Artist A gets a bigger slice than Artist C. Simple. 13/ Now here’s where the debate begins. People ask: “What about churches?” “What about weddings?” “What about crusades?” “What about minibuses blasting gospel all day?” If those uses aren’t captured in the monitoring data, they may not significantly affect the payout. 14/ People ask the same questions about: • YouTube • Spotify • TikTok • Facebook Those don’t automatically count towards Blank Media Levy distributions because they involve different rights and different royalty systems. 15/ This is why an artist can have millions of views… Fill stadiums… Trend every week… …and still receive a royalty payment that surprises everyone. Because popularity isn’t automatically the same as documented copyright use. 16/ So why do some artists receive millions while others receive much less? Generally because of: • More qualifying radio & TV airplay • More licensed public performances • Proper registration of their works • Their ownership share of the copyright Not simply because they’re more famous.

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  justhugee (@Justhugee) reported 7 minutes ago

  @elEmilio_W The problem is he thinks he has more pull in Hollywood than writers and directors. You don’t even know the source material, why the *** are you producing a full feature film about a Shazam villian.

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  The Problematic Kevhulk73 🇺🇸🐉💀 (@kevhulk73) reported 8 minutes ago

  @tuvya68 @Hollywood_Solo That was even the problem with the modern Shazam movies ..that fans complained because Shazam acted exactly like Billy.

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  Oye Superstar (@Oyesuperstar) reported 9 minutes ago

  Bro. Just me. Running down the street. Dancing to a song Shazam couldn't even find.

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  Rich Bateman (@richbateman87) reported 10 minutes ago

  realistically who or what are we blaming for dcs problems right now? why has supergirl underperformed as bad as blue beetle, shazam 2 and the flash? because this needs addressing

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  obinna. i (@ObinnaIkoku) reported 15 minutes ago

  @r0lgar77 @CultureCrave @DCOfficial Everyone did, recasting superman was a dis service. And shazam is soo unlikable it coulfnt fit into a justice league movie, james gun version batman is gonna suck ba*** i can feel it… Now i think about it, james gun modeled his universe after that ****** shazam movie

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  JFresh (@JFreshHockey) reported 15 minutes ago

  Anti-Flag - “Broken Bones” it's whatever Arkells - “Whistleblower” don't like this band at all but this has some energy to it it's decent Band of Skulls - “The Devil Takes Care of His Own” i blame the black keys for all the mid blues rock they kept putting in these games Bassnectar - “Pennywise Tribute” 7/10 i don't even know much you could even call this a remix but the original is cool Battleme - “Shoot the Noise, Man” even the electric stuff has to be bluesy apparently Classified - “Run with Me” this is so so bad i can't even pretend to like it for halifax reasons Foxy Shazam - “I Like It” the uncensored chorus is insane. song's so ******* annoying Gaslight Anthem - “45” good song on imo a great album The Heavy - “What Makes a Good Man” pretty cool stuff The Hives - “I Want More” good band but really annoying Monster Truck - “Seven Seas Blues” it's fine but enough of the big burly beard blues rock My Darkest Days - “Save Yourself” at least it's catchy but i hate the hot topic pop metal The Offspring - “Days Go By” maybe the most shameless rip off song i've ever heard, just cover foo fighters instead Shinedown - “Bully” garbage Thousand Foot Krutch - “Light Up the Sky” no

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  GMVC🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@_GMVC) reported 16 minutes ago

  @jaycubedd Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Shazam all were good imo, the rest was terrible man

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  KARMAisCOMING🌊 ˢᵏᶻ ᵃᵗᵉ (@roslavna3126372) reported 18 minutes ago

  I explain: When I do shazam and clear cache then do shazam it counts like 1 When I do shazam and clear DATA then do Shazam it counts like 2 It is problem because we loose so much Shazams because this misinfo. Also It worked only on Android.

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  Jurly (@jurlycat) reported 20 minutes ago

  Smart TVs and smart monitors are getting cheaper partly because manufacturers are turning users into a source of advertising and data revenue. Some use ACR, basically Shazam for your screen. It fingerprints what appears on the display, including content from connected devices, and sends it to a server for identification and tracking. Apparently paying for the screen no longer makes you the customer.

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  Meimei🍦🍧 (@Billy_batshed) reported 21 minutes ago

  @the_xueyutanhua We should all agree that that Shazam run never existed, never happened, was never written. Not only did it do absolute **** for jon and Damian, but also it's main characters throughout every issue 😭

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  Mason mount (@mount4life) reported 24 minutes ago

  @Exchronos @Steveroger3277 Shazam 2 had a weak plot and terrible acting

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  Bumblebee Corey (@DoomCorey) reported 26 minutes ago

  @_NamelessGoon @redaction I remember spending like 30 minutes trying to find it and had to play it on computer and Shazam on phone. So I figured I'd do some community service and just post the band name lol.

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  Clipsbaba 🪖 (@Clipsbaba21) reported 27 minutes ago

  @bekeestitches Yeah the writing tanked it, Shazam himself was never the real problem.

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  who¿ (@defnotbade) reported 27 minutes ago

  *swipes down control center *taps shazam

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  ankle (@ankleknuckle) reported 31 minutes ago

  @DIRTBAGCLOWN @EXCELSIORSPEAKS really the titans are the bigger issue imo. unnecessary to have damian as a second robin, and having ALL of starfire, cyborg, raven, and zatanna is indulgent in a roster without like, the flash or shazam or supergirl

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  Dreams Uncharted Comix (@DreamsUnchartd) reported 33 minutes ago

  @CTPhipps1980 Well they did. They renamed him to Shazam a while back to avoid problems with Marvel I think.

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  Ola🧘 (@Olaszn_) reported 36 minutes ago

  @Dimson001789 If Superman ever snapped and went full villain mode, there’s barely anyone who could actually take him down. Darkseid, Doctor Fate, maybe Shazam if he’s at his absolute peak.

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  Bede Fan (@Choking_Dog) reported 37 minutes ago

  @axel12381403 @FandomWasp I think this was miles better than the shazam issue though this was actually meaningful to Jon's character and was never meant to be a supersons thing, plus its in Txyz character to mock Jon with the aging up comment, he's trying to ruin Jon so he never gets defeated eventually

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  JB (@OfficialJBTells) reported 40 minutes ago

  @bekeestitches Shazam was never the problem. The problem was DC not knowing how to support something lighthearted and fun while everything else was trying so hard to be dark and gritty.

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  King Emmanuel (@Obanuell) reported 43 minutes ago

  @bekeestitches Shazam was never the problem. The real issue was everyone underestimating what he could become and how much power he actually carried. They judged the kid instead of understanding the hero.

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  JosMe💯 (@Keepee16) reported 46 minutes ago

  @wrld_of_Grace Shazam is not working, I did it 3 times...

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  Cathleen Lard (@LardCathleen) reported 52 minutes ago

  @Barron47voicese It's a real serious problem how we got here! Shazam

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  Giovanetta Marangoz 🌹 天下大乱形势大好 (@giovanettanyc) reported 53 minutes ago

  @meeksthoughtbub The music down here is pretty fire I'm trying to Shazam it

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  Eat_My_Shorts (@YULITTL) reported 55 minutes ago

  @Blu_lulululu @iansmith06 @benardonhard Brother the same people handling the dcu rn have been in DC since 2021 making all those terrible movies like flash, aquaman 2, birds of prey, Shazam 2. James Gunn, Peter Saran, Christina, Andy mushetti. All these people made trash dceu movies before the reboot and stayed after.

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  uche (@Ando_boy9090) reported 56 minutes ago

  @bigjozzy @tolathebaddest No na no be iPhone u dey use? Scroll down Shazam am

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  Davy Anonymous (@davy_anonymous) reported 58 minutes ago

  @apinionsvary We need to bring back public executions. I'd be glad to pull the lever or the trigger myself. In fact, we could have an auction for the privilege. The state would save ton of money on housing them and make a profit from the auction. One year and one day for appeals and then, Shazam, Game over. I am by no means joking. When you cross the line that far, as in child ****... You no longer human being in my book. We should castrate them with a rusty knife first, and then hang them. If we did it like that, publicly (Maybe private on the castration part) you want to bet that would be a deterrent!? I could do it easily And then sit down to a full meal. I lived on a ranch for a couple of years and I had to butcher some animals. I was more remorseful about that than I would be for these guys here.

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  CallmeStorm (@Storm08885011) reported 59 minutes ago

  @Phenomm_ This movie could be really good, but that's still not gonna fix the many issues that DC has and the DCU as a whole. The fact that Clayface is getting a movie before Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Shazam, and other A-list heroes is a ****** crime