🎤︎ Shazam music bot
The most-used song-identification bot on Telegram by monthly users, styled after the familiar Shazam use case: send a clip and get a song name back.
Key features
- Song identification from an audio clip or voice message
- Largest confirmed active user base among bots in this category
- Simple send-audio, get-a-match flow
What 🎤︎ Shazam music bot does
Shazam music bot (@shazambot) leans on the universally understood "Shazam" shorthand for song identification — it is not affiliated with Shazam Entertainment Ltd, just using the name descriptively, as many independent recognition bots in this space do. With close to 237,000 monthly users it is the most active bot of this type in this list, which matters for a category where a stale, unmaintained bot simply stops recognising anything reliably.
The bot does not publish a detailed bio explaining its exact accepted formats, so the safest assumption is the category standard: send an audio clip or a voice message of a song playing and it replies with a match if it finds one. Being popular is a meaningful, if indirect, signal that the recognition actually works often enough for people to keep coming back.
As with any fingerprint-matching bot, results depend on audio clarity and how well-known the track is — a clean 10-15 second clip of a popular song has the best odds, while a muffled recording of something obscure may come back empty.
How to start
- Open @shazambot and tap Start
- Send a short audio clip or voice message of the song
- Get the song name and artist back
Commands
/startShow the welcome messagePricing and limits
Free
Pros / Cons
- Largest active user base in this category
- Simple, familiar Shazam-style workflow
- Free to use
- No detailed bio confirming accepted formats or limits
- Name is descriptive only, not affiliated with Shazam Entertainment Ltd
- Accuracy depends heavily on audio clarity
Score breakdown
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 6 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 6 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 7 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 9 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 7 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 6 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 6 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 5 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 6 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 65.0 |
Alternatives
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Recognize SongOne more plainly named entry in the song-recognition category — a fallback worth trying if a favourite bot…
finder MusicA recognition bot with an unusually broad stated scope — its own bio claims it can identify music from…AudDThe Telegram bot for AudD, a real audio-recognition API company: send a voice message, audio file or video…ACRCloudA demo bot from ACRCloud, a real commercial audio-recognition company whose technology powers song-ID…WhatSongA song-identification bot named after the exact question it answers — send a clip, learn what song it is.FAQ
Is this the official Shazam app?
No, it is an independent Telegram bot using the name descriptively for song identification, not affiliated with Shazam Entertainment Ltd.
What audio length works best?
A clean 10-15 second clip of the song gives the best chance of a match, based on how audio-fingerprinting recognition generally works.
Technical details
- Inline mode
- Mini App
- Works in groups
- Works in channels
- Accepts voice
- Accepts files
- Requires phone number
- Requires registration
- Shows ads
- Works in Russia without VPN