Today’s Hits on Apple Music (2024)

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What are todays hits on Apple Music? ›

As of October 2022, Apple Music reached the 100 million songs milestone in its streaming catalog in October 2022. As of May 5, 2023, the most streamed song of all time on Apple Music is "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran with more than 930 million plays worldwide.

Note: For a more comprehensive music analysis, navigate to "Songs" in the "Stats" tab. Here, you can delve into not only play counts but also details like skips, last played, last skipped, and more. Look at the "Plays" column to see the number of times each song has been played.

Today's Hits is home to the biggest songs in pop, hip-hop, R&B, and more.

"Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd is the most-streamed song on Spotify, with over 4 billion streams. As of June 2024, "Blinding Lights" (2019) by Canadian singer the Weeknd is the most-streamed song to date.

What song is the most played ever? ›

It was never a hit single and got almost no play on Top 40 radio. There's even a dispute over the exact title. Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.

To see the top artists you've listened to this year, artist play counts, and listening hours, sign in with the email you use for your Apple Music subscription. Select "Get Started," and your music and artist insights will display.

What Does Apple Music Pay Per Stream? Apple Music is a music streaming service, so artists are paid per stream and not per download. The average pay is $0.01 per stream, which ranks the platform among the top 5 highest paying music streaming platforms.

Analytics in the Apple Music for Artists partner view

Listening Now shows the number of fans who initiate plays of your music. Note, this does not include plays that occur when a listener is offline. Plays are recorded when a user initiates song playback in Apple Music for more than 30 seconds.

Tap the search field, tap Apple Music, then enter a song, artist, album, playlist, radio show or episode, station, video, category, curator, record label, or profile. Tap the search field, tap Your Library, then enter a song, album, playlist, artist, video, compilation, or composer.

In the Now Playing view, tap on the menu icon in the lower-right corner. When you see the a list of songs, swipe down to reveal the History section. You recently played songs are displayed here.

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