How do I find out what a song is called?
Give Song Finder any piece of the song you can get your hands on. Upload the file, paste a link to the post it plays in, record it while it's playing, or hum the melody from memory. The tool compares your input against its catalog and returns the title, artist, album, and cover art, with a confidence score attached. So the next time you catch yourself asking what is this song, you don't need the lyrics or the artist: any fragment of the sound is enough to run the search.
How fast can it identify a song?
As little as 2 seconds of clear audio can be enough for a match. In practice, a slightly longer clip helps: more audio gives the matching engine more melody and rhythm to compare, which raises the confidence score of the result. Recording mode accepts up to 30 seconds per take and lets you pause, so you can wait for a distinctive part of the track, like the chorus, instead of submitting the first seconds you happen to catch.
How many songs can it recognize?
The catalog holds over 100 million songs, and roughly 50,000 new tracks are added on an average day. That daily growth matters more than the headline number: it means a song released this week, the kind most likely to be trending in a clip you just watched, has a realistic chance of matching rather than coming back empty.
Do I need to install a song detect app to use this?
No, Song Finder is a song identifier that runs entirely in your browser. There is nothing to install and nothing to update: open the page on a phone, tablet, or computer and every input mode works the same way, including microphone recording and humming. That also means it works on devices where you can't or don't want to add another app, like a work computer or a borrowed phone.
Can it tell me what song is playing around me right now?
Yes, use the record option while the song is playing. Song Finder listens through your microphone, and 5 seconds of reasonably clean audio is already enough to attempt a match. If the room is loud, move closer to the speaker or wait for a louder passage: background chatter is the most common reason a live recording comes back without a match.
Can I find a song from a TikTok or YouTube link?
Yes. Paste the link directly and Song Finder extracts the audio and identifies it. Supported platforms are YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Spotify, SoundCloud, Suno, and Udio, and direct links to audio or video files work as well. Use a link to a single video or track rather than a playlist, album, or profile page, since the tool needs one specific piece of audio to analyze.
What does the confidence score mean?
The confidence score tells you how certain the match is. A score of 70 or above means a confident match; results between roughly 40 and 70 are low-confidence matches, shown because they may still be right, especially for covers, remixes, or noisy recordings. Low-confidence results are saved to your history too, so you can re-run the search with a cleaner clip and compare.
What happens when it can't find a match?
A no-match result is a real outcome, not an error. The three usual causes are a song that isn't in the catalog yet, too much background noise in the clip, and AI-generated tracks that haven't been indexed anywhere. The failed attempt still lands in your history, so the practical fix is simple: try a cleaner or longer section of the audio, or switch input modes, for example from humming to the original recording if you can find it.
Can it identify a song from a video file?
Yes, video files are treated the same as audio. Upload an mp4 or mov up to 40MB and Song Finder reads the soundtrack out of it, which makes it the fastest way to find a song sitting in your camera roll or downloads folder. For video that lives online instead, paste the link rather than downloading it first.
Is my search history stored anywhere?
Your history lives in your own browser. It keeps your 20 most recent searches, matched and unmatched alike, and you can filter the list, delete single entries, or clear everything, with a confirmation step before a full wipe. Because it's stored locally, the list stays on the device you searched from.
How do I identify background music in a video?
Start from whichever form of the video you have. If it's a link, paste it; if it's a saved file, upload it; if it's playing on another device, record it. Song Finder can tell you what is this track in all three cases by matching the soundtrack against the catalog, and it lists several candidates when a clip contains more than one plausible match.