Apple Music is a popular streaming music service that allows you to access a huge library of songs. One of the features in Apple Music is the ability to “like” songs by tapping a heart icon. This adds them to your library and queues them up in personalized playlists like My Favorites Mix. But how do you see the total number of songs you’ve liked in Apple Music?
Check the Songs tab in Your Library
The easiest way to see the total number of liked songs is to open the Apple Music app and tap on the Library tab at the bottom. Next, choose Songs from the different categories. This will show you all of the songs you’ve added to your library, including liked songs.
At the top, it should display the total number of songs you’ve liked. On an iPhone, it will say something like “Liked Songs (135).” On an iPad, it may just show the total number like “135.” This makes it simple to get a tally of your liked songs in Apple Music.
View song metadata in a liked playlist
In addition to the Library, you can also see the number of liked songs in certain playlists. For example, if you go to the “My Favorites Mix” playlist that Apple Music creates, you can tap on the three dots in the upper right corner. Choose “View Album” and it will show you info like the number of songs and duration of the playlist.
This can be helpful if you want to confirm the number of liked songs that Apple Music is tracking for you. The “My Favorites Mix” playlist essentially comprises all your liked songs in Apple Music, so it should show the complete count.
Check your listening history
The ability to see your listening history was added to Apple Music a few years ago. This allows you to go back and see every song you’ve played directly in the app. Listening history even includes liked songs too.
To see your listening history:
- Open the Apple Music app and tap on the For You tab
- Scroll down and tap on “Recently Played”
- This will show your listening history for the past few weeks
You can tap “Show More” at the bottom to load additional listening history. While not as convenient as simply seeing a total like count, you could manually scan through and count up every unique liked song that appears in your listening history.
Check in the iOS Settings app
For some users, an exact liked song count appears deep in the iOS Settings app. To find it:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad
- Scroll down and tap on Music
- Look for the section called “Apple Music Account” and tap on it
- You should see your Apple Music membership details
- At the bottom, there may be a section called “Songs Added” with a number like “130 likes”
However, this section does not appear for all users. It seems to only be visible when you’ve liked a smaller number of songs (less than 200). For those with large Apple Music libraries, this section may not show up at all. But it can be handy if you just want a quick general sense of your like count.
Use a third-party app
Because there’s no single perfect way to see your Apple Music liked song count, some developers have created third-party apps to do the counting for you.
One example is an iOS app called PlayTally. After connecting to your Apple Music account, it can provide statistics on your library, including a total count of liked songs. Android users can use an app like AppTally Music Stats to get similar data.
The advantage to using a third-party app is you don’t have to do any manual counting – the total number of likes will be presented clearly. Just be sure only to use reputable apps from developers you trust, and avoid any apps that seem sketchy or request more permissions than they need.
Use Shortcuts on iOS
For iOS users, another option is using a Shortcut automation to retrieve and display your Apple Music like count. This takes a bit more work than a dedicated third-party app, but has the advantage of using only Apple’s built-in software.
Here are the general steps to set up a Shortcut for this:
- Open the Shortcuts app
- Create a new Shortcut
- Add an action to Get My Library
- Filter by Liked Songs
- Count the items
- Show a Quick Look preview of the count
There are more detailed tutorials online that walk through setting up a Shortcut like this. With some adjustment, you can have it display an alert with the updated like count every time you run it.
Use iTunes on a computer
So far, all these methods involve using an iPhone or iPad. But if you prefer to access Apple Music on a Mac or Windows PC using iTunes, you can also see your likes count there.
To find it in iTunes:
- Open your iTunes library on a computer
- Click on the icon for your Apple Music account
- Go to Account > View My Account
- This will open a page in your web browser where you can Sign In
- Under Apple Music Membership, it will show Liked Songs with a count
This is the only way to see your true full liked songs count including every song ever liked across all your devices. The counts on individual devices like iPhone only show what’s been liked and saved locally.
Contact Apple Support
As a last resort, you can try contacting Apple Support directly and asking for your total number of liked songs in Apple Music. While they may not share an exact number, they may be able to provide a ballpark figure or look up the data on their end.
You can contact Apple Support by phone, chat, email, or scheduling a callback from the Apple Support app. Be prepared to verify your Apple ID account information for them to be able to access your data.
Conclusion
In summary, here are a few different ways to see how many songs you’ve liked on Apple Music:
- Check the Songs tab in Your Library
- View metadata in your Favorites playlist
- Scan through your listening history
- Check the iOS Settings app (for smaller libraries)
- Use a third-party iOS app
- Create an iOS Shortcut
- View account details in iTunes on a computer
- Contact Apple Support
Because Apple Music does not provide a dedicated way to view your like count, you may need to try a couple methods to get the full picture. But with the various options covered here, you should be able to get a reasonable estimate of how many songs you’ve liked in the service.