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Quick methods to find the number of songs in your Apple Music

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Trying to find out how many songs you have on Apple Music? There are a few easy methods you can use! You can check the number of downloaded songs in the Settings app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You can also check the storage space they take up in the Settings app. Or, see the total number of songs in your library by using iTunes or Apple Music on your Windows PC or Mac. Checking the number of songs in a playlist is also easy in the Apple Music mobile app! This wikiHow guide will show you how to see how many songs you have on Apple Music.

Things You Should Know

  • On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > General > About to see the number of downloaded songs.
  • On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage to see how much storage space your songs are using.
  • On your Mac or Windows PC, use iTunes to see the total number of songs in your Library.
Section 1 of 5:

Can you see a song count in the app?

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  1. When you add songs to your Apple Music library, they're added to the Songs section of the Library tab. But, the only way to see the total count is to log in to the Apple Music or iTunes desktop app.
    • Note that you can only add 100,000 songs to your Apple Music Library. You can turn off adding songs from playlists automatically to the library to avoid this limit. [1]
      • Open the Settings app from the Home screen.
      • Tap Music .
      • Toggle off "Add Playlist Songs" in the "Library" section.
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Downloaded Songs (Mobile)

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  1. It’s the gray icon with gears on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This method will show you the number of Apple Music songs you have downloaded on your device.
  2. This will open the General settings page.
  3. This will open the About page.
  4. The number listed next to “Songs” is how many songs you have downloaded on your device.
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Storage Amount (Mobile)

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  1. It’s the gray icon with gears on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This method will show you how much storage space your downloaded Apple Music songs are taking up on your device.
  2. This will open the General settings page.
  3. This will open a list of apps you have installed.
    • Note that this will be labeled iPad Storage or iPod touch Storage depending on your device.
  4. It’s a white music note on a red background.
  5. You’ll see the amount of storage the songs you’ve downloaded on Apple Music are taking up.
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Songs in Your Apple Music Library (Desktop)

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  1. Its icon is a purple and blue music note inside of a circle. This method allows you to check the number of songs added to your Apple Music Library by logging in to iTunes or Apple Music on your computer.
    • Note that iTunes was discontinued on macOS High Sierra and later. It was replaced with Apple Music. The app is still called iTunes on Windows devices.
  2. This is in the left sidebar under the “Library” section.
  3. This is a tab at the top of the window. A pop up menu will open.
  4. This will make the status bar appear at the bottom of the window.
  5. The status bar lists the number of songs in your library. It will be written as “[number] items.”
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Songs in a Playlist (Mobile)

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  1. It has a white music note on a red background.
  2. It’s at the bottom of the Apple Music app.
  3. It has a red icon with a music note and three horizontal lines.
  4. This will open the playlist’s list of songs.
  5. At the bottom of the list of songs, you’ll see the number of songs in the playlist.
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