# Celebrity Recognition Apps WhoCamera is the Shazam of Celebrities By Joey Haar | Published 2017-07-25 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/whocamera References: [producthunt](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/whocamera) & [unoemon](http://www.unoemon.com/whocamera/?ref=producthunt) Everyone knows the feeling of blanking on someone's name at an inopportune moment, and WhoCamera is a new app that solves that problem — when it comes to celebrities at least. The app brands itself as 'Shazam for celebrity faces,' and it uses image-recognition technology to identify celebrities and tie them to things like IMDb and social media accounts. Just like Shazam, WhoCamera is designed to work in real-life settings. While it can analyze still images, it's just as effective with moving ones. In other words, WhoCamera could analyze a scene from a TV show and find the right celebrity without users even having to press pause. The app also gives a percentage of certainty with the analysis, which runs as high as 99.9 percent if the footage is clear enough. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.3/10 - Popularity: 23% | Activity: 38% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Celebs](https://www.trendhunter.com/celebs) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Celebrity Face Recognition:** Using image-recognition technology to identify celebrities in real-time. - **Real-time Celebrity Identification:** Providing instant identification of celebrities in moving images without the need for pausing. - **Certainty Analysis in Celebrity Recognition:** Providing a percentage of certainty in the analysis of celebrity identification. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Entertainment:** Opportunity for an app that enhances the viewers' celebrity experience during TV shows and movies. - **Marketing and Advertising:** Disruptive innovation opportunity to leverage celebrity recognition to personalize marketing campaigns and endorsements. - **Social Media:** Potential to integrate celebrity identification technology into social media platforms for enhanced user experiences. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Celestial Photography Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/star-identification-camera.md) - [Celebrity Face Matchers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/celebrity-twin.md) - [Social Platform Song Detection](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shazam.md) - [Car Recognition Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/carsnap.md) - [AI Face Searches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/findthatface.md) - [Aviation-Centric Facial Imaging Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/facial-imaging-app.md) - [Cat Tracking Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/whisker-tracker.md) - [Celebrity Social Feeds](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bereal-1.md) - [Film Industry Networking Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bescene-app.md)