# Ditty

> Zya's Ditty app, which turned texts into songs, was downloaded 1 million times in a month.

- Owner: Zya
- Kind: App & software
- Sector: Technology
- Seed date: 2015-03-25
- Peak date: Week of Jun 9, 2017
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 23 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Shareable output, Revival, Platform jump

## Summary

Zya launched Ditty at Facebook's F8 on March 25, 2015. It turned typed text into a sung video, and Jenna Marbles shared one on Twitter four days later. It reached a million downloads in its first month, then returned in June 2017 through a THICC meme.

## Timeline

- 2015-03-25 — Zya (Group chats) — Zya launched Ditty for Messenger, free to download, at Facebook's F8 Developer Conference.
- 2015-03-25 — WIRED (Press) — WIRED covered the launch: a Messenger app that turns texts into pop songs.
- 2015-03-29 — Jenna Marbles (@Jenna_Marbles) (X) — Jenna Marbles shared a Ditty on Twitter: "Someone please take it away from me."

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Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/ditty

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Ditty.” Case HIS-00458. Spread Score v1.2: 23/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00458