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Pocket Casts - Podcast App earns about
$159.2K/month
range $87.6K – $230.9K · $1.91M/year
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Per Day
$5.3K
$2.9K – $7.7K
Per Week
$37.2K
$20.4K – $53.9K
Per Month
$159.2K
$87.6K – $230.9K
Per Year
$1.91M
$1.05M – $2.77M
Lifetime
$4.78M
$2.63M – $6.93M
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44/100
Opportunity
75/100
Cloneability
$1
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$19.97/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $19.97/mo - undercut by 30-50% to win price-sensitive users
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
Pocket Casts - Podcast App charges ~$19.97/mo. Competitive entry: $11.98/mo or annual at $72/year (50% off annual is the standard hook).
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- "I tried Pocket Casts - Podcast App for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Pocket Casts - Podcast App costs $19.97/mo when ours costs $11.98"
- "The news & magazines app Pocket Casts - Podcast App won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$19.97/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
4.6M installs · 12.9% active · 1.0% pay
In-App Purchases
- Sub Subscription tier $3.99/month
- Sub Subscription tier $99.99/month
Subscription tiers parsed from store description.
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Released
- Mar 6, 2011
- Last Updated
- May 8, 2026
- Content Rating
- Teen
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- Automattic, Inc
What's new
Getting started is now quicker for new users, taking you straight to the podcasts you followed during onboarding.
We’ve also fixed an issue with episode sync across platforms that some of you were seeing. At the same time, the Web Player has had a performance boost, so now’s a great time to give it a try if you haven’t already.
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every second
$4
every minute
$221
every hour
$5.3K
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- ☕ Buys 1K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 11 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 45 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 81 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Total Installs
4.6M
Reported: 1,000,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
588K
12.9% of installs · NEWS_AND_MAGAZINES category benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.5
Rating
4.76 ★
20K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$19.97/mo)
IAP: $3.99 - $99.99 per item
Rating Distribution
5★
96K
4★
12K
3★
2K
2★
1K
1★
2K
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How much money does Pocket Casts - Podcast App make on Google Play? ⌄
Pocket Casts - Podcast App has an estimated Play Store revenue of $159.2K per month (~$1.91M per year, $5.3K per day) with a likely range of $87.6K to $230.9K. This sums earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ad monetization and any paid downloads on Google Play - directional estimates from public signals only.
How many Play Store downloads does Pocket Casts - Podcast App get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). Pocket Casts - Podcast App reports 1,000,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 4.6M total downloads and 588K monthly active users on Android.
Is Pocket Casts - Podcast App a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
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What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Pocket Casts - Podcast App offer on Android? ⌄
Pocket Casts - Podcast App offers in-app purchases ($3.99 - $99.99 per item) on Google Play, which usually means subscription tiers (weekly, monthly, annual), virtual currency or one-time unlocks. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are usually the biggest contributors to monthly Play Store revenue.
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