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The Great Courses earns about
$44.8K/month
range $24.7K – $65.0K · $538.1K/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$1.5K
$822 – $2.2K
Per Week
$10.5K
$5.8K – $15.2K
Per Month
$44.8K
$24.7K – $65.0K
Per Year
$538.1K
$296.0K – $780.3K
Lifetime
$1.35M
$739.9K – $1.95M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for The Great Courses
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($44.8K/month · $538.1K/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
44/100
Opportunity
65/100
Cloneability
$1
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$59.98/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- ★ rating only 3.5 - read /intelligence/reviews/android/the-great-courses/ to mine the top complaints
- subscription is $59.98/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
The Great Courses charges ~$59.98/mo. Competitive entry: $35.99/mo or annual at $216/year (50% off annual is the standard hook).
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried The Great Courses for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why The Great Courses costs $59.98/mo when ours costs $35.99"
- "The education app The Great Courses won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$59.98/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
1.0M installs · 5.4% active · 1.0% pay
In-App Purchases
- Sub Subscription tier $19.99/month
- Sub Subscription tier $179.99/month
Subscription tiers parsed from store description.
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Current Version
- 8.0.6
- Released
- Aug 2, 2015
- Last Updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- Required OS
- 8.0
- Content Rating
- Teen
- Category
- Education
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- The Teaching Company
What's new in v8.0.6
Version 8.0.6
Maintenance
Fun Numbers - share these
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every second
$1
every minute
$62
every hour
$1.5K
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- ☕ Buys 299 $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 3 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 13 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 289 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
1.0M
Reported: 1,000,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
55K
5.4% of installs · default benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.5
Rating
3.54 ★
1K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$59.98/mo)
IAP: $19.99 - $179.99 per item
Rating Distribution
5★
2K
4★
332
3★
300
2★
268
1★
965
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Frequently Asked About The Great Courses
How much money does The Great Courses make on Google Play? ⌄
The Great Courses has an estimated Play Store revenue of $44.8K per month (~$538.1K per year, $1.5K per day) with a likely range of $24.7K to $65.0K. 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 The Great Courses get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). The Great Courses reports 1,000,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 1.0M total downloads and 55K monthly active users on Android.
Is The Great Courses a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
The Great Courses is analyzed using Google Play grossing rank, category ranking, install range, ratings velocity, monetization model (subscription revenue, in-app purchases, paid downloads) and ad-revenue signals. Compare it to other highest-grossing Android apps on the Play Store leaderboard.
How is The Great Courses Play Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates The Great Courses Play Store revenue from public app data: Google Play download ranges, monthly active users (MAU), Android paying-user conversion, scraped subscription pricing, in-app purchase ranges ($19.99 - $179.99 per item), ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Education category ARPU benchmark - net of Google's 15-30% Play Store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does The Great Courses offer on Android? ⌄
The Great Courses offers in-app purchases ($19.99 - $179.99 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.
Can I compare The Great Courses Play Store revenue with another Android app? ⌄
Yes. Use the free compare tool to compare The Great Courses side-by-side with any other Google Play app by estimated revenue, downloads, paying users, subscription pricing, in-app purchase tiers, grossing rank and monetization model.
Does Rev.now show exact Play Store revenue for The Great Courses? ⌄
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