Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts vs YouTube Music
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts
Amazon Mobile LLC
Google Play
$3.11M/mo
~$37.34M/yr · 382.1M installs
VS
YouTube Music
Google LLC
Google Play
$53.71M/mo
~$644.49M/yr · 7.6B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube Music wins
+1626% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube Music wins
+1891% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube Music wins
+773% vs other
Rating winner
YouTube Music wins
+15% vs other
Why YouTube Music is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube Music earns roughly 17× more per month than Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts - $53.71M vs $3.11M.
- Subscription model. YouTube Music runs a $7.07/mo subscription that compounds; Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. YouTube Music has ~7.6B lifetime installs vs Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts's ~382.1M - 19.9× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. YouTube Music sits at 4.52★ vs 3.92★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts
vs
YouTube Music
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.11M
▶
$53.71M
Annual revenue (est.)
$37.34M
▶
$644.49M
Lifetime installs (est.)
382.1M
▶
7.6B
Monthly active users (est.)?
21.8M
▶
190.2M
App Store rating
3.92★
▶
4.52★
Total ratings
3.4M
▶
7.7M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$7.07
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- Music & Audio
- Price
- Free
- Released
- -
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Music & Audio
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 12, 2015
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts trajectory
YouTube Music trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music earns about $53.71M per month, while Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts earns about $3.11M. That is a 17.3× revenue gap (~$50.60M more per month for YouTube Music). Annual revenue: Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts ≈ $37.34M/year, YouTube Music ≈ $644.49M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music leads with about 7.6B estimated downloads vs 382.1M for Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts - a 19.9× gap. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play. YouTube Music reports 5,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and YouTube Music in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Music & Audio category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and YouTube Music offer? v
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts: IAP range $12.99 per item. YouTube Music: IAP range $0.05 - $999.99 per item. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts runs a "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)" monetization model; YouTube Music runs "Subscription (~$7.07/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts 496K ratings, YouTube Music 490K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts vs YouTube Music revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.11M for Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and $53.71M for YouTube Music are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music & Audio) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or YouTube Music to a different Google Play app? v
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