Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts vs YouTube Music
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts
AMZN Mobile LLC
App Store
$6.72M/mo
~$80.59M/yr · 558.2M installs
VS
YouTube Music
Google
App Store
$17.98M/mo
~$215.73M/yr · 257.4M installs
Revenue winner
YouTube Music wins
+168% vs other
Installs winner
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts wins
+117% vs other
MAU winner
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts wins
+7% vs other
Rating winner
YouTube Music wins
+1% vs other
Why YouTube Music is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube Music earns roughly 3× more per month than Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts - $17.98M vs $6.72M.
- Premium pricing. YouTube Music charges $15.99/mo vs Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts's $13.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- More monetization surfaces. YouTube Music runs 5 IAP tiers vs 3 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. YouTube Music ranks #13 on the US grossing chart vs Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts at #41 - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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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.)?
$6.72M
▶
$17.98M
Annual revenue (est.)
$80.59M
▶
$215.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
558.2M
◀
257.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
19.0M
◀
17.8M
App Store rating
4.72★
▶
4.77★
Total ratings
3.3M
◀
1.5M
US grossing rank
#41
▶
#13
Cheapest monthly sub
$13.99
▶
$15.99
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
▶
5 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 12, 2012
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 543.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 26.21.0
- Languages
- BN, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian +9 more
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 12, 2015
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 267.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.26
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
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 $17.98M per month, while Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts earns about $6.72M. That is a 2.7× revenue gap (~$11.26M more per month for YouTube Music). Annual revenue: Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts ≈ $80.59M/year, YouTube Music ≈ $215.73M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts leads with about 558.2M estimated downloads vs 257.4M for YouTube Music - a 2.2× gap. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.3M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube Music's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.5M ratings.
Are Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and YouTube Music in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Music 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 3 tiers detected. YouTube Music: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts runs a "Subscription (~$13.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #41" monetization model; YouTube Music runs "Subscription (~$15.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #13". 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 ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts 3.3M ratings, YouTube Music 1.5M 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 $6.72M for Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts and $17.98M for YouTube Music are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music) - 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 App Store app? v
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