Apple Podcasts vs Paramount+
Apple Podcasts
Apple
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 351.9M installs
VS
Paramount+
ViacomCBS Streaming
Google Play
$1.96M/mo
~$23.50M/yr · 89.8M installs
Revenue winner
Paramount+ wins
+195873100% vs other
Installs winner
Apple Podcasts wins
+292% vs other
MAU winner
Apple Podcasts wins
+1284% vs other
Rating winner
Apple Podcasts wins
+21% vs other
Why Paramount+ is winning
Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Paramount+ earns roughly 1958731× more per month than Apple Podcasts - $1.96M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Paramount+ runs a $12.23/mo subscription that compounds; Apple Podcasts relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Apple Podcasts
vs
Paramount+
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$1.96M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$23.50M
Lifetime installs (est.)
351.9M
◀
89.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
103.1M
◀
7.5M
App Store rating
4.86★
◀
4.02★
Total ratings
2.1M
◀
451K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$12.23
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 26, 2012
- Last updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- File size
- 8.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 4.5
- Languages
- Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +27 more
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- -
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 16.11.0
- Languages
- -
Apple Podcasts trajectory
Paramount+ trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Apple Podcasts or Paramount+? v
Paramount+ earns about $1.96M per month, while Apple Podcasts earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$1.96M more per month for Paramount+). Annual revenue: Apple Podcasts ≈ $0/year, Paramount+ ≈ $23.50M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Apple Podcasts or Paramount+? v
Apple Podcasts leads with about 351.9M estimated downloads vs 89.8M for Paramount+ - a 3.9× gap. Apple Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Paramount+ reports 50,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Apple Podcasts and Paramount+ in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Entertainment 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 Apple Podcasts and Paramount+ offer? v
Apple Podcasts: no IAP detected on the public listing. Paramount+: IAP range $2.99 - $49.99 per item. Apple Podcasts runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Paramount+ runs "Subscription (~$12.23/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Apple Podcasts or Paramount+? v
Apple Podcasts edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Apple Podcasts 2.1M ratings, Paramount+ 76 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Apple Podcasts vs Paramount+ revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Apple Podcasts and $1.96M for Paramount+ are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Entertainment) - 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 Apple Podcasts or Paramount+ to a different App Store app? v
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