Apple Podcasts vs Twitch: Live Streaming
Apple Podcasts
Apple
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 352.3M installs
VS
Twitch: Live Streaming
Twitch Interactive, Inc.
Google Play
$1.98M/mo
~$23.80M/yr · 357.3M installs
Revenue winner
Twitch: Live Streaming wins
+198327600% vs other
Installs winner
Twitch: Live Streaming wins
+1% vs other
MAU winner
Apple Podcasts wins
+19% vs other
Rating winner
Apple Podcasts wins
+21% vs other
Why Twitch: Live Streaming is winning
Top 1 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Twitch: Live Streaming earns roughly 1983276× more per month than Apple Podcasts - $1.98M vs $0.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Apple Podcasts
vs
Twitch: Live Streaming
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$1.98M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$23.80M
Lifetime installs (est.)
352.3M
▶
357.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
16.6M
◀
13.9M
App Store rating
4.86★
◀
4.02★
Total ratings
2.1M
▶
5.7M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
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
- May 20, 2015
- Last updated
- Jun 26, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Apple Podcasts trajectory
Twitch: Live Streaming trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Apple Podcasts or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming earns about $1.98M per month, while Apple Podcasts earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$1.98M more per month for Twitch: Live Streaming). Annual revenue: Apple Podcasts ≈ $0/year, Twitch: Live Streaming ≈ $23.80M/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 Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Twitch: Live Streaming leads with about 357.3M estimated downloads vs 352.3M for Apple Podcasts - a 1.0× gap. Apple Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Twitch: Live Streaming reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Apple Podcasts and Twitch: Live Streaming 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 Twitch: Live Streaming offer? v
Apple Podcasts: no IAP detected on the public listing. Twitch: Live Streaming: IAP range $0.99 - $1,598.00 per item. Apple Podcasts runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Twitch: Live Streaming runs "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Apple Podcasts or Twitch: Live Streaming? v
Apple Podcasts edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Apple Podcasts 2.1M ratings, Twitch: Live Streaming 245K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Apple Podcasts vs Twitch: Live Streaming revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Apple Podcasts and $1.98M for Twitch: Live Streaming 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 Twitch: Live Streaming to a different App Store app? v
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