Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor vs YouTube

Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor

Canva
App Store
$26.43M/mo
~$317.14M/yr · 567.1M installs
VS

YouTube

Google
App Store
$381.33M/mo
~$4.58B/yr · 5.0B installs
Revenue winner YouTube wins +1343% vs other
Installs winner YouTube wins +782% vs other
MAU winner YouTube wins +1388% vs other
Rating winner Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor wins +4% vs other

Why YouTube is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. YouTube earns roughly 14× more per month than Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor - $381.33M vs $26.43M.
  2. Premium pricing. YouTube charges $20.99/mo vs Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor's $14.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. YouTube has ~5.0B lifetime installs vs Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor's ~567.1M - 8.8× the funnel top.
  4. Charts placement. YouTube ranks #2 on the US grossing chart vs Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor at #28 - 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.

Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor
vs
YouTube
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$26.43M
$381.33M
Annual revenue (est.)
$317.14M
$4.58B
Lifetime installs (est.)
567.1M
5.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
181.5M
2.7B
App Store rating
4.88★
4.67★
Total ratings
3.3M
47.1M
US grossing rank
#28
#2
Cheapest monthly sub
$14.99
$20.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
4 tiers

Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor

Canva
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Oct 15, 2014
Last updated
May 7, 2026
File size
126.5 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
4.207.0
Languages
AF, SQ, Arabic, HY, AS, AZ +77 more
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YouTube

Google
App Store
Category
Photo & Video
Price
Free
Released
Sep 11, 2012
Last updated
May 3, 2026
File size
341.1 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
21.18.4
Languages
AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor or YouTube? v
YouTube earns about $381.33M per month, while Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor earns about $26.43M. That is a 14.4× revenue gap (~$354.90M more per month for YouTube). Annual revenue: Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor ≈ $317.14M/year, YouTube ≈ $4.58B/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor or YouTube? v
YouTube leads with about 5.0B estimated downloads vs 567.1M for Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor - a 8.8× gap. Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.3M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube's App Store downloads are estimated from 47.1M ratings.
Are Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor and YouTube in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photo & Video 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 Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor and YouTube offer? v
Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor: IAP range 9 tiers detected. YouTube: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor runs a "Subscription (~$10.00/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #28" monetization model; YouTube runs "Subscription (~$20.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #2". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor or YouTube? v
Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor 3.3M ratings, YouTube 47.1M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor vs YouTube revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $26.43M for Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor and $381.33M for YouTube are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video) - 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 Canva: AI Video & Photo Editor or YouTube to a different App Store app? v
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