Crunchyroll vs discovery+ | Stream TV Shows
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll, LLC
App Store
$23.75M/mo
~$284.95M/yr · 350.0M installs
VS
discovery+ | Stream TV Shows
Discovery Communications
App Store
$12.72M/mo
~$152.62M/yr · 134.5M installs
Revenue winner
Crunchyroll wins
+87% vs other
Installs winner
Crunchyroll wins
+160% vs other
MAU winner
Crunchyroll wins
+159% vs other
Rating winner
discovery+ | Stream TV Shows wins
+2% vs other
Why Crunchyroll is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Crunchyroll earns roughly 2× more per month than discovery+ | Stream TV Shows - $23.75M vs $12.72M.
- Bigger install base. Crunchyroll has ~350.0M lifetime installs vs discovery+ | Stream TV Shows's ~134.5M - 2.6× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Crunchyroll runs 10 IAP tiers vs 3 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. Crunchyroll ranks #10 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - 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.
Crunchyroll
vs
discovery+ | Stream TV Shows
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$23.75M
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$12.72M
Annual revenue (est.)
$284.95M
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$152.62M
Lifetime installs (est.)
350.0M
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134.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
101.8M
◀
39.4M
App Store rating
4.77★
▶
4.87★
Total ratings
1.4M
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896K
US grossing rank
#10
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Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
=
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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3 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 21, 2009
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 197.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 4.107.2
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian +8 more
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jan 3, 2021
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 212.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 21.2.0
- Languages
- Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +28 more
Crunchyroll trajectory
discovery+ | Stream TV Shows trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Crunchyroll or discovery+ | Stream TV Shows? v
Crunchyroll earns about $23.75M per month, while discovery+ | Stream TV Shows earns about $12.72M. That is a 1.9× revenue gap (~$11.03M more per month for Crunchyroll). Annual revenue: Crunchyroll ≈ $284.95M/year, discovery+ | Stream TV Shows ≈ $152.62M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Crunchyroll or discovery+ | Stream TV Shows? v
Crunchyroll leads with about 350.0M estimated downloads vs 134.5M for discovery+ | Stream TV Shows - a 2.6× gap. Crunchyroll's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.4M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. discovery+ | Stream TV Shows's App Store downloads are estimated from 896K ratings.
Are Crunchyroll and discovery+ | Stream TV Shows in the same App Store category 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 Crunchyroll and discovery+ | Stream TV Shows offer? v
Crunchyroll: IAP range 10 tiers detected. discovery+ | Stream TV Shows: IAP range 3 tiers detected. Crunchyroll runs a "Subscription (~$8.33/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #10" monetization model; discovery+ | Stream TV Shows runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Crunchyroll or discovery+ | Stream TV Shows? v
discovery+ | Stream TV Shows edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Crunchyroll 1.4M ratings, discovery+ | Stream TV Shows 896K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Crunchyroll vs discovery+ | Stream TV Shows revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $23.75M for Crunchyroll and $12.72M for discovery+ | Stream TV Shows are derived from App Store grossing rank, 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 Crunchyroll or discovery+ | Stream TV Shows to a different App Store app? v
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