DistroKid vs YouTube Music
DistroKid
DistroKid Holdings, LLC
App Store
$277.6K/mo
~$3.33M/yr · 2.6M installs
VS
YouTube Music
Google
App Store
$16.97M/mo
~$203.61M/yr · 257.4M installs
Revenue winner
YouTube Music wins
+6013% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube Music wins
+9623% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube Music wins
+1449% vs other
Rating winner
DistroKid wins
+2% vs other
Why YouTube Music is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube Music earns roughly 61× more per month than DistroKid - $16.97M vs $277.6K.
- Aggressive pricing. YouTube Music undercuts at $15.99/mo vs $24.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. YouTube Music has ~257.4M lifetime installs vs DistroKid's ~2.6M - 97.2× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. YouTube Music ranks #14 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.
DistroKid
vs
YouTube Music
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$277.6K
▶
$16.97M
Annual revenue (est.)
$3.33M
▶
$203.61M
Lifetime installs (est.)
2.6M
▶
257.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
1.1M
▶
17.8M
App Store rating
4.87★
◀
4.77★
Total ratings
24K
▶
1.5M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#14
Cheapest monthly sub
$24.99
◀
$15.99
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
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5 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 7, 2023
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 104.4 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 3.8.0
- Languages
- English
- 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
DistroKid trajectory
YouTube Music trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, DistroKid or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music earns about $16.97M per month, while DistroKid earns about $277.6K. That is a 61.1× revenue gap (~$16.69M more per month for YouTube Music). Annual revenue: DistroKid ≈ $3.33M/year, YouTube Music ≈ $203.61M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, DistroKid or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music leads with about 257.4M estimated downloads vs 2.6M for DistroKid - a 97.2× gap. DistroKid's App Store downloads are estimated from 24K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube Music's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.5M ratings.
Are DistroKid 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 DistroKid and YouTube Music offer? v
DistroKid: IAP range 5 tiers detected. YouTube Music: IAP range 5 tiers detected. DistroKid runs a "Subscription (~$7.50/mo)" monetization model; YouTube Music runs "Subscription (~$15.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #14". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, DistroKid or YouTube Music? v
DistroKid edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: DistroKid 24K ratings, YouTube Music 1.5M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these DistroKid vs YouTube Music revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $277.6K for DistroKid and $16.97M 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 DistroKid or YouTube Music to a different App Store app? v
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