Instagram vs YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live

Instagram

Instagram
Google Play
$37.45M/mo
~$449.46M/yr · 7.5B installs
VS

YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live

Younow Media
Google Play
$831.1K/mo
~$9.97M/yr · 29.9M installs
Revenue winner Instagram wins +4407% vs other
Installs winner Instagram wins +24863% vs other
MAU winner Instagram wins +4738% vs other
Rating winner YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live wins +4% vs other

Why Instagram is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Instagram earns roughly 45× more per month than YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live - $37.45M vs $831.1K.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Instagram undercuts at $1.38/mo vs $10.90/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Instagram has ~7.5B lifetime installs vs YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live's ~29.9M - 249.6× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Instagram
vs
YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$37.45M
$831.1K
Annual revenue (est.)
$449.46M
$9.97M
Lifetime installs (est.)
7.5B
29.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
186.3M
3.9M
App Store rating
4.02★
4.17★
Total ratings
167.6M
356K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$1.38
$10.90
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers

Instagram

Instagram
Google Play
Category
Social
Price
Free
Released
Apr 3, 2012
Last updated
May 4, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
VARY
Languages
-
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YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live

Younow Media
Google Play
Category
Social
Price
Free
Released
Aug 8, 2013
Last updated
Apr 22, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Teen
Version
18.31.1
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Instagram or YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live? v
Instagram earns about $37.45M per month, while YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live earns about $831.1K. That is a 45.1× revenue gap (~$36.62M more per month for Instagram). Annual revenue: Instagram ≈ $449.46M/year, YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live ≈ $9.97M/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Instagram or YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live? v
Instagram leads with about 7.5B estimated downloads vs 29.9M for YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live - a 249.6× gap. Instagram reports 5,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play. YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Instagram and YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social 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 Instagram and YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live offer? v
Instagram: IAP range $0.19 - $10,000.00 per item. YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live: IAP range $0.99 - $119.99 per item. Instagram runs a "Subscription (~$1.38/mo)" monetization model; YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live runs "Subscription (~$10.90/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Instagram or YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live? v
YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live edges ahead with ★ 4.2 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Instagram 4.6M ratings, YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live 23K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Instagram vs YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $37.45M for Instagram and $831.1K for YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social) - 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 Instagram or YouNow: Live Stream & Go Live to a different Google Play app? v
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