Facebook vs Meetup: Social Events & Groups

Facebook

Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$51.15M/mo
~$613.81M/yr · 1.4B installs
VS

Meetup: Social Events & Groups

Meetup LLC
App Store
$5.90M/mo
~$70.84M/yr · 40.9M installs
Revenue winner Facebook wins +767% vs other
Installs winner Facebook wins +3426% vs other
MAU winner Facebook wins +3379% vs other
Rating winner Meetup: Social Events & Groups wins +4% vs other

Why Facebook is winning

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

  1. Facebook earns roughly 9× more per month than Meetup: Social Events & Groups - $51.15M vs $5.90M.
  2. Aggressive pricing. Facebook undercuts at $2.49/mo vs $3.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. Facebook has ~1.4B lifetime installs vs Meetup: Social Events & Groups's ~40.9M - 35.3× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Facebook runs 9 IAP tiers vs 6 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Facebook
vs
Meetup: Social Events & Groups
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$51.15M
$5.90M
Annual revenue (est.)
$613.81M
$70.84M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.4B
40.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
635.8M
18.3M
App Store rating
4.52★
4.72★
Total ratings
26.2M
273K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$2.49
$3.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
6 tiers

Facebook

Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
Category
Social Networking
Price
Free
Released
Feb 5, 2019
Last updated
May 6, 2026
File size
435.3 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
560.1
Languages
Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +26 more
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Meetup: Social Events & Groups

Meetup LLC
App Store
Category
Social Networking
Price
Free
Released
Jun 13, 2010
Last updated
May 8, 2026
File size
258.0 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
2026.5.7
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +6 more
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Facebook or Meetup: Social Events & Groups? v
Facebook earns about $51.15M per month, while Meetup: Social Events & Groups earns about $5.90M. That is a 8.7× revenue gap (~$45.25M more per month for Facebook). Annual revenue: Facebook ≈ $613.81M/year, Meetup: Social Events & Groups ≈ $70.84M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Facebook or Meetup: Social Events & Groups? v
Facebook leads with about 1.4B estimated downloads vs 40.9M for Meetup: Social Events & Groups - a 35.3× gap. Facebook's App Store downloads are estimated from 26.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Meetup: Social Events & Groups's App Store downloads are estimated from 273K ratings.
Are Facebook and Meetup: Social Events & Groups in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking 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 Facebook and Meetup: Social Events & Groups offer? v
Facebook: IAP range 9 tiers detected. Meetup: Social Events & Groups: IAP range 6 tiers detected. Facebook runs a "Subscription (~$2.49/mo)" monetization model; Meetup: Social Events & Groups 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, Facebook or Meetup: Social Events & Groups? v
Meetup: Social Events & Groups edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Facebook 26.2M ratings, Meetup: Social Events & Groups 273K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Facebook vs Meetup: Social Events & Groups revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $51.15M for Facebook and $5.90M for Meetup: Social Events & Groups are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - 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 Facebook or Meetup: Social Events & Groups to a different App Store app? v
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