Pandora: Music & Podcasts vs YouTube Music
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
Pandora Media, LLC
App Store
$15.96M/mo
~$191.47M/yr · 1.0B installs
VS
YouTube Music
Google
App Store
$17.98M/mo
~$215.73M/yr · 257.4M installs
Revenue winner
YouTube Music wins
+13% vs other
Installs winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+293% vs other
MAU winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+25% vs other
Rating winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+1% vs other
Why YouTube Music is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Premium pricing. YouTube Music charges $15.99/mo vs Pandora: Music & Podcasts's $12.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- More monetization surfaces. YouTube Music runs 5 IAP tiers vs 2 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. YouTube Music ranks #13 on the US grossing chart vs Pandora: Music & Podcasts at #15 - 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.
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
vs
YouTube Music
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$15.96M
▶
$17.98M
Annual revenue (est.)
$191.47M
▶
$215.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.0B
◀
257.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
22.2M
◀
17.8M
App Store rating
4.80★
◀
4.77★
Total ratings
11.2M
◀
1.5M
US grossing rank
#15
▶
#13
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
▶
$15.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
▶
5 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 1, 2019
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 211.0 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 2606.3
- 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
Pandora: Music & Podcasts trajectory
YouTube Music trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music earns about $17.98M per month, while Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns about $15.96M. That is a 1.1× revenue gap (~$2.02M more per month for YouTube Music). Annual revenue: Pandora: Music & Podcasts ≈ $191.47M/year, YouTube Music ≈ $215.73M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts leads with about 1.0B estimated downloads vs 257.4M for YouTube Music - a 3.9× gap. Pandora: Music & Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 11.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube Music's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.5M ratings.
Are Pandora: Music & Podcasts 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 Pandora: Music & Podcasts and YouTube Music offer? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts: IAP range 2 tiers detected. YouTube Music: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Pandora: Music & Podcasts runs a "Subscription (~$12.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #15" monetization model; YouTube Music runs "Subscription (~$15.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #13". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
Pandora: Music & Podcasts edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Pandora: Music & Podcasts 11.2M ratings, YouTube Music 1.5M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Pandora: Music & Podcasts vs YouTube Music revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $15.96M for Pandora: Music & Podcasts and $17.98M 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 Pandora: Music & Podcasts or YouTube Music to a different App Store app? v
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