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 LLC
Google Play
$53.71M/mo
~$644.49M/yr · 7.6B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube Music wins
+237% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube Music wins
+653% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube Music wins
+755% vs other
Rating winner
Pandora: Music & Podcasts wins
+6% vs other
Why YouTube Music is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube Music earns roughly 3× more per month than Pandora: Music & Podcasts - $53.71M vs $15.96M.
- Aggressive pricing. YouTube Music undercuts at $7.07/mo vs $12.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. YouTube Music has ~7.6B lifetime installs vs Pandora: Music & Podcasts's ~1.0B - 7.5× the funnel top.
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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
▶
$53.71M
Annual revenue (est.)
$191.47M
▶
$644.49M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.0B
▶
7.6B
Monthly active users (est.)?
22.2M
▶
190.2M
App Store rating
4.80★
◀
4.52★
Total ratings
11.2M
◀
7.7M
US grossing rank
#15
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
◀
$7.07
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
◀
0 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 & Audio
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 12, 2015
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Pandora: Music & Podcasts trajectory
YouTube Music trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music earns about $53.71M per month, while Pandora: Music & Podcasts earns about $15.96M. That is a 3.4× revenue gap (~$37.75M more per month for YouTube Music). Annual revenue: Pandora: Music & Podcasts ≈ $191.47M/year, YouTube Music ≈ $644.49M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Pandora: Music & Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music leads with about 7.6B estimated downloads vs 1.0B for Pandora: Music & Podcasts - a 7.5× gap. Pandora: Music & Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 11.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube Music reports 5,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Pandora: Music & Podcasts and YouTube Music in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Pandora: Music & Podcasts is in Music and YouTube Music is in Music & Audio. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Pandora: Music & Podcasts from music monetization patterns, YouTube Music from music & audio.
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 $0.05 - $999.99 per item. Pandora: Music & Podcasts runs a "Subscription (~$12.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #15" monetization model; YouTube Music runs "Subscription (~$7.07/mo)". 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 ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Pandora: Music & Podcasts 11.2M ratings, YouTube Music 490K 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 $53.71M for YouTube Music are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music / Music & Audio) - 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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