Paramount+ vs Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming
Paramount+
CBS Interactive
App Store
$40.53M/mo
~$486.40M/yr · 350.0M installs
VS
Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming
Crunchyroll, LLC
Google Play
$5.48M/mo
~$65.80M/yr · 237.3M installs
Revenue winner
Paramount+ wins
+639% vs other
Installs winner
Paramount+ wins
+47% vs other
MAU winner
Paramount+ wins
+70% vs other
Rating winner
Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming wins
+0% vs other
Why Paramount+ is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Paramount+ earns roughly 7× more per month than Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming - $40.53M vs $5.48M.
- Aggressive pricing. Paramount+ undercuts at $8.99/mo vs $42.40/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- More monetization surfaces. Paramount+ runs 4 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. Paramount+ ranks #6 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.
Paramount+
vs
Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$40.53M
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$5.48M
Annual revenue (est.)
$486.40M
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$65.80M
Lifetime installs (est.)
350.0M
◀
237.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
16.1M
◀
9.5M
App Store rating
4.63★
▶
4.64★
Total ratings
883K
▶
4.2M
US grossing rank
#6
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
▶
$42.40
IAP tiers detected
4 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 14, 2013
- Last updated
- Jun 23, 2026
- File size
- 195.2 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 15.20.1
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 20, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Paramount+ trajectory
Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Paramount+ or Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming? v
Paramount+ earns about $40.53M per month, while Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming earns about $5.48M. That is a 7.4× revenue gap (~$35.05M more per month for Paramount+). Annual revenue: Paramount+ ≈ $486.40M/year, Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming ≈ $65.80M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Paramount+ or Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming? v
Paramount+ leads with about 350.0M estimated downloads vs 237.3M for Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming - a 1.5× gap. Paramount+'s App Store downloads are estimated from 883K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Paramount+ and Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Entertainment 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 Paramount+ and Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming offer? v
Paramount+: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming: IAP range $9.99 - $179.99 per item. Paramount+ runs a "Subscription (~$8.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #6" monetization model; Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming runs "Subscription (~$42.40/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Paramount+ or Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming? v
Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Paramount+ 883K ratings, Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming 144K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Paramount+ vs Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $40.53M for Paramount+ and $5.48M for Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Entertainment) - 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 Paramount+ or Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming to a different App Store app? v
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