Spotify: Music and Podcasts vs YouTube Music
Spotify: Music and Podcasts
Spotify
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 2.2B installs
VS
YouTube Music
Google
App Store
$22.14M/mo
~$265.73M/yr · 257.2M installs
Revenue winner
YouTube Music wins
+2214437200% vs other
Installs winner
Spotify: Music and Podcasts wins
+749% vs other
MAU winner
Spotify: Music and Podcasts wins
+510% vs other
Rating winner
Spotify: Music and Podcasts wins
+0% vs other
Why YouTube Music is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube Music earns roughly 22144372× more per month than Spotify: Music and Podcasts - $22.14M vs $0.
- Subscription model. YouTube Music runs a $15.99/mo subscription that compounds; Spotify: Music and Podcasts relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- More monetization surfaces. YouTube Music runs 5 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. YouTube Music ranks #16 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.
Spotify: Music and Podcasts
vs
YouTube Music
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$22.14M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$265.73M
Lifetime installs (est.)
2.2B
◀
257.2M
Monthly active users (est.)?
675.0M
◀
110.6M
App Store rating
4.78★
◀
4.77★
Total ratings
39.7M
◀
1.5M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#16
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$15.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
5 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 14, 2011
- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- File size
- 251.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.1.44
- Languages
- AF, AM, Arabic, AZ, EU, BN +55 more
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 12, 2015
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 255.6 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.18
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
Spotify: Music and Podcasts trajectory
YouTube Music trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Spotify: Music and Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music earns about $22.14M per month, while Spotify: Music and Podcasts earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$22.14M more per month for YouTube Music). Annual revenue: Spotify: Music and Podcasts ≈ $0/year, YouTube Music ≈ $265.73M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Spotify: Music and Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
Spotify: Music and Podcasts leads with about 2.2B estimated downloads vs 257.2M for YouTube Music - a 8.5× gap. Spotify: Music and Podcasts's App Store downloads are estimated from 39.7M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube Music's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.5M ratings.
Are Spotify: Music and 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 Spotify: Music and Podcasts and YouTube Music offer? v
Spotify: Music and Podcasts: no IAP detected on the public listing. YouTube Music: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Spotify: Music and Podcasts runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; YouTube Music runs "Subscription (~$15.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #16". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Spotify: Music and Podcasts or YouTube Music? v
Spotify: Music and Podcasts edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Spotify: Music and Podcasts 39.7M ratings, YouTube Music 1.5M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Spotify: Music and Podcasts vs YouTube Music revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Spotify: Music and Podcasts and $22.14M 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 Spotify: Music and Podcasts or YouTube Music to a different App Store app? v
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