The Criterion Channel vs Paramount+
The Criterion Channel
The Criterion Collection, Inc.
App Store
$148.3K/mo
~$1.78M/yr · 1.4M installs
VS
Paramount+
ViacomCBS Streaming
Google Play
$1.96M/mo
~$23.50M/yr · 89.8M installs
Revenue winner
Paramount+ wins
+1221% vs other
Installs winner
Paramount+ wins
+6162% vs other
MAU winner
Paramount+ wins
+1686% vs other
Rating winner
The Criterion Channel wins
+19% vs other
Why Paramount+ is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Paramount+ earns roughly 13× more per month than The Criterion Channel - $1.96M vs $148.3K.
- Premium pricing. Paramount+ charges $12.23/mo vs The Criterion Channel's $10.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Paramount+ has ~89.8M lifetime installs vs The Criterion Channel's ~1.4M - 62.6× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
The Criterion Channel
vs
Paramount+
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$148.3K
▶
$1.96M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.78M
▶
$23.50M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.4M
▶
89.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
417K
▶
7.5M
App Store rating
4.78★
◀
4.02★
Total ratings
13K
▶
451K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$10.99
▶
$12.23
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
◀
0 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 8, 2019
- Last updated
- Jan 8, 2026
- File size
- 65.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 10.000.1
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- -
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 16.11.0
- Languages
- -
The Criterion Channel trajectory
Paramount+ trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, The Criterion Channel or Paramount+? v
Paramount+ earns about $1.96M per month, while The Criterion Channel earns about $148.3K. That is a 13.2× revenue gap (~$1.81M more per month for Paramount+). Annual revenue: The Criterion Channel ≈ $1.78M/year, Paramount+ ≈ $23.50M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, The Criterion Channel or Paramount+? v
Paramount+ leads with about 89.8M estimated downloads vs 1.4M for The Criterion Channel - a 62.6× gap. The Criterion Channel's App Store downloads are estimated from 13K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Paramount+ reports 50,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are The Criterion Channel and Paramount+ 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 The Criterion Channel and Paramount+ offer? v
The Criterion Channel: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Paramount+: IAP range $2.99 - $49.99 per item. The Criterion Channel runs a "Subscription (~$10.99/mo)" monetization model; Paramount+ runs "Subscription (~$12.23/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, The Criterion Channel or Paramount+? v
The Criterion Channel edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: The Criterion Channel 13K ratings, Paramount+ 76 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these The Criterion Channel vs Paramount+ revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $148.3K for The Criterion Channel and $1.96M for Paramount+ 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 The Criterion Channel or Paramount+ to a different App Store app? v
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