Twitch: Live Streaming vs YouTube
Twitch: Live Streaming
Twitch Interactive, Inc.
App Store
$46.42M/mo
~$557.04M/yr · 458.8M installs
VS
YouTube
Google
App Store
$381.33M/mo
~$4.58B/yr · 5.0B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube wins
+721% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube wins
+990% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube wins
+1762% vs other
Rating winner
Twitch: Live Streaming wins
+1% vs other
Why YouTube is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube earns roughly 8× more per month than Twitch: Live Streaming - $381.33M vs $46.42M.
- Subscription model. YouTube runs a $20.99/mo subscription that compounds; Twitch: Live Streaming relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. YouTube has ~5.0B lifetime installs vs Twitch: Live Streaming's ~458.8M - 10.9× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. YouTube ranks #2 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.
Twitch: Live Streaming
vs
YouTube
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$46.42M
▶
$381.33M
Annual revenue (est.)
$557.04M
▶
$4.58B
Lifetime installs (est.)
458.8M
▶
5.0B
Monthly active users (est.)?
145.0M
▶
2.7B
App Store rating
4.72★
◀
4.67★
Total ratings
2.7M
▶
47.1M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#2
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$20.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
◀
4 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 26, 2011
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 369.6 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 29.3
- Languages
- Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +22 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 11, 2012
- Last updated
- May 3, 2026
- File size
- 341.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 21.18.4
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
Twitch: Live Streaming trajectory
YouTube trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Twitch: Live Streaming or YouTube? v
YouTube earns about $381.33M per month, while Twitch: Live Streaming earns about $46.42M. That is a 8.2× revenue gap (~$334.91M more per month for YouTube). Annual revenue: Twitch: Live Streaming ≈ $557.04M/year, YouTube ≈ $4.58B/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Twitch: Live Streaming or YouTube? v
YouTube leads with about 5.0B estimated downloads vs 458.8M for Twitch: Live Streaming - a 10.9× gap. Twitch: Live Streaming's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.7M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube's App Store downloads are estimated from 47.1M ratings.
Are Twitch: Live Streaming and YouTube in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photo & Video 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 Twitch: Live Streaming and YouTube offer? v
Twitch: Live Streaming: IAP range 10 tiers detected. YouTube: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Twitch: Live Streaming runs a "Free + one-time IAP (10 tiers)" monetization model; YouTube runs "Subscription (~$20.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #2". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Twitch: Live Streaming or YouTube? v
Twitch: Live Streaming edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Twitch: Live Streaming 2.7M ratings, YouTube 47.1M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Twitch: Live Streaming vs YouTube revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $46.42M for Twitch: Live Streaming and $381.33M for YouTube are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video) - 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 Twitch: Live Streaming or YouTube to a different App Store app? v
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