Reddit vs X
REDDIT, INC.
App Store
$3.91M/mo
~$46.96M/yr · 585.3M installs
VS
X
X Corp.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 972.7M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+156% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+66% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+58% vs other
Rating winner
Reddit wins
+4% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 3× more per month than Reddit - $10.00M vs $3.91M.
- Aggressive pricing. X undercuts at $4.00/mo vs $9.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. X has ~972.7M lifetime installs vs Reddit's ~585.3M - 1.7× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. X runs 10 IAP tiers vs 5 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Reddit
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.91M
▶
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$46.96M
▶
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
585.3M
▶
972.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
12.3M
▶
19.5M
App Store rating
4.76★
◀
4.59★
Total ratings
3.4M
▶
10.8M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#58
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
◀
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 7, 2016
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- File size
- 404.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 2026.25.1
- Languages
- BN, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +26 more
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 9, 2009
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- File size
- 517.9 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 12.3
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +35 more
Reddit trajectory
X trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Reddit or X? v
X earns about $10.00M per month, while Reddit earns about $3.91M. That is a 2.6× revenue gap (~$6.09M more per month for X). Annual revenue: Reddit ≈ $46.96M/year, X ≈ $120.00M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Reddit or X? v
X leads with about 972.7M estimated downloads vs 585.3M for Reddit - a 1.7× gap. Reddit's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.4M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.8M ratings.
Are Reddit and X in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the News 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 Reddit and X offer? v
Reddit: IAP range 5 tiers detected. X: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Reddit runs a "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)" monetization model; X runs "X · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Reddit or X? v
Reddit edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Reddit 3.4M ratings, X 10.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Reddit vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.91M for Reddit and $10.00M for X are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (News) - 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 Reddit or X to a different App Store app? v
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