YouTube vs YouTube
YouTube
Google
App Store
$381.33M/mo
~$4.58B/yr · 5.0B installs
VS
YouTube
Google LLC
Google Play
$46.80M/mo
~$561.62M/yr · 22.5B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube wins
+715% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube wins
+350% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube wins
+1614% vs other
Rating winner
YouTube wins
+21% 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 YouTube - $381.33M vs $46.80M.
- Premium pricing. YouTube charges $20.99/mo vs YouTube's $7.07/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- More monetization surfaces. YouTube runs 4 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Better app store reviews. YouTube sits at 4.67★ vs 3.88★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
YouTube
vs
YouTube
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$381.33M
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$46.80M
Annual revenue (est.)
$4.58B
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$561.62M
Lifetime installs (est.)
5.0B
▶
22.5B
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.7B
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157.5M
App Store rating
4.67★
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3.88★
Total ratings
47.1M
▶
170.2M
US grossing rank
#2
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$20.99
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$7.07
IAP tiers detected
4 tiers
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0 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Video Players & Editors
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 20, 2010
- Last updated
- May 8, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
YouTube trajectory
YouTube trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, YouTube or YouTube? v
YouTube earns about $381.33M per month, while YouTube earns about $46.80M. That is a 8.1× revenue gap (~$334.53M more per month for YouTube). Annual revenue: YouTube ≈ $4.58B/year, YouTube ≈ $561.62M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, YouTube or YouTube? v
YouTube leads with about 22.5B estimated downloads vs 5.0B for YouTube - a 4.5× gap. YouTube's App Store downloads are estimated from 47.1M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube reports 10,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are YouTube and YouTube in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - YouTube is in Photo & Video and YouTube is in Video Players & Editors. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: YouTube from photo & video monetization patterns, YouTube from video players & editors.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do YouTube and YouTube offer? v
YouTube: IAP range 4 tiers detected. YouTube: IAP range $0.05 - $999.99 per item. YouTube runs a "Subscription (~$20.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #2" monetization model; YouTube runs "Subscription (~$7.07/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, YouTube or YouTube? v
YouTube edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: YouTube 47.1M ratings, YouTube 3.0M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these YouTube vs YouTube revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $381.33M for YouTube and $46.80M for YouTube are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video / Video Players & Editors) - 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 YouTube or YouTube to a different App Store app? v
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