YouTube Music vs YouTube Music
YouTube Music
Google
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 257.4M installs
VS
YouTube Music
Google LLC
Google Play
$53.71M/mo
~$644.52M/yr · 7.6B installs
Revenue winner
YouTube Music wins
+5370972100% vs other
Installs winner
YouTube Music wins
+2855% vs other
MAU winner
YouTube Music wins
+971% vs other
Rating winner
YouTube Music wins
+6% vs other
Why YouTube Music is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- YouTube Music earns roughly 53709721× more per month than YouTube Music - $53.71M vs $0.
- Subscription model. YouTube Music runs a $7.07/mo subscription that compounds; YouTube Music relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. YouTube Music has ~7.6B lifetime installs vs YouTube Music's ~257.4M - 29.6× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
YouTube Music
vs
YouTube Music
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$53.71M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$644.52M
Lifetime installs (est.)
257.4M
▶
7.6B
Monthly active users (est.)?
17.8M
▶
190.2M
App Store rating
4.77★
◀
4.52★
Total ratings
1.5M
▶
7.7M
US grossing rank
#13
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$7.07
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Music
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 12, 2015
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 267.1 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.26
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, Arabic, HY, AZ +66 more
- Category
- Music & Audio
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Nov 12, 2015
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
YouTube Music trajectory
YouTube Music trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, YouTube Music or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music earns about $53.71M per month, while YouTube Music earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$53.71M more per month for YouTube Music). Annual revenue: YouTube Music ≈ $0/year, YouTube Music ≈ $644.52M/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 Music or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music leads with about 7.6B estimated downloads vs 257.4M for YouTube Music - a 29.6× gap. YouTube Music's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.5M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. YouTube Music reports 5,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are YouTube Music and YouTube Music in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - YouTube Music is in Music and YouTube Music is in Music & Audio. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: YouTube Music from music monetization patterns, YouTube Music from music & audio.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do YouTube Music and YouTube Music offer? v
YouTube Music: no IAP detected on the public listing. YouTube Music: IAP range $0.05 - $999.99 per item. YouTube Music runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; YouTube Music 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 Music or YouTube Music? v
YouTube Music edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: YouTube Music 1.5M ratings, YouTube Music 490K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these YouTube Music vs YouTube Music revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for YouTube Music and $53.71M for YouTube Music are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Music / Music & Audio) - 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 Music or YouTube Music to a different App Store app? v
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