AI Insights · Timothy · January 2021
Q4 2020 Performance of Top Music & Podcast Apps on iOS in France
An analysis of the top five music and podcast applications on the iOS platform in France during Q4 2020 reveals their downloads, revenue, and active users trends. Detailed insights are provided by Sensor Tower.
In the fourth quarter of 2020, the iOS music and podcast application landscape in France saw various trends in user engagement and financial performance. Data from Sensor Tower offers a closer look at how the top five apps fared in terms of downloads, revenue, and weekly active users.
Deezer: Music Player, Podcast experienced a notable increase in downloads, peaking at around 52K in the week before Christmas, up from 24K at the start of Q4. Weekly active users remained relatively stable, fluctuating around the 1.6M mark throughout the quarter. Revenue showed a positive trend, reaching a high of approximately $605K in the last week of December.
YouTube Music also saw an upward trend in downloads, with a significant jump to 24K in the week leading up to Christmas from an initial 14K. Active users increased steadily, ending the quarter with over 1.1M users. Revenue figures followed a similar pattern, peaking at around $116K in late November.
Rhapsody's Napster showed more modest numbers in comparison. Downloads hovered around the 3K mark for most of the quarter but saw a spike to 4.6K in the third week of December. Weekly active users saw a slight uptick towards the end of the quarter, reaching 114K. Revenue for Napster was around $41K at the beginning of Q4, dipping to about $30K by the end of December.
SoundCloud: Discover New Music downloads ranged between 9K and 12K, with a surge to approximately 12K in the third week of December. The app's weekly active users saw a high of 1.3M in mid-November, with a gradual decline to just under 1.2M by the year's end. Revenue demonstrated a positive trend, with an increase to $24K in late November.
TIDAL Music: HiFi, Ad-free had the lowest download numbers among the top five, with figures ranging from 657 to 1.1K, the latter occurring in the penultimate week of December. Active user numbers remained fairly consistent, hovering around 29K-30K throughout the quarter. Revenue showed some fluctuation but ended the quarter similarly to how it started, at just under $7K.
For more in-depth insights and detailed performance metrics on these and other applications, Sensor Tower's comprehensive data provides a valuable resource for understanding market trends and user behavior.
