Australia's Top iOS Music and Podcasts Apps in Q4 2020

The final quarter of 2020 saw significant activity within the Music and Podcasts category on the iOS platform in Australia. Sensor Tower provides a detailed look into the performance of the top apps during this period. Here we summarize the trends in downloads, revenue, and weekly active users for the leading applications.

Spotify - Music and Podcasts maintained its popularity with a notable surge in downloads, peaking at 69K in the week of December 21. Weekly active users showed consistent performance, hovering around 3M throughout the quarter. Revenue trends experienced fluctuations with a high point of $10K in the week of December 21.

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts, owned by Apple, saw a steady increase in downloads, reaching 16K in the week of December 21. The app's weekly active users also grew, concluding the year with 1.16M users. Revenue remained modest, with a slight peak of $52 in the final week of December.

SoundCloud: Discover New Music generated consistent revenue, with a peak of $48K at the end of November. Downloads saw a high of 12K in the week of December 21, while weekly active users slightly declined to 904K by the end of December.

YouTube Music, a major player from Google LLC, demonstrated strong revenue performance with over $100K in several weeks and ending the quarter with $92K. The app's downloads reached a high of 14K in the week leading up to Christmas, and active users were at their highest in early December with 586K.

Lastly, Sonos, despite not generating revenue, showed an uptick in both downloads and active users towards the end of December, with downloads peaking at 8K and active users at 43K.

For more in-depth insights and detailed data, Sensor Tower's full reports offer an extensive analysis of the app market dynamics.