Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps in France, Q4 2020: A Sensor Tower Report

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the music and podcasts category saw varied performances among the top applications in France. Sensor Tower's data provides insights into downloads, revenue, and active users for these leading apps.

Deezer: Music Player, Podcast, a homegrown service, maintained a strong presence with revenues peaking at nearly $605K in the last week of December. Downloads also saw a significant increase, reaching over 100K in the third week of December, while weekly active users hovered around the 3.9M mark throughout the quarter.

YouTube Music experienced a steady revenue stream, fluctuating around $100K in most weeks, with an increase to around $116K in late November. The app saw a spike in downloads to over 75K in the third week of October, while active users reached a high of 3.5M towards the end of December.

Napster, despite being one of the older services, showed revenue figures around $40K for most weeks. Its downloads were modest, peaking at just over 6K in the third week of December, and active users saw a slight decline to just over 214K by the end of the quarter.

For SoundCloud: Discover New Music, the revenue ranged between $13K and $24K throughout the quarter. The platform's downloads reached a peak of over 22K in the second week of November, and active users saw a high of 1.47M in the same week.

Lastly, TIDAL Music: HiFi, Ad-free had more modest financial performance with revenues around $6K to $9K. Downloads for TIDAL peaked at over 3K in the third week of December, while active users saw a slight increase to nearly 60K by the end of the quarter.

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