Q1 2021 Performance Analysis: Top Music and Podcast Apps on iOS in Australia

In the first quarter of 2021, the music and podcast app landscape on the iOS platform in Australia saw varied performances among top players. The data provided by Sensor Tower offers a clear view of the trends for these applications in terms of downloads, revenue, and weekly active users.

Spotify - Music and Podcasts continued to be a strong performer with a steady rise in revenue from $6.87M to $9.55M before ending the quarter at $5.93M. Downloads for Spotify fluctuated, starting at around 49K, dipping to 25K, and then closing at approximately 28K. The app's weekly active users showed growth from 3M to a peak of 3.3M, maintaining numbers above 3.2M for the majority of the quarter.

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts, owned by Apple, displayed a consistent trend in revenue, hovering around $40-$50 with a minor peak at $52. Downloads saw a gradual decline from nearly 14K to about 11K, while weekly active users had a slight drop from 1.16M to 1.04M in early January, followed by a recovery to 1.14M by the end of March.

SoundCloud: Discover New Music from Germany presented an interesting pattern, with revenue starting at around $40.77M, peaking at $52.49M in late February, and ending the quarter at approximately $43.25M. Downloads remained quite stable, with a starting point of around 10.5K and ending slightly lower at 9.4K. The weekly active users for SoundCloud saw an upward trend from 903K to nearly 1M by the quarter's end.

YouTube Music, another US giant, showed impressive revenue growth from $92.45M to a peak of $125.2M before a slight drop to $97.49M. Downloads for the app were relatively stable, ranging between 7.5K and 11.4K. The number of weekly active users experienced growth from 541K to around 609K, indicating a solid increase in the app's user base.

Lastly, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s triple j app saw no revenue, as expected, but it had a significant spike in downloads in mid-January, going from 1.9K to an impressive 24.6K before settling down to less than 1K by the quarter's end. The app's weekly active users mirrored this pattern with a peak at around 18.3K before decreasing to 4.5K.

The data from Sensor Tower provides a snapshot of the competitive landscape among music and podcast apps on the iOS platform in Australia for Q1 2021. For more comprehensive insights, visit Sensor Tower's platform.