Australia's Top Music and Podcasts Apps in Q1 2021: A Sensor Tower Analysis

In the first quarter of 2021, YouTube Music demonstrated a significant presence in Australia's app market with revenues peaking at over $125K in early March. Despite a slight dip to about $97K by the end of March, the app maintained a strong user base, with weekly active users reaching over 1.2M in late March. Downloads followed a downward trend, starting at around 19K at the end of December and settling near 13K by March's end.

SoundCloud: Discover New Music showed a fluctuating revenue trend with a notable peak of over $52K in late February. Active user count saw an impressive climb, hitting over 1M weekly users by March, while downloads slightly decreased from approximately 15K in December to nearly 14K by the end of March.

TuneIn Radio: Music & Sports had a more modest performance, with revenues reaching over $16K in the last week of February. Weekly active users were under 10K, presenting a relatively stable trend throughout the quarter. Downloads saw a peak of over 6K in mid-January but experienced a gradual decline to just over 3K by the end of March.

Spotify - Music and Podcasts maintained a strong user base with weekly active users surpassing 5.9M in March. Revenue saw a mid-quarter spike to over $9.5K in late February, while downloads fluctuated, beginning at around 66K in December and concluding the quarter with over 37K downloads.

TIDAL Music: HiFi, Ad-free, while smaller in scale compared to its competitors, experienced a revenue increase to over $8K in early March. The app's weekly active users hovered around 20K, with a slight decrease by the quarter's end. Downloads saw an uptick in late February, reaching over 2.5K but then settling around 2K by the close of March.

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