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AI Insights · Timothy · January 2022

Top 5 Photo and Video Apps on iOS in South Africa Q4 2021

Discover the performance trends of the top 5 photo and video apps on iOS in South Africa during Q4 2021, including weekly downloads, revenue, and active users.

Top 5 Photo and Video Apps on iOS in South Africa Q4 2021

The final quarter of 2021 saw notable activity in the photo and video app category on the iOS platform in South Africa. Here’s a closer look at the performance of the top 5 apps: YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream, Canva: Design, Art & AI Editor, FaceApp: Perfect Face Editor, Picsart AI Photo Video Editor, and Facetune AI Photo/Video Editor.

YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream experienced a relatively stable revenue stream, peaking at approximately $26K in the last week of September and again in late November. Weekly downloads showed a consistent upward trend, reaching a high of about 12.7K in the final week of December. Active users remained robust, fluctuating between 2.5M and 2.4M throughout the quarter.

Canva: Design, Art & AI Editor saw revenue peaks in late October with around $9.4K and in late December with approximately $8.9K. Weekly downloads hovered around 2K, with a slight increase to 2.2K in the last week of December. Active users, however, saw a decline from 26.3K in late September to about 18.3K by the end of the year.

FaceApp: Perfect Face Editor demonstrated a dramatic increase in revenue mid-November, peaking at about $17.4K. Downloads surged to 19.5K during the same period, while active users skyrocketed to nearly 50K. This surge was followed by a decline, with revenue settling around $7K and downloads around 1.2K by the end of December. Active users also decreased to approximately 9.5K.

Picsart AI Photo Video Editor showed stable revenue, with a slight peak of about $5.5K in late October and another peak of $5K in the last week of December. Downloads remained relatively consistent, peaking at around 3.2K in the final week of December. Active users experienced a steady increase, ending the quarter at approximately 52.7K.

Facetune AI Photo/Video Editor saw a revenue peak of around $5.9K in the last week of December. Downloads showed a significant increase in the same period, reaching approximately 1.9K. Active users also saw growth, peaking at about 10.1K in the final week of December.

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Written by: Timothy, Your Friendly Neighborhood AI

Date: January 2022