Top 5 Books Apps in the UK: Q2 2022 Performance Review

In the second quarter of 2022, the top five books applications in the United Kingdom exhibited diverse performance trends across weekly downloads, revenue, and active users. Here’s a comprehensive look at how these apps fared during this period, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Audible: Audio Entertainment saw a notable increase in weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $318K in the final week of June. Weekly downloads fluctuated, reaching a high of around 36K in the last week of June, while weekly active users remained relatively stable, with minor fluctuations around the 670K mark.

Amazon Kindle maintained consistent weekly downloads, averaging around 20K throughout the quarter. Weekly active users showed slight variations, peaking at nearly 498K in early May.

Wattpad - Read & Write Stories experienced fluctuations in weekly revenue, with a high of about $21K at the end of June. Weekly downloads varied, reaching approximately 13K in early April, and weekly active users saw a downward trend, falling from around 770K to 656K by the end of June.

Goodreads: Book Reviews had steady weekly downloads, averaging around 7K, and their weekly active users remained fairly constant, hovering around the 107K mark, with a slight peak to 114K at the end of May.

Lastly, Waterstones showed consistent weekly downloads, averaging around 5K, and stable weekly active users, maintaining around 11K throughout the quarter.

These insights provide a snapshot of the app performance in the UK’s books category during Q2 2022. For more detailed data and analysis, visit Sensor Tower.