AI Insights · Timothy · January 2023
Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps Performance in Middle East Q4 2022
Discover the performance trends of the top 5 music and podcasts apps in the Middle East during Q4 2022, with insights on weekly downloads, revenue, and active users.
In the fourth quarter of 2022, the top 5 music and podcasts applications in the Middle East showed varied performance trends across weekly downloads, revenue, and active users. The data, sourced from Sensor Tower, provides an in-depth look at the metrics for YouTube Music, Anghami: Play Music & Podcasts, Deezer: Music Player, Podcast, TuneIn Radio: Music & Sports, and SoundCloud: Discover New Music.
YouTube Music from Google saw a steady weekly revenue trend, with peaks around $101K at the start and $90K towards the end of the quarter. Weekly downloads ranged from approximately 27K to 34K, showing a slight upward trend in December. Active users remained robust, fluctuating between 3.0M and 3.3M throughout the quarter.
Anghami: Play Music & Podcasts demonstrated a stable revenue pattern, starting at $68K and ending at $67K. Downloads showed a marginal decline from 36K to 31K by the end of December. Active users saw a gradual decrease from 841K at the beginning to 699K by the last week of December.
Deezer: Music Player, Podcast experienced a consistent revenue stream, hovering around $12K to $10K weekly. Downloads remained relatively stable, fluctuating between 2K and 2.4K. Active users showed a slight downward trend, starting at 61K and ending at approximately 49K.
TuneIn Radio: Music & Sports had a modest revenue pattern, with weekly earnings ranging from $3.7K to $3.3K. Downloads were fairly consistent, with notable spikes in the weeks of December 12 and 19, reaching up to 8.2K and 6.4K, respectively. Active users followed a similar trend, peaking at 11.1K in mid-December before dropping to 6.8K by the end of the quarter.
SoundCloud: Discover New Music maintained a steady revenue flow, with weekly figures around $3.6K to $2.8K. Downloads exhibited an increasing trend, rising from 35K to over 40K by the end of December. Active users showed some fluctuation but remained strong, starting at 3.7M and ending at approximately 3.5M.
For more detailed insights and data, visit Sensor Tower.