Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps in New Zealand Q4 2022

In Q4 2022, the top 5 music and podcast apps in New Zealand showcased varied performance trends in terms of weekly downloads, revenue, and active users. Here's a detailed look at their metrics:

YouTube Music saw a consistent rise in weekly revenue, peaking at around $13.8K in the week of December 19. Weekly downloads for the app increased steadily, reaching approximately 2.9K by the end of December. Active users fluctuated slightly but remained strong, ending the quarter at around 215K.

SoundCloud: Play Music & Songs experienced a similar upward trend in weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $5.9K in the week of December 19. Weekly downloads showed a modest increase, reaching around 2.1K by the end of the quarter. Active users remained relatively stable, finishing the quarter at about 120K.

TIDAL Music: HiFi sound had a more fluctuating revenue stream, peaking at around $2.2K in the week of December 19. Downloads saw a significant spike in mid-November, reaching up to 658, and then stabilized to around 425 by the end of December. Active users decreased over the quarter, ending at approximately 7.8K.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts showed robust performance with weekly revenue peaking at about $2.1K in the week of December 19. Downloads saw a significant boost, especially towards the end of November, peaking at around 12.3K in the last week of December. Active users remained exceptionally high throughout the quarter, ending at around 1.3M.

Apple Music had a relatively stable revenue stream, peaking at approximately $1.1K in early November. Downloads were consistent and peaked at around 576 in mid-December. Active users showed slight fluctuations but ended the quarter at about 5.7K.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower, where more detailed performance metrics and trends can be found.