Top 5 Music and Audio Apps in the Middle East: Q1 2023 Performance

In the first quarter of 2023, the top 5 music and audio applications in the Middle East experienced varied performance trends in terms of weekly downloads, revenue, and active users. Here’s a detailed look at how these apps fared.

StarMaker: Sing Karaoke Songs saw its weekly revenue fluctuate, starting at around $61.7K and ending the quarter at approximately $53.2K. Weekly downloads peaked at 94.6K in late February, while active users increased from about 183.9K at the beginning of the quarter to a peak of 249.7K in late February, before declining to 194.5K by the end of March.

Anghami: Play music & Podcasts experienced a high weekly revenue of around $72.5K at the end of February. However, weekly downloads showed a steady decline, dropping from approximately 31.7K at the start of the quarter to around 12K by the end of March. The active user count also saw a decrease from about 699.2K at the beginning to around 528.5K by the end of the quarter.

WeSing - Karaoke, Party & Live had a modest weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $11.5K in early February. Weekly downloads remained relatively low, hovering around 1K throughout the quarter. Active users showed a slight decline from about 15.1K at the start to around 12.7K by the end of March.

Apple Music maintained consistent weekly revenue, averaging around $2.5K, with a peak of approximately $2.8K at the end of March. Weekly downloads remained steady, averaging around 4.8K. Active users also displayed stability, staying close to 101K throughout the quarter.

Smule: Karaoke, Sing & Record showed a steady weekly revenue trend, peaking at around $15.2K in the final week of March. Weekly downloads averaged about 4.5K, while active users decreased from about 30.6K at the beginning of the quarter to around 24.3K by the end of March.

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