Top 5 Music and Audio Apps in Russia for Q1 2023

During the first quarter of 2023, the top 5 music and audio applications in Russia demonstrated a variety of performance trends. Data from Sensor Tower reveals key insights into these apps' weekly downloads, revenue, and active user numbers on a unified platform.

Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts experienced consistent weekly downloads, starting at around 214K and gradually declining to approximately 150K by the end of March. Weekly revenue peaked at about $73.6K in early February, while active users increased steadily, reaching approximately 15.5M in mid-March.

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts maintained a relatively stable download rate, averaging around 120K to 136K weekly. Active users fluctuated, peaking at around 7.6M in late March. Revenue for Shazam was negligible, with only a slight increase to $3 in the last week of March.

VK Music: playlists & podcasts saw a varied performance in terms of revenue, peaking at approximately $210K in mid-January before fluctuating throughout the quarter. Downloads remained steady, ranging from 99K to 138K, while active users saw a gradual increase, reaching around 3.8M by the end of March.

StarMaker: Sing Karaoke Songs had a notable decline in downloads, starting from around 116K at the start of the quarter and dropping to approximately 20K by the end of March. Weekly revenue peaked at about $709 in late February. Active users decreased from around 253K to approximately 140K over the quarter.

Zvuk: HiFi music, podcasts demonstrated significant growth in downloads, starting from around 61K and rising to approximately 108K by late March. Active users also increased steadily, reaching around 506K by the end of the quarter. Revenue data for this app was not available.

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