Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps in Nigeria Q1 2023

In Q1 2023, the top 5 music and podcast apps in Nigeria exhibited diverse trends in weekly downloads, revenue, and active users on unified platforms. Below, we break down the performance of each app, based on data from Sensor Tower.

YouTube Music from Google LLC saw its weekly revenue fluctuate, peaking at approximately $5K during the first week of January and experiencing a low of around $2K in mid-March. Weekly downloads remained relatively stable, averaging around 9K to 10K, with a slight increase to about 10K in the last week of March. Active users hovered around 170K throughout the quarter, with minor fluctuations.

Audiomack: Music Downloader by Audiomack Music Apps experienced significant activity. Weekly downloads peaked at approximately 128K in the last week of March, while weekly revenue saw a notable spike to around $3.2K in mid-February. Active user numbers were impressive, consistently exceeding 1.4M and reaching over 1.8M in early March.

Apple Music from Apple maintained a steady performance in weekly downloads, ranging from around 11K to 14K, with the highest downloads in the last week of March. Revenue showed a consistent pattern, typically around $700 to $900 each week. Active users remained fairly stable, averaging around 39K throughout the quarter.

Boomplay: Music & Live Stream by Transsnet Music Limited displayed varying trends. Weekly revenue saw a peak of approximately $1.3K in mid-February. Downloads ranged from about 43K to 60K, with the highest in the last week of March. Active users were consistently high, averaging around 6.7M to 7.2M.

Deezer: Music & Podcast Player from Deezer Music had a relatively lower but steady performance. Weekly downloads were around 1K to 1.8K. The app's revenue ranged from about $300 to $650, with a peak in late February. Active users showed a decline from around 15K at the start of the quarter to approximately 10K by the end of March.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower. For more detailed analytics and trends, visit Sensor Tower's platform.