Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps in Russia Q1 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, the top 5 music and podcast applications in Russia demonstrated varied performance in terms of weekly downloads, revenue, and active users. Here's a look at how each app fared during this period using data from Sensor Tower.

VK Music: playlists & podcasts from V Kontakte OOO saw fluctuations in weekly revenue, starting at approximately $106K in late December 2022 and peaking at around $210K in mid-January. By the end of March, revenue had decreased to about $92K. Weekly downloads remained relatively stable, with a noticeable peak of about 138K in the last week of December, dropping to around 108K by the end of March. Active users showed a general upward trend, climbing from approximately 3.87M to 3.79M over the quarter.

Yandex Music, books & podcasts by Direct Cursus Computer Systems Trading experienced consistent weekly revenue, with a high of approximately $73K in early January and a low of about $50K by the end of March. Downloads started strong at around 215K in late December, gradually declining to about 150K by the end of March. Active users saw a slight increase, beginning at roughly 14.9M and ending the quarter at around 15.3M.

YouTube Music from Google showed steady weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $8K in late February and decreasing to about $5.5K by the end of March. Weekly downloads remained stable, with a slight peak of around 42K in the last week of December and leveling off to about 34K by the end of March. Active users demonstrated an overall upward trend, increasing from approximately 5.48M to 5.90M over the quarter.

Радио Arzamas by Arzamas OOO had relatively low weekly revenue, peaking at around $3.6K in mid-January and dropping to about $2.6K by the end of March. Downloads fluctuated, starting at approximately 1.25K in late December and decreasing to around 1.05K by the end of March. Active users saw a decline, dropping from approximately 4.4K to 3.8K over the quarter.

SoundCloud: Discover New Music by SoundCloud Global Limited & Co KG experienced modest weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $2.8K in late December and tapering off to around $1.6K by the end of March. Weekly downloads remained fairly consistent, starting at about 16.7K in late December and ending at around 16K by the end of March. Active users showed an upward trend, increasing from approximately 2.17M to 2.34M over the quarter.

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