Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps in the Netherlands in Q1 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, the top five music and podcast applications in the Netherlands displayed notable trends in their performance metrics. Here’s a closer look at the weekly revenue, downloads, and active users for these leading apps.

Spotify - Music and Podcasts saw a solid increase in weekly revenue, beginning at around $6.8K in early January and peaking at $17.7K towards the end of March. Weekly downloads fluctuated slightly, starting at 28.5K and gradually declining to 22.3K by the end of the quarter. The app maintained a robust user base, with weekly active users hovering around the 4.8M mark.

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts experienced consistent weekly downloads throughout the quarter, averaging around 10K. Active users for Shazam started at 893K in late December but saw a general decline to approximately 700K by the end of March.

SoundCloud: Discover New Music demonstrated moderate revenue growth, with weekly earnings increasing from $9K to $11.3K. Downloads remained steady, averaging around 6K weekly, while active users fluctuated slightly, maintaining an average of about 590K throughout the quarter.

YouTube Music exhibited a strong revenue performance, with weekly revenue peaking at $16.6K in late February. Downloads showed a slight downward trend from 5.2K at the start of the quarter to 4.2K by the end. Active users of YouTube Music saw an impressive rise from 858K to over 1M in mid-March before settling back to 944K by the end of the month.

NPO Radio 2 had a notable spike in downloads at the beginning of the quarter, starting at 130.6K, which then dropped to an average of about 1.5K weekly. Active users also saw a decline from 114K to approximately 8K over the same period.

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