Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps on Android in Africa Q3 2023

The third quarter of 2023 saw impressive growth for the leading music and podcasts apps on the Android platform in Africa. Here’s a closer look at the performance of the top five apps: Spotify: Music and Podcasts, Apple Music, Anghami: Play music & Podcasts, Deezer: Music & Podcast Player, and Audiomack: Music Downloader.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts saw a steady increase in weekly revenue, peaking at around $14.4K by the end of September. Weekly downloads surged notably, starting from 458K in late June and reaching over 1.1M in mid-September. Active users also rose consistently, ending the quarter with approximately 4.9M.

Apple Music experienced a fluctuation in weekly revenue, with a high of $14.1K in late June and a low of $8.1K in mid-July, eventually stabilizing at around $10.7K by the end of September. Downloads showed modest growth, starting at 57K and ending the quarter at 65.6K. Active users climbed from 440K in late June to over 510K by the end of September.

Anghami: Play music & Podcasts maintained steady weekly revenue, peaking at $8.3K in late August. Download trends were somewhat volatile, with a notable peak of 76.5K in mid-September. Active users showed a slight decline, dropping from 1.76M in late June to around 1.57M by the end of September.

Deezer: Music & Podcast Player had varying weekly revenue, peaking at $5K in late August. Downloads remained relatively stable, averaging around 5K per week, with a peak of 6.1K in late August. Active users saw a slight decline, ending the quarter at approximately 210K.

Audiomack: Music Downloader showed consistent revenue growth, peaking at $1K by the end of September. Downloads followed a similar trend, starting at 188K in late June and reaching 229K in mid-September. Active users varied throughout the quarter, peaking at 4.02M in mid-September before slightly declining to 3.9M by the end of the month.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower. For a more detailed analysis, visit Sensor Tower’s platform.