Top 5 Music and Audio Apps on Android in South Africa Q2 2024

In the second quarter of 2024, the performance of the top five music and audio apps on the Android platform in South Africa revealed interesting trends in weekly downloads, revenue, and active users. Here's a closer look at how each app fared:

Spotify: Music and Podcasts saw its weekly revenue peak at approximately $26K in the last week of April, with a notable dip to around $15K mid-June. Weekly downloads fluctuated, reaching a high of 89K towards the end of May and dropping significantly to around 46K by the end of June. Active users remained relatively stable, peaking at 707K in early June before settling back to 686K by the end of the quarter.

Apple Music experienced steady revenue, peaking at around $11.6K at the end of May. Downloads surged to almost 30K in the same period, with a steady increase in active users to 52K by early June. However, active users saw a slight decline to approximately 49K by the end of June.

Pocket FM: Audio Series showed a mixed performance with revenue peaking at about $10.6K mid-April and then gradually declining to around $6.1K by the end of June. Downloads reached about 14K at the start of April but dropped to approximately 3.8K by the end of the quarter. Active users peaked at 35K in early April before falling to 24K by the end of June.

Deezer: Music & Podcast Player maintained a steady revenue stream, peaking at approximately $5.5K at the end of April. Downloads hovered around the 1K mark throughout the quarter. Active users peaked at 20K at the end of April but saw a decline to around 18K by the end of June.

Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs had its revenue peak at around $1.2K in the last week of June. Downloads varied, reaching up to 843 in mid-May. Active users showed a gradual increase, peaking at 3.8K in mid-May before a slight drop to 3.3K by the end of June.

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