Q2 2024 Android Performance of Top Music & Podcast Apps in the US

In the second quarter of 2024, the music and podcasts app landscape for Android users in the United States saw notable trends in user engagement and downloads. Sensor Tower's analysis provides a clear view of how these apps performed during this period.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts maintained its momentum with downloads fluctuating around the 5M to 6M mark, peaking at 5.7M in early June. Weekly active users showed a steady increase from 710K to approximately 730K, while revenue trends saw a peak of $4.7M at the end of April before settling around the $4M mark.

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts experienced a varied download pattern, starting at approximately 2.8M and reaching a high of 3.3M in early April. The weekly active users remained fairly constant, with numbers hovering around the 75K mark throughout the quarter.

SoundCloud: Play Music & Songs showed a slight decline in downloads from 2M at the start of April to 1.7M by the end of June. Weekly active users saw a decrease from 30K to 29K. Although revenue was not a significant factor for SoundCloud, there was a notable increase to $21 in the last week of June.

YouTube Music downloads ranged from 1.1M to 1.3M, with active users showing a positive trend from 182K to 191K over the quarter. Revenue data was not available for this app.

Spotify - Music and Podcasts, a different app entity under the same publisher, saw downloads starting at 1M and rising to just over 1M by the end of the quarter. Weekly active users showed a gradual increase from approximately 7.2K to 7.9K.

For more in-depth insights on the performance of these and other applications, Sensor Tower's full analysis provides a comprehensive look at the Music and Podcast category on Android.