Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps on iOS in Saudi Arabia - Q3 2024

In the third quarter of 2024, the iOS music and podcast app market in Saudi Arabia saw varied performance across the top five applications. Based on Sensor Tower data, we provide an overview of key trends in weekly downloads, revenue, and active users for these leading apps.

YouTube Music from Google demonstrated a dynamic quarter. Weekly revenue fluctuated, peaking at around $69.8K in the last week of September. Downloads experienced a gradual decline, starting at 13.3K in early July and tapering off to just under 10K by the end of September. Weekly active users remained relatively stable, hovering around the 1M mark throughout the quarter.

Anghami: Play Music & Podcasts maintained a consistent revenue stream, with a notable increase in the latter half of the quarter, reaching approximately $38.5K in the final week. Downloads and active users showed a downward trend, with downloads decreasing from 7.1K to 5.6K, and active users dropping from 117K to 80.9K over the quarter.

Woohoo - Voice Chat&Play Games experienced a decline in both downloads and revenue. Weekly revenue started at $8.7K in early July, decreasing to around $5.9K by the end of the quarter. Downloads followed a similar pattern, beginning at 5.6K and ending at 3.6K.

Deezer: Music Player, Podcast saw a modest revenue increase towards the end of the quarter, peaking at $3.8K in the last week of September. Downloads remained low and stable, hovering around 250 per week, while active users fluctuated slightly, ending the quarter with approximately 2.3K users.

Lastly, SoundCloud: Discover New Music showed resilience with revenue bouncing back to $2.6K in the final week of September, after a mid-quarter dip. Downloads started strong at 15.7K and ended at 10.7K, while active users maintained a robust presence, averaging around 1.3M throughout the quarter.

For more detailed insights and analysis, visit Sensor Tower.