Top 5 iOS Books Apps in Germany: Q1 2025 Performance

In the first quarter of 2025, Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts experienced notable fluctuations in its performance metrics. Weekly revenue varied, peaking at approximately $270K in late February, while weekly downloads showed a decline from 15.5K to 9.2K. Despite these changes, weekly active users remained strong, hovering around 1.7M.

Amazon Kindle saw a gradual decrease in weekly downloads, starting from 11.5K and ending at 6.2K. Its weekly active users trend mirrored this, beginning at 739K and stabilizing around 590K by the end of the quarter.

Thalia – Bücher entdecken maintained a consistent performance in weekly downloads, with numbers slightly declining from 7K to 4.1K. However, weekly active users saw an increase, reaching over 261K in mid-March before settling at 243K.

BookBeat: Audiobooks & E-books experienced an interesting trend in weekly downloads, rising to 5.6K by mid-January before tapering off to around 2.4K. Weekly active users started at nearly 200K, with a slight dip to 166K in early March, then recovering to 174K by the quarter's close.

Wattpad - Read & Write Stories had a stable weekly revenue, with figures ranging from $3.4K to $4.4K. Weekly downloads fluctuated, beginning at 4.7K and ending at 2.6K, while weekly active users showed resilience, climbing from 199K to 182K by the end of March.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower, offering a glimpse into the dynamic landscape of the books category on iOS in Germany. For more detailed insights, Sensor Tower provides comprehensive analytics.