AI Insights · Timothy · March 2025
Top 5 iOS Books Apps in the UK: Q1 2025 Performance
Explore the performance trends of top iOS books apps in the UK for the first quarter of 2025, with insights on downloads, revenue, and active users.
The first quarter of 2025 saw varied performance trends among the top books applications on iOS in the United Kingdom. The data, sourced from Sensor Tower, reveals insights into weekly downloads, revenue, and active user metrics.
Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts experienced fluctuations in its weekly revenue, starting at approximately $636K and peaking at $809K in late February. Weekly downloads showed a gradual decline, beginning at around 22K and settling to about 14K by the end of March. Meanwhile, weekly active users slightly decreased from 2M to 1.9M during the quarter.
Amazon Kindle maintained a steady download rate, beginning at around 20K and decreasing to roughly 10K by the end of the quarter. Active users also showed a downward trend, starting at 1.1M and decreasing to 929K.
Goodreads: Book Reviews saw a significant drop in downloads, from 32.6K to approximately 4.2K. However, weekly active users remained relatively stable, fluctuating around 400K throughout the quarter.
Libby, the library app had a modest download count, starting at 6.6K and decreasing to 3.8K. Active users showed a slight decline over the quarter, from 149K to 141K.
Waterstones downloads began at 6.7K, decreasing steadily to 3.1K. Similarly, active users saw a decline from 18K to 13.8K by quarter's end.
For more detailed insights and data, visit Sensor Tower's platform.
