Top 5 Books Apps Performance in the UK: Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the top five books applications in the United Kingdom exhibited diverse trends in downloads, revenue, and active users on a unified platform. Here's a closer look at their performance:

Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts from Audible, Inc. started the quarter with weekly revenue at around $726K, experiencing fluctuations before peaking at approximately $926K by the week of February 24. Downloads showed a declining trend, starting at 46K and decreasing to 27K by the end of March. However, active users remained relatively stable, averaging around 3.8M throughout the quarter.

Amazon Kindle, while not generating revenue, saw a gradual decline in downloads from 34K to 18K weekly. The app maintained a steady number of active users, hovering around 1.6M towards the end of March.

Goodreads: Book Reviews also did not report revenue but experienced a significant drop in downloads from 45K at the start to 6K by the end of the quarter. Active users similarly decreased, with numbers dropping from 756K to approximately 570K.

Libby, the library app showed consistent download numbers, starting at 11K and slightly decreasing to 8K. Active users fluctuated but remained around 270K by the quarter's end.

Finally, Waterstones reported a decrease in weekly downloads from 9K to 4K. The app maintained around 68K active users, with minor fluctuations throughout the quarter.

For more detailed insights on these trends, visit Sensor Tower, the source of this data.