AI Insights · Timothy · April 2025
Top Music and Audio Apps Performance in South Africa: Q1 2025
Explore the performance trends of the top 5 music and audio apps in South Africa during Q1 2025, including downloads, revenue, and active users, based on Sensor Tower data.
In the first quarter of 2025, the music and audio app landscape in South Africa showed distinct trends across the top applications, as reported by Sensor Tower.
Spotify: Music and Podcasts saw significant fluctuations in weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $51K in late February. Weekly downloads began at over 100K, dipped slightly mid-quarter, and ended strong at about 111K. The app maintained a robust active user base, hovering around 7.8M throughout the quarter.
Music Player & MP3 - DDMusic experienced a consistent increase in weekly downloads, reaching a high of 76.7K in mid-March. Active users ranged from 597K to 745K, showing some variability but generally staying above 600K.
For Tunecho music-Play offline, weekly downloads peaked at 84K in early March, followed by a decrease towards the end of the quarter. Active users showed a growth trend, peaking at 123K in early March before slightly declining.
Shazam: Find Music & Concerts maintained a steady download growth, culminating at 59.5K by the end of March. Active users experienced minor fluctuations, with a peak at 3.2M in mid-March.
Lastly, Tubidy Mp3 Music Downloader showed a gradual increase in downloads, reaching 37K by the quarter's end. Active users decreased over the period, starting at 214K and ending at 166K.
For more detailed insights and data, head over to Sensor Tower's platform.
