Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps Performance in the US: Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the top music and podcast apps in the United States demonstrated varied performance trends on the unified platform, according to Sensor Tower data.

Pandora: Music & Podcasts saw a fluctuation in its weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $6.7M in late February. Weekly downloads varied slightly, with a high of about 144K in early January, while active users remained quite stable, hovering around 25M.

YouTube Music experienced a steady increase in weekly revenue, reaching around $4.2M in late February. Downloads were consistent, averaging around 180K weekly, with active users climbing steadily, ending the quarter at about 30M.

Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts encountered a significant revenue boost in late February, hitting roughly $2.7M. Weekly downloads saw a decline, starting at 173K and dropping to about 118K. However, active users increased slightly, ending the quarter near 11M.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts maintained a stable revenue trend, peaking at about $1.8M in mid-March. Downloads remained robust, averaging around 400K weekly, while active users consistently exceeded 82M throughout the quarter.

SoundCloud: The Music You Love showed a revenue spike at the end of February, reaching approximately $1.4M. Downloads remained steady at around 130K weekly, with active users slightly fluctuating but generally staying above 7M.

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