Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps in South Africa: Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the top music and podcast applications in South Africa demonstrated varied performance across downloads, revenue, and active user metrics. Here’s a detailed look at each app's performance, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts from Spotify AB showed a notable increase in weekly revenue, peaking at around $51.4K in late February. Weekly downloads fluctuated, with a high of 111.6K in early January and a resurgence to 111.3K by the end of March. Active users remained stable, hovering around 7.8M throughout the quarter.

YouTube Music by Google LLC maintained consistent weekly revenue, reaching approximately $23.2K in late February. Downloads saw a peak of 28.9K in early February, while active users increased to 5.4M by the end of March, indicating a growing user base.

Apple Music from Apple experienced a revenue peak at $15.3K in late February. Downloads remained steady, averaging around 10K weekly, with active users showing a slight increase to 705K by late March.

Deezer: Music & Podcast Player by Deezer Music observed a revenue spike to $14.8K in late February. Downloads were relatively stable, averaging around 1.4K, while active users saw a gradual increase to 86.6K by the end of the quarter.

TIDAL Music: HiFi sound from TIDAL had its revenue peak at $3.2K in late February. Downloads remained low, averaging around 500 weekly, with active users fluctuating slightly, ending at 1.1K by the close of March.

For more detailed insights and data, visit Sensor Tower’s platform, where you can explore further metrics and trends for these applications and others in the market.