Top Music and Podcasts Apps in Europe: Q1 2025 Performance

In the first quarter of 2025, the top music and podcast applications on a unified platform in Europe showed diverse trends in downloads, revenue, and active users. Here's a closer look at the performance of these popular apps.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts experienced a steady climb in weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $1.9M in late February. Downloads, however, saw a gradual decline, starting at about 763K in early January and closing the quarter at around 581K. The app maintained a robust active user base, fluctuating slightly around 106M throughout the quarter.

Shazam: Find Music & Concerts reported modest weekly revenue, consistently around the $50 mark. Downloads decreased from 490K to approximately 352K over the quarter, while active users hovered around 46M, showing minor variations.

YouTube Music saw its weekly revenue rise to a high of $1.47M in late February. The number of downloads peaked at 385K in early February before declining to around 254K by the end of March. Active users increased to 37.8M, indicating steady engagement.

Yandex Music, books & podcasts showed an increase in weekly revenue, reaching $71K in late February. Downloads decreased from 367K to 207K, while active users rose steadily, reaching over 35M by the end of the quarter.

SoundCloud: The Music You Love saw a peak in weekly revenue at about $958K in late February. Downloads increased to over 309K in early March before dropping to 232K by the end of the quarter. Active users saw a significant rise, surpassing 9.7M in early March.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower, where more detailed analyses are available.