AI Insights · Timothy · July 2025
Top 5 Music and Audio Apps in South Africa Q2 2025
Explore the performance of the top 5 music and audio apps in South Africa during Q2 2025, with insights on downloads, revenue, and active users from Sensor Tower.
The second quarter of 2025 showcased interesting trends for the top music and audio apps in South Africa. Here's a closer look at the performance of these apps, based on data from Sensor Tower.
Spotify: Music and Podcasts saw fluctuating weekly revenue, peaking at around $43K in the last week of June. Downloads demonstrated a downward trend from 111K at the start of April to 85K by the end of June. Active users remained relatively stable, hovering around 7.9M throughout the quarter.
Tunecho music-Play offline experienced a significant increase in downloads, reaching over 106K in early June. Active users followed a similar upward trend, climbing to over 217K mid-June.
Shazam: Find Music & Concerts had weekly downloads peaking at 70K in late April. Active users fluctuated throughout the quarter, peaking at over 3.1M in mid-June.
Music Player & MP3 - DDMusic showed a consistent pattern in downloads, with a notable peak of 67K at the beginning of April and another rise to 41K by the end of June. Active users also rose, reaching approximately 672K in early June.
Music Player: MP3 Downloader recorded a gradual increase in downloads, peaking at 44K in the last week of June. Active users demonstrated steady growth, reaching 128K by the end of the quarter.
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