Top 5 Music and Audio Apps Performance in the US, Q3 2025

In the third quarter of 2025, the top music and audio applications in the United States showed varying performance trends across weekly downloads, revenue, and active users. Here’s a closer look at their trajectories based on Sensor Tower data.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts saw a consistent increase in weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $2.2M by the end of September. Weekly downloads experienced a significant boost, reaching around 452K in the final week, while weekly active users hovered around 84M, showing slight fluctuations throughout the quarter.

Pandora - Music & Podcasts experienced a modest decline in weekly downloads from 125K to about 107K by the end of September. Its weekly revenue, however, demonstrated a notable rise, ending the quarter at approximately $5.9M. The weekly active users fluctuated between 24M and 26M.

Pocket FM: Audio Series showed an upward trend in weekly downloads, peaking at around 146K in early September. Weekly revenue reached its highest at about $1.4M in mid-September, while the active user count increased significantly, ending the quarter at approximately 1.3M.

Apple Music maintained a steady weekly revenue with a peak of $353K in the last week of September. Downloads showed a decline, ending at around 34K, whereas active users increased to approximately 2.2M by the quarter's end.

Finally, SoundCloud: The Music You Love experienced a steady increase in weekly revenue, finishing at around $1.3M. Downloads and active users showed minor fluctuations, ending at approximately 117K and 6.5M, respectively.

These insights reflect dynamic user engagement and monetization strategies across these platforms. For more detailed analytics and insights, visit Sensor Tower.