Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps in Kuwait Q4 2025

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the music and podcast app landscape in Kuwait showed varying performance trends across the top five applications, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts experienced fluctuations in weekly revenue, peaking at around $841 in late December. The app's weekly downloads saw a notable increase in early December, reaching approximately 8K, while active users showed a high of about 180K during the same period.

SoundCloud: The Music You Love maintained steady weekly revenue, with a peak of $2.4K towards the end of December. Weekly downloads hovered around 2K, with active users showing a slight decline, starting from 181K at the beginning of October to around 174K by the end of the quarter.

YouTube Music recorded the highest revenue among the apps, with a peak of approximately $21.5K in late November. Downloads spiked to about 3K in December, while active users increased to 73K at the start of December before slightly declining to 66K by the end of the month.

Anghami: Play Music & Podcasts saw a steady revenue increase, reaching around $7.5K in late December. Downloads were modest, with a notable rise to 1.9K in mid-December. Active users peaked at 25K during the same period.

Finally, Shazam: Find Music & Concerts, despite not generating revenue, maintained a consistent download rate of approximately 600 to 700 weekly, with active users slightly decreasing from 31K at the start of the quarter to roughly 30K by the end.

These insights highlight the dynamic nature of the music and podcast app market in Kuwait, with more detailed analytics available from Sensor Tower.