AI Insights · Timothy · January 2026
Top 5 Music and Podcasts Apps in South Africa Q4 2025
Explore the performance of the leading music and podcast apps on a unified platform in South Africa during Q4 2025, featuring metrics on downloads, revenue, and active users.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, the top music and podcast applications in South Africa demonstrated varied performance metrics in terms of downloads, revenue, and active users. This data, provided by Sensor Tower, offers a detailed look at the trends for each app.
Spotify: Music and Podcasts experienced fluctuations in weekly revenue, reaching its peak at around $65K in the week of November 24. Weekly downloads started at approximately 94K, declining to about 49K by the end of December. Active users initially decreased but rebounded to over 9.6M at the start of December.
Shazam: Find Music & Concerts maintained a stable weekly download rate, averaging around 32K. Active users varied slightly, with a noticeable increase to over 3.7M in late November.
YouTube Music saw a gradual rise in weekly revenue, peaking at nearly $25K at the end of December. Downloads saw a notable increase in early December, reaching over 26K. Active users showed a consistent rise, peaking at approximately 5.8M in early December.
Tubidy Mp3 Music Downloader showed a significant increase in weekly downloads, particularly in December, with numbers reaching over 28K. Active users rose to around 128K in mid-December before slightly declining.
Apple Music experienced steady weekly revenue, with a peak of about $13.7K in late October. Downloads surged in early December to nearly 30K. Active users remained relatively stable, fluctuating around 750K throughout the quarter.
For more detailed insights and data, visit Sensor Tower's platform.
