How much does Ruf Records make per month?

Based on our verified revenue dataset (calibrated against founder-declared MRR + acquired-deal anchors), Ruf Records earns approximately $89/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.

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Who makes Ruf Records?

Ruf Records is published by @rufrecords on the YouTube. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.

What is Ruf Records's BU Score?

Ruf Records has a BU Score of 44/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Ruf Records

Quality Score

Emerging

Ruf Records

High confidence

2.2 ✍️ Editor

📅 Joined Mar 2011

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Ruf Records is a YouTube channel from @rufrecords in the YouTube Channels category, currently rated 2.2★ across 24,500 ratings. Initial signal reads as no scraped reviews yet: judgment based on metadata only.

Quality Score is 44: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a YouTube Channels channel, that means early traction worth watching. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$89

per month

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12-mo forecast

$129 – $231

per month

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24-mo forecast

$217 – $507

per month

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How we forecast this revenue

HIGH CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$89/mo · founder-confirmed (Stripe webhook)

Growth rate

+6.0% MoM · INDIE tier baseline (compound monthly)

Direction

Headwinds: low defensibility moat

6 months

$102 – $152

12 months

$129 – $231

24 months

$217 – $507

Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±20% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Pre-traction · 32/100INDIE TIERlimited signal

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

3.0

Product Quality

4.4

Revenue Strength

2.0

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

2.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

8.0

💰 Revenue: Verified $89/mo (founder claim, Stripe / ASC), trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 2.19★ across 24,500 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — no material risk signals detected.

🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.

💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $1K-$2K.

Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.

Range:

💰 Forecast Revenue / mo

MODEL

Revenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.

🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 3 of 3 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Mid install base (24,500 ratings)METRIC		+$5,500
Below-average rating (2.2★)METRIC		−$1,500
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

App Specs

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📝 About this app

Ruf Records is a German independent record label, which was founded in 1994 by Luther Allison's manager, Thomas Ruf, to promote Allison's career. The motto of the blues label is "Where Blues Crosses Over." Past and present artists include Luther Allison, his son Bernard Allison, Louisiana Red, Eric Bibb, Canned Heat, Kevin Coyne, Sue Foley, Friend 'n Fellow, Larry Garner, Michael Hill's Blues Mob, Candye Kane, Imperial Crowns, Omar & The Howlers, Aynsley Lister, Ian Parker, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Dani Wilde, Oli Brown, Ana Popovic, Spooky Tooth, Samantha Fish, and Walter Trout.…

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Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Ruf Records
Developer: @rufrecords
Bundle ID: UClSHZqBUjKcikAxgTFYA-Rw
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: YouTube Channels
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: Not found
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Est. AdSense / mo: $0.1K – $0.2K/mo · AdSense est., excl. sponsorships
Verified revenue / mo: $89/mo
Annual run-rate (AdSense): $0.0M – $0.0M/yr
Avg monthly views: 0M/mo (lifetime avg)
Total lifetime views: 13,833,302
Sponsorships: Not found
Top-grossing rank: Not found

Founder

Founder data not yet collected for this app.

Funding

Funding data not yet collected for this app.

Press & Links

Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.

Contacts & Socials

Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.

📈Subscriber growth24,500 subscribers+1% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value

Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.