
95
BU Score
Transcendent
YouTube
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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YouTube is an iOS app from Google in the Photo & Video category, currently rated 4.7★ across 47,130,049 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews — supporters praise core features while critics cite stability/value gaps.
Our BU Score puts it at 95 — Transcendent (category-leading momentum). For a Photo & Video app, that means category-leading momentum.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue 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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (47,130,049 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (72 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| annoying adsREVIEW | −$1,100 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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Apr 26
May 26
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 342 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v21.19.02🔄 updated 3d ago🌐 AF, SQ, AM, AR, HY +67📂 Photo & Video💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2012 (13y old)
📝 About this app
Get the official YouTube app on iPhones and iPads. See what the world is watching -- from the hottest music videos to what’s popular in gaming, fashion, beauty, news, learning and more. Subscribe to channels you love, create content of your own, share with friends, and watch on any device.
Watch and subscribe
● Browse personal recommendations on Home
● See the latest from your favorite channels in Subscriptions
● Look up videos you’ve watched, liked, and saved for later in Library
Explore different topics, what’s popular, and on the rise (available in select countries)
● Stay up to date on what’s popular in music, gaming, beauty, news, learning and more
● See what’s trending on YouTube and around the world on Explore
● Learn about the coolest Creators, Gamers, and Artists on the Rise (available in select countries)
Connect with the YouTube community
● Keep up with your favorites creators with Posts, Stories, Premieres, and Live streams
● Join the conversation with comments and interact with creators and other community members
Create content from your mobile device
● Create or upload your own videos directly in the app
● Engage with your audience in real time with live streaming right from the app
Find the experience that fits you and your family (available in select countries)
● Every family has their own approach to online video. Learn about your options: the YouTube Kids app or a new parent supervised experience on YouTube at youtube.com/myfamily
Support creators you love with channel memberships (available in select countries)
● Join channels that offer paid monthly memberships and support their work
● Get access to exclusive perks from the channel & become part of their members community
● Stand out in comments and live chats with a loyalty badge next to your username
Upgrade to YouTube Premium (available in select countries)
● Watch videos uninterrupted by ads, while using other apps, or when the screen is locked
● Save videos for when you really need them – like when you’re on a plane or commuting
● Get access to YouTube Music Premium as part of your benefits
Note: If you subscribe via Apple, payment will be charged to App Store Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of the selected plan. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to Account Settings after purchase.
YouTube paid service terms: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms_paidservice.
Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy
Watch and subscribe
● Browse personal recommendations on Home
● See the latest from your favorite channels in Subscriptions
● Look up videos you’ve watched, liked, and saved for later in Library
Explore different topics, what’s popular, and on the rise (available in select countries)
● Stay up to date on what’s popular in music, gaming, beauty, news, learning and more
● See what’s trending on YouTube and around the world on Explore
● Learn about the coolest Creators, Gamers, and Artists on the Rise (available in select countries)
Connect with the YouTube community
● Keep up with your favorites creators with Posts, Stories, Premieres, and Live streams
● Join the conversation with comments and interact with creators and other community members
Create content from your mobile device
● Create or upload your own videos directly in the app
● Engage with your audience in real time with live streaming right from the app
Find the experience that fits you and your family (available in select countries)
● Every family has their own approach to online video. Learn about your options: the YouTube Kids app or a new parent supervised experience on YouTube at youtube.com/myfamily
Support creators you love with channel memberships (available in select countries)
● Join channels that offer paid monthly memberships and support their work
● Get access to exclusive perks from the channel & become part of their members community
● Stand out in comments and live chats with a loyalty badge next to your username
Upgrade to YouTube Premium (available in select countries)
● Watch videos uninterrupted by ads, while using other apps, or when the screen is locked
● Save videos for when you really need them – like when you’re on a plane or commuting
● Get access to YouTube Music Premium as part of your benefits
Note: If you subscribe via Apple, payment will be charged to App Store Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of the selected plan. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to Account Settings after purchase.
YouTube paid service terms: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms_paidservice.
Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy
🆕 What's New · v21.19.02
Fixed bugs, improved performance, explored the edges of the known universe.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- YouTube
- Developer
- Bundle ID
- com.google.ios.youtube
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, AR, HY, AZ, EU, BE, BN, BS, BG, MY, KM, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, GL, KA, DE, EL, GU, HE, HI, HU, IS, ID, IT, JA, KN, KK, KO, KY, LO, LV, LT, MK, MS, ML, MR, MN, NE, NB, FA, PL, PT, PA, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SI, SK, SL, ES, SW, SV, TA, TE, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UR, UZ, VI, ZU
Company
- Website
- www.youtube.com
- Tagline
- YouTube
- Description
- Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- OG image
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $190.0M ($175.0M – $190.0M)AI high
- AI annual estimate
- $2280.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $36.7K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#1 /100 🇬🇧#1 /100 🇩🇪#1 /100 🇯🇵#1 /100 🇨🇦#1 /100 🇦🇺#1 /100 🇧🇷#1 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- https://twitter.com/YouTube
- Not found
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
- Not found
- Listed on
- Not found
- Blog
- https://www.youtube.com/t/impressum?hl=de&gl=DE
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook · instagram · twitter · youtube
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- https://www.youtube.com/t/contact_us/
- About page
- https://www.youtube.com/about/
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: HIGH
The iOS app "YouTube" by Google is estimated to generate approximately $190 million in monthly revenue. This is based on recent Sensor Tower estimates for April 2026. Annually, this projects to about $2.28 billion, which aligns with the reported $2.1 billion in-app revenue for the iOS app in 2025, making it the top-grossing iOS app that year.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Business of Apps, Statista, DemandSage, Resourcera, Marketing Dive
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 3.35★ · 40.8% 5★ · 28.6% 1★
5★20 (41%)
4★7 (14%)
3★6 (12%)
2★2 (4%)
1★14 (29%)
+2,989,468,413 ratings/week
Praise: love ×8 great ×4 best ×2 amazing ×1 favorite ×1Complaints: expensive ×1 terrible ×1 hate ×1 bug ×1
Top positive
★★★★★ YouTube Review
Loving all the new additions…
★★★★★ La aplicación para ver videos mas recomendada por mi
Para mí YouTube es la mejor aplicación para ver videos en todo el mundo.…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Too expensive
Price increase is not justified…
★☆☆☆☆ rancid garbage
go watch tik tok instead…
📈Ratings growth47,130,049 ratings+10% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (3 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🗺️Geographic Distribution●Top 10●Top 30●Top 60
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank9 countries
🇺🇸US#1 /100
🇬🇧GB#1 /100
🇩🇪DE#1 /100
🇯🇵JP#1 /100
🇨🇦CA#1 /100
🇦🇺AU#1 /100
🇧🇷BR#1 /100
🇮🇳IN#1 /100
🇫🇷FR#2 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#1 now · best #1 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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.
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