How much does Pocket Casts - Podcast App make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Pocket Casts - Podcast App earns approximately $2.1K/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 Pocket Casts - Podcast App?

Pocket Casts - Podcast App is published by Automattic, Inc on the Google Play Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.

What is Pocket Casts - Podcast App's BU Score?

Pocket Casts - Podcast App has a BU Score of 78/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Pocket Casts - Podcast App

Quality Score

Strong

Pocket Casts - Podcast App

Name: Pocket Casts - Podcast App — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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High confidence

4.8 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Pocket Casts - Podcast App is an Android app from Automattic, Inc in the News & Magazines category, currently rated 4.8★ across 113,155 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 78: Strong (healthy traction). For a News & Magazines app, that means healthy traction. 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

$700K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$741K – $1141K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$886K – $1645K

per month

BIG tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost

$110K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $80K – $150K

$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build

📈Pays back in ~4.3y at current MRR

Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.

Where the money goes

🧱MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship)	+$28K
📱5 unique screens × $4.5K	+$22K
💎In-app purchase plumbing	+$9K
⚙News & Magazines complexity ×1.20	+$11K
🌐Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$39K

Total estimate$110K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value

$75K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $50K – $100K · 32× MRR multiple

💸~0.7× build cost (under-water)

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.

How the multiple was built

💎IAP / freemium model base	28× MRR
⭐★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium)	+15%
🏷News & Magazines category multiple	-5%
⭐Mature user base (100K+ ratings)	+5%

Final multiple32× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

13.5M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

2.0M

Daily active

900K

Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.

How we sized it

📲News & Magazines engagement	~120 installs / rating
🔁News & Magazines D30 retention	15%
📍DAU / MAU stickiness	0.45

DAU / MAU45% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$690K – $933K

12 months

$741K – $1.1M

24 months

$886K – $1.6M

Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Mixed signals · 61/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

5.6

Product Quality

9.5

Revenue Strength

5.8

Monetization Maturity

4.0

Defensibility

8.5

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.76★ across 113,155 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.

🎯 For competitors: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.

💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $12.6M-$22.4M.

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 4 of 4 triggers

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

High install base (113,155 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC		+$2,200
Mature app (15y old)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.

Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name: Pocket Casts - Podcast App
Developer: Automattic, Inc
Bundle ID: au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: News & Magazines
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

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

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $2.1K/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $3.99 - $99.99 per item

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.

📈Ratings growth113,155 ratings+23% 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.

📝 About this app

Pocket Casts is the world's most powerful free podcast app, made by listeners, for listeners 🎧. Our free podcast player makes it easy to listen, discover, and enjoy podcasts your way. Are you a podcast addict? Find new shows with our curated podcast recommendations and enjoy personalized podcast recommendations for every mood. Catch the latest podcast episodes and manage your library with our smart app for listening to podcasts features.

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🔖 vVaries with device🔄 updated 0d ago📂 News & Magazines💰 Free💎 IAP $3.99 - $99.99 per item

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Mail provider: Google Workspace
Tech stack: Google Workspace

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