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Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming

85
Quality Score
Excellent

Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming

High confidence
4.7 ✍️ Editor
✍️ bumetric analysis

This Entertainment app dominates the anime streaming niche, directly competing with services like Funimation and HIDIVE for dedicated anime viewers. Its substantial user rating, backed by over four million reviews, indicates strong user satisfaction and a mature product with significant market penetration. This isn't an early-stage app; it’s a well-established player with a massive, engaged audience. Operating on a free monetization model, Crunchyroll primarily drives revenue through premium subscriptions for ad-free viewing and expanded content access. A common monetization observation in this streaming category is the clear upgrade path: users are initially drawn in by free content, then convert to paid tiers for an enhanced, uninterrupted experience, often with exclusive or early-access content as a key differentiator. This strategy effectively leverages a large free user base to funnel a significant portion into recurring subscription revenue.

BU Score 85 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$7.5K
per month
12-mo forecast
$7.8K – $16.3K
per month
24-mo forecast
$9.6K – $28.9K
per month
MID tier
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Rating
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Forecast Revenue / mo
Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD💰 Estimated build cost
$100K
What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $75K – $135K
$25K · MVP floor$100K · indie scale$500K+ · studio build
📈Pays back in ~1.1y 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
Entertainment complexity ×1.30+$15K
🌐Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)+$36K
Total estimate$100K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE💵 Estimated acquisition value
$125K
What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $150K · 17× MRR multiple
💸~1.2× build cost (break-even+)

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + 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
📺Ad-supported base15× MRR
★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid)+8%
🏷Entertainment category multiple-5%
Mature user base (1M+ ratings)+8%
Final multiple17× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
602.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
72.0M
Daily active
28.5M

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
📲Entertainment engagement~150 installs / rating
🔁Entertainment D30 retention12%
📍DAU / MAU stickiness0.40
DAU / MAU40% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🤖
Native Android (Kotlin)
High confidence · 80%
Also possible
Flutter

Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.

Signals we read
🏷Category contextEntertainment
📦Compact Android bundle→ Native Kotlin
💀 Maintenance status
Active
5%
Last shipped 2026-05-04 · 22 days ago
0 · Active50 · At risk100 · Abandoned

Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.

Risk signals
📅22 days since last updateActive development
VerdictActive
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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE
Baseline
$7.5K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: low defensibility moat
6 months
$7.1K – $11.9K
12 months
$7.8K – $16.3K
24 months
$9.6K – $28.9K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊

BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 45/100MID TIERunderperforming peers
GrowthFounderQualityRevenueMonetiz.MoatMarketSafety
Growth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.9
Product Quality
9.4
Revenue Strength
3.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
2.0
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
  • 💰 Revenue: Modest — $5K - $11K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
  • ⭐ Quality: 4.69★ across 4,016,436 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: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $135K-$240K.
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:
High install base (4,016,436 ratings)METRIC
+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC
+$2,200
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC
+$600
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📈 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.
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📝 About this app

WATCH THE MOST POPULAR AND TOP-RATED ANIME ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
Stream new episodes, classic favorites, and anime movies with the Crunchyroll app. Whether you love action-packed anime, heartwarming slice-of-life stories, or fantasy adventures, Crunchyroll offers the largest anime collection online, featuring a massive library of anime shows and movies available on your favorite device. Watch anime ad-free and in high quality—all in one place.

EXCLUSIVE MUSIC VIDEOS AND CONCERTS
Get access to thousands of music videos, concert exclusives, and special performances from top artists worldwide.… View full description on the official store →
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Profile & Insights

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

Identification

App name
Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming
Developer
Crunchyroll, LLC
Bundle ID
com.crunchyroll.crunchyroid
App Store URL
Open in App Store
Category
Entertainment
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

Verified revenue / mo
Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo
$18.0M ($16.2M – $19.8M)AI medium
AI annual estimate
$216.0M/yr
ML model estimate / mo
$7.5K/mo
Top-grossing rank
Not found
All-time revenue
Not found
Pricing
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.
AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The Android app "Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming" is estimated to generate approximately $18 million in monthly revenue, based on recent Sensor Tower data for Google Play in key regions. This projects to an annual revenue of around $216 million.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty
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.

📝 Description

95
BU Score · Transcendent

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
ZCAnalyzed by Zakhar Chumak · founder, bumetric·Full methodology·High confidence

Why high confidence: 4,016,436 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).

Frequently Asked Questions

10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public data
How much does Crunchyroll make per month?
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Crunchyroll earns approximately $7.5K/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.
Is Crunchyroll profitable?
With estimated build cost $100K and monthly revenue $7.5K, Crunchyroll looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.1 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Crunchyroll have?
Estimated audience: ~602.0M lifetime downloads, ~72.0M monthly active users, and ~28.5M daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like Crunchyroll?
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What is Crunchyroll built with?
Our heuristic places Crunchyroll on the Native Android (Kotlin) stack (High confidence, 80%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: Flutter.
Is Crunchyroll still actively maintained?
Maintenance status: Active (5% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 22 days ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Crunchyroll sell for?
Estimated acquisition value: $125K (marketplace range $100K – $150K). Calculated as 17× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was Crunchyroll last updated?
Crunchyroll last shipped a new version on 2026-05-04 — less than a month ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Crunchyroll?
Crunchyroll is published by Crunchyroll, LLC 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 Crunchyroll's BU Score?
Crunchyroll has a BU Score of 85/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.