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.

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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 84/100 (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.

Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming

Quality Score

Excellent

Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming

Name: Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming revenue, Crunchyroll: Anime Streaming app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Entertainment revenue, Android app revenue

by Crunchyroll, LLC

High confidence

4.6 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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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 84 · 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

$3.0M

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$3.2M – $4.9M

per month

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24-mo forecast

$3.8M – $7.1M

per month

BIG tier

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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs

📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$120K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $90K – $160K

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

📈 Pays back in ~1.3y 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
⚙ Entertainment complexity ×1.30	+$17K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$42K

Total estimate $120K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$225K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $175K – $300K · 31× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.9× build cost (break-even+)

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 ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
🏷 Entertainment category multiple	-5%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 31× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

630.5M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

75.5M

Daily active

30.0M

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 retention	12%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.40

DAU / MAU 40% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$3.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

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

6 months

$3.0M – $4.0M

12 months

$3.2M – $4.9M

24 months

$3.8M – $7.1M

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 · 58/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

3.7

Product Quality

9.3

Revenue Strength

6.5

Monetization Maturity

5.0

Defensibility

7.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.2M - $6.6M/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.63★ across 4,204,646 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 = $54.0M-$96.0M.

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 8 of 8 triggers

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

High install base (4,204,646 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
subscriptionREVIEW		+$2,500
premiumREVIEW		+$2,200
Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC		+$2,200
excellent appREVIEW		+$1,500
Mature app (15y old)METRIC		+$1,500
slowREVIEW		−$1,200
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: 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: www.crunchyroll.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: $459/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $9.99 - $179.99 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 growth4,204,646 ratings+17% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (3 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

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 →

App Specs

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🔖 vVaries with device🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Entertainment💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $9.99 - $179.99 per item

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

3 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →

2026-07

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Shipped update — vVaries with device → vVaries with device

→ 30 days after: reviews +74,022 high confidence

2026-06

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Shipped update — vVaries with device → vVaries with device

→ 30 days after: rating −0.06★ · reviews +188,210 medium · co-occurring

2026-05

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: rating −0.05★ · reviews +114,188 high confidence

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

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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