How much does Hype Machine make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Hype Machine earns approximately $623/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 Hype Machine?

Hype Machine is published by The Hype Machine, 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 Hype Machine's BU Score?

Hype Machine has a BU Score of 58/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Hype Machine

Quality Score

Solid

Hype Machine

Name: Hype Machine — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Hype Machine revenue, Hype Machine app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Music & Audio revenue, Android app revenue

by The Hype Machine, Inc

Medium confidence

4.2 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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Hype Machine is an Android app from The Hype Machine, Inc in the Music & Audio category, currently rated 4.2★ across 1,773 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews: supporters praise core features while critics cite stability and value gaps.

Quality Score is 58: Solid (established niche player). For a Music & Audio app, that means established niche player. 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

$623

per month

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12-mo forecast

$545 – $1966

per month

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24-mo forecast

$505 – $4547

per month

INDIE tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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Forecast Revenue / mo

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$115K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $85K – $155K

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

📈 Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost

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
⚙ Music & Audio complexity ×1.45	+$22K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$40K

Total estimate $115K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$10K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $5K – $10K · 15× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.1× build cost (under-water)

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 base

15× MRR

Final multiple 15× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

230K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

46K

Daily active

23K

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

📲 Music & Audio engagement	~130 installs / rating
🔁 Music & Audio D30 retention	20%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.50

DAU / MAU 50% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

LOW CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$623/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

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

6 months

$531 – $1.2K

12 months

$545 – $2.0K

24 months

$505 – $4.5K

Compound growth at +6.0% MoM (tier baseline for INDIE). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±40% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Pre-traction · 39/100INDIE TIERlimited signal

Revenue Strength

2.8

Product Quality

7.5

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

4.5

Operational Safety

7.0

Founder Strength

3.1

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Marginal — $249 - $1559/mo · INDIE tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.16★ across 1,773 reviews — solid.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1591d ago — possibly dormant.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (1591d since update).

🎯 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 = $11K-$19K.

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:

Low install base (1,773 ratings)METRIC		+$1,500
Mature app (11y old)METRIC		+$1,500
Good rating (4.2★)METRIC		+$800
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: Hype Machine
Developer: The Hype Machine, Inc
Bundle ID: com.hypem.android
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Music & Audio
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: hypem.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: $115/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.

📈Ratings growth1,773 ratings+34% 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

Discover the most talked-about music from sites around the world. This is Hype Machine in your pocket. 

Every day, thousands of people around the world write about music they love — and it all ends up on Hype Machine. We watch for new posts on over 600 of the most interesting music sites and make it easy to follow this chaotic world. 

You can listen to the newest tracks posted just minutes ago, the most popular tracks of the day, and check out what your friends have discovered on the service. Each week, we also hand-pick an album that you can stream in its entirety before you can buy it.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v1.3.18🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Music & Audio💰 Free📺 Ad-supported

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Tech & Domain Intel — hypem.com

Mail provider: Google Workspace
Tech stack: Google Workspace · SendGrid

Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

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