Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts
92
Quality Score
Transcendent
Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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This iOS app targets the digital audio entertainment market, specifically audiobooks and podcasts, competing directly with platforms like Spotify, Apple Books, and Google Play Books for listener mindshare. Its substantial user rating, amassed from over five million reviews, alongside its consistent monthly revenue approaching $38,000, indicates established market traction and a mature product in the growth stage. This isn’t an early-stage app; it’s a dominant player with a loyal user base. For this content-driven subscription category, a common monetization observation is the effectiveness of tiered subscription models offering access to a rotating library or credits for premium titles. This typically drives higher LTV than pure per-title sales, especially when coupled with exclusive content to reduce churn.
BU Score 92 · Transcendent — category-leading momentum. 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
$2.2M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$2.3M – $3.6M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.8M – $5.2M
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
—
Reviews
—
Forecast Revenue / mo
—
Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$5.5K/mo · 1.7M ratings · 4.6★
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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 ~3 months 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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (284 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$9K |
Total estimate
$100K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$700K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $500K – $900K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~7.0× return on build cost
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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
551.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
77.0M
Daily active
15.0M
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
| 📲 Food & Drink engagement | ~100 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Food & Drink D30 retention | 14% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
19% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$2.2M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$2.2M – $2.9M
12 months
$2.3M – $3.6M
24 months
$2.8M – $5.2M
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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 57/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.6
Product Quality
9.7
Revenue Strength
6.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $880K - $4840K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.85★ across 5,514,667 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ 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 = $39.6M-$70.4M.
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
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 13 of 13 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (5,514,667 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| priceyREVIEW | −$800 | |
| Localized (8 languages)METRIC | +$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.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v4.71.1
At Audible, we’re always making updates and improvements to make your listening experience better. This version includes improvements and fixes to the Library.
If you’re experiencing issues, please reach out to customer service.… Full release notes →
If you’re experiencing issues, please reach out to customer service.… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts
- Developer
- Audible, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.audible.iphone
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, PT, ES
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Try Audible free for 30 days. Discover best-selling audiobooks, free podcasts, and exclusive Audible Originals. Listen offline with the Audible app.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Newark
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $23.0M ($17.6M – $44.0M)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $276.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $37.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#1 /100 🇬🇧#1 /100 🇩🇪#1 /100 🇫🇷#1 /100 🇨🇦#1 /100 🇦🇺#1 /100 🇧🇷#3 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- x.com/newsfromaudible
- linkedin.com/company/audible
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/Audible · instagram instagram.com/insideaudible · linkedin linkedin.com/company/audible · twitter x.com/newsfromaudible
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- audible.com/about?ref_pageloadid=not_…
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts" is estimated to generate approximately $23 million in monthly revenue. Based on this, the annual revenue for the iOS app is estimated to be around $276 million.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, Appfigures
📈Ratings growth5,514,667 ratings+15% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (23 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank9 countries
🇺🇸US#1 /100
🇬🇧GB#1 /100
🇩🇪DE#1 /100
🇫🇷FR#1 /100
🇨🇦CA#1 /100
🇦🇺AU#1 /100
🇧🇷BR#3 /100
🇮🇳IN#6 /100
🇯🇵JP#8 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#1 now · best #1 · worst #1
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter7 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline7 releases tracked
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
Join millions of Audible users who listen to 1M+ audiobooks, exclusive Audible Originals, and podcasts. We've got what everyone's listening to, from bestsellers and new releases to that story you've been waiting for.
Whether you're diving into Harry Potter on your commute, racing through Project Hail Mary at the gym, winding down with a sleep story, or learning something new in 15 minutes — Audible fits how you actually live.
WHY AUDIBLE OVER ANYTHING ELSE?
• Massive Audio Library — 1M+ audiobooks and podcasts spanning every genre, from global bestsellers to hidden gems… View full description on the official store →
Whether you're diving into Harry Potter on your commute, racing through Project Hail Mary at the gym, winding down with a sleep story, or learning something new in 15 minutes — Audible fits how you actually live.
WHY AUDIBLE OVER ANYTHING ELSE?
• Massive Audio Library — 1M+ audiobooks and podcasts spanning every genre, from global bestsellers to hidden gems… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 284 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 18.1+🔖 v4.71.1🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 NL, EN, FR, DE, IT +3📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected 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 →
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v4.69.1 → v4.69.2
2026-05
🔄
Monetization changed: subscription → free
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v4.65.1 → v4.69.1
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.07 → 4.85 (improved 0.78★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2026-01
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-01
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.67 (dropped 0.33★)
🧪
Tech & Domain Intel — audible.com
- Tech stack
- Microsoft 365 · Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) · Meta (Facebook) Ads · Google Workspace · AWS SES
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.78924★ | 289,153 | 4.78924★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.79233★ | 11,600 | 4.79233★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.78902★ | 333,291 | 4.78902★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.7285★ | 441,935 | 4.7285★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.73121★ | 74,377 | 4.73121★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.80229★ | 747,580 | 4.80229★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.75387★ | 33,031 | 4.75387★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.65317★ | 151,471 | 4.65317★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.85299★ | 5,525,249 | 4.85299★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Audible: Audiobooks & Podcasts: 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
Why high confidence: 5,514,667 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Audible make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Audible earns approximately $37K/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 Audible?▴
Audible is published by Audible, Inc. on the Apple App 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 Audible's BU Score?▴
Audible has a BU Score of 92/100 (Transcendent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.