Shonen Jump Manga & Comics
86
Quality Score
Excellent
Shonen Jump Manga & Comics
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Shonen Jump Manga & Comics is an iOS app from VIZ Media, LLC in the Food & Drink category, currently rated 4.9★ across 253,295 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Quality Score is 86: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Food & Drink app, that means strong product-market fit. 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
$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
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$2.5K/mo · 84K ratings · 4.9★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$55K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $40K – $75K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~4 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 |
| ⚙ Food & Drink complexity ×1.10 | +$5K |
Total estimate
$55K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$250K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $175K – $300K · 18× MRR multiple
💸
~4.5× 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 (100K+ ratings) | +5% |
Final multiple
18× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
25.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
3.5M
Daily active
700K
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
20% sticky
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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 · 56/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.5
Product Quality
9.8
Revenue Strength
6.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
1.5
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $880K - $4840K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.89★ across 253,295 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 = $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 12 of 12 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (253,295 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.9★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (13y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
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 · v5.6.13
- Bug fixes
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Shonen Jump Manga & Comics
- Developer
- VIZ Media, LLC
- Bundle ID
- com.viz.wsj
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- shonenjump.viz.com
- Tagline
- VIZ: Read Free Shonen Jump Manga - Official & Simul with Japan
- Description
- The world's most popular manga! Read free or become a member. Start your free trial today!
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- $2.0M ($740.0K – $2.0M)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $24.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $13.2K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#3 /100 🇬🇧#5 /100 🇨🇦#7 /100 🇦🇺#10 /100 🇮🇳#15 /100
- 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
- Socials
- instagram instagram.com/vizmedia · tiktok tiktok.com/@vizmedia · twitter twitter.com/VIZMedia · youtube youtube.com/@vizmedia
- Not found
- Phone
- 10 11 12 13 14 15
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- shonenjump.viz.com/company-about
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "Shonen Jump Manga & Comics" by VIZ Media, LLC is estimated to generate a monthly revenue between $740,000 and $2,000,000. The most recent estimate suggests a monthly revenue of $2,000,000, leading to an annual estimate of $24,000,000.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, Marlvel.ai, Reddit
📈Ratings growth253,295 ratings+36% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (32 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank5 countries
🇺🇸US#3 /100
🇬🇧GB#5 /100
🇨🇦CA#7 /100
🇦🇺AU#10 /100
🇮🇳IN#15 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#3 now · best #3 · worst #70
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
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
Your OFFICIAL source to read the world’s most popular manga, straight from Japan.
ALL YOUR FAVORITE SERIES IN ONE PLACE! My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer, One-Punch Man, Naruto, Bleach, Death Note, Dragon Ball, Boruto, Kaiju No. 8, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Spy x Family, and so much more!
READ MANGA FREE! New chapters weekly, with brand new series added regularly! Latest chapters are always free!… View full description on the official store →
ALL YOUR FAVORITE SERIES IN ONE PLACE! My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer, One-Punch Man, Naruto, Bleach, Death Note, Dragon Ball, Boruto, Kaiju No. 8, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Spy x Family, and so much more!
READ MANGA FREE! New chapters weekly, with brand new series added regularly! Latest chapters are always free!… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 50 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.4+🔖 v5.6.13🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Food & Drink💰 Paid
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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
🔄
Monetization changed: paid → free
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.25 → 4.80 (improved 0.55★)
2025-06
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-05
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.88 → 3.56 (dropped 0.32★)
2025-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.17 → 3.71 (dropped 0.46★)
2025-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.67 → 3.75 (dropped 0.92★)
2025-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.50 (dropped 0.50★)
2025-05
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 5 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.8205★ | 11,092 | 4.8205★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.81173★ | 16,407 | 4.81173★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.84236★ | 17,026 | 4.84236★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.83054★ | 2,933 | 4.83054★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.88906★ | 253,997 | 4.88906★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Shonen Jump Manga & Comics: 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: 253,295 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Shonen Jump Manga & Comics make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Shonen Jump Manga & Comics earns approximately $13K/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 Shonen Jump Manga & Comics?▴
Shonen Jump Manga & Comics is published by VIZ Media, LLC 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 Shonen Jump Manga & Comics's BU Score?▴
Shonen Jump Manga & Comics has a BU Score of 86/100 (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.