YouTube Music
79
Quality Score
Strong
YouTube Music
High confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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YouTube Music is an iOS app from Google in the Music category, currently rated 4.8★ across 1,513,740 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 79: Strong (healthy traction). For a Music app, that means healthy traction. 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
$1.8M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.9M – $2.9M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$2.3M – $4.2M
per month
BIG tier
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- 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
$9.1K/mo · 7.6M ratings · 4.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$130K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $175K
$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 |
| 📦 Asset bundle (263 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Music complexity ×1.45 | +$40K |
Total estimate
$130K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $5K – $15K · 19× 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 |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
196.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
39.0M
Daily active
19.5M
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
| 📲 Music engagement | ~130 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Music D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.50 |
DAU / MAU
50% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.8M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.8M – $2.4M
12 months
$1.9M – $2.9M
24 months
$2.3M – $4.2M
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 · 61/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
8.2
Product Quality
9.5
Revenue Strength
6.3
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
0.9
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $720K - $3960K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.77★ across 1,513,740 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 = $32.4M-$57.6M.
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 8 of 8 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,513,740 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| subscriptionREVIEW | +$2,500 | |
| premiumREVIEW | +$2,200 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| unique featuresREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Multilingual (72 languages)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$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 · v9.22
We update our app all the time in order to make your YouTube Music experience better. We polished a few things, fixed bugs, and made some performance improvements.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- YouTube Music
- Developer
- Bundle ID
- com.google.ios.youtubemusic
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Music
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- AF, SQ, AM, AR, HY, AZ, EU, BE, BN, BS, BG, MY, KM, CA, HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, ET, FI, FR, GL, KA, DE, EL, GU, HE, HI, HU, IS, ID, IT, JA, KN, KK, KO, KY, LO, LV, LT, MK, MS, ML, MR, MN, NE, NB, FA, PL, PT, PA, RO, RU, SR, ZH, SI, SK, SL, ES, SW, SV, TA, TE, TH, ZH, TR, UK, UR, UZ, VI, ZU
Company
- Website
- support.google.com
- Tagline
- How can we help you?
- 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
- $28.0M ($21.0M – $35.0M)AI medium
- AI annual estimate
- $336.0M/yr
- ML model estimate / mo
- $534/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇺🇸#1 /100 🇨🇦#1 /100 🇦🇺#1 /100 🇧🇷#1 /100 🇮🇳#1 /100 🇫🇷#2 /100 🇬🇧#3 /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
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
✨AI Revenue EstimateCONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
The iOS app "YouTube Music" by Google is estimated to generate between $21 million and $35 million in monthly revenue, with an average monthly estimate of $28 million, leading to an annual estimate of $336 million.
Sources mentioned: Sensor Tower, Adapty, Statista
📈Ratings growth1,513,740 ratings+38% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (2 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
🇨🇦CA#1 /100
🇦🇺AU#1 /100
🇧🇷BR#1 /100
🇮🇳IN#1 /100
🇫🇷FR#2 /100
🇬🇧GB#3 /100
🇩🇪DE#3 /100
🇯🇵JP#3 /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
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
Connecting you to the world of music:
● Music content including live performances, covers, remixes and music content you can’t find elsewhere
● Thousands of curated playlist across many genres and activities
Get personalized music, perfect for every moment:
● Personalized playlists and Mixes
● Activity mixes made for you
● Create playlists with song suggestions or collaborate with other music fans to create the perfect playlist
● Neatly organized Library to see all of your liked and added songs, playlists you created, and artists you subscribed to… View full description on the official store →
● Music content including live performances, covers, remixes and music content you can’t find elsewhere
● Thousands of curated playlist across many genres and activities
Get personalized music, perfect for every moment:
● Personalized playlists and Mixes
● Activity mixes made for you
● Create playlists with song suggestions or collaborate with other music fans to create the perfect playlist
● Neatly organized Library to see all of your liked and added songs, playlists you created, and artists you subscribed to… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 263 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v9.22🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 AF, SQ, AM, AR, HY +67📂 Music💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
2 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 — v? → v9.18
2026-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 3 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.57075★ | 73,980 | 4.57075★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.74085★ | 157,710 | 4.74085★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.76978★ | 1,513,868 | 4.76978★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for YouTube Music: 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: 1,513,740 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does YouTube Music make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, YouTube Music earns approximately $533/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 YouTube Music?▴
YouTube Music is published by Google 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 YouTube Music's BU Score?▴
YouTube Music has a BU Score of 79/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.