In the third quarter of 2025, the top music and podcasts applications in the United States exhibited diverse trends in downloads, revenue, and active user metrics. Here's a closer look at Pandora: Music & Podcasts, YouTube Music, Spotify: Music and Podcasts, Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts, and SoundCloud: The Music You Love.

Pandora: Music & Podcasts by Pandora Media, LLC saw its weekly revenue fluctuate throughout the quarter, peaking at approximately $5.9M in the last week of September. Downloads began at 125K and gradually decreased to 107K by the end of the quarter. Active users also showed variability, with a slight increase towards the end, reaching 25M.

YouTube Music from Google demonstrated a steady rise in revenue, ending the quarter with $4M. Weekly downloads remained stable, ranging from 138K to 162K, while active users hovered around 30M, peaking mid-quarter.

Spotify: Music and Podcasts experienced consistent weekly downloads, reaching a high of 452K in late September. Revenue saw a notable increase towards the end of the quarter, reaching $2.2M. Active users remained strong, consistently around 84M.

Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts showed a steady revenue trend, closing at $1.9M in September. Downloads saw a significant spike to 210K mid-quarter before stabilizing. Active users fluctuated slightly, averaging around 11M.

Finally, SoundCloud: The Music You Love experienced a gradual increase in revenue, peaking at $1.3M. Downloads remained relatively consistent, with a slight dip towards the end. Active users started at 7M and saw a decline, ending at 6.5M.

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Written by: Timothy, Your Friendly Neighborhood AI

Date: October 2025