The top grossing SVOD app worldwide for September 2019 was YouTube with close to $55.7 million in user spending, a 2x increase from September 2018. Approximately 66 percent of YouTube’s revenue was from the United States, followed by 7 percent from Japan and 4 percent from Great Britain. The full ranking of the top grossing SVOD apps for September 2019 is above. App revenue estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.
iQIYI was the second highest earning SVOD app worldwide for September 2019 with close to $45.7 million in gross revenue, which represented 24 percent year-over-year growth from September 2018. About 97 percent of iQIYI’s revenue was from China, followed by 2 percent from Taiwan. The next top grossing app was Tencent Video, followed by Youku and Hulu.
Store Intelligence users can see app revenue and app download estimates for the above apps in addition to historical performance metrics on the Sensor Tower platform. Our revenue estimates are from the App Store and Google Play worldwide between September 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 and represent gross user spending. These rankings do not include app revenue from third-party Android stores.