How much does YouTube Kids make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, YouTube Kids earns approximately $6.7K/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.

What apps are like YouTube Kids?

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Who makes YouTube Kids?

YouTube Kids is published by Google LLC on the Google Play 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 Kids's BU Score?

YouTube Kids has a BU Score of 80/100 (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.

YouTube Kids

Quality Score

Excellent

YouTube Kids

Name: YouTube Kids — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: YouTube Kids revenue, YouTube Kids app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Entertainment revenue, Android app revenue

by Google LLC

High confidence

4.2 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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This Google LLC app targets the highly specific children’s entertainment video niche on Android, directly competing with platforms like Disney+ Kids, PBS Kids Video, and various educational streaming services. Its substantial rating count, over three million, paired with a solid average rating, indicates strong user adoption and sustained engagement, positioning it as a mature product with established market penetration rather than an early-stage growth app. While the app is free, its monetization strategy within this category is typically driven by brand partnerships and curated content sponsorships rather than direct IAPs or traditional ad placements, given the target audience. Founders in this space often see higher engagement and retention by focusing on subscription models for premium, ad-free content, a path YouTube Kids could explore to diversify revenue beyond its current free model.

BU Score 80 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. 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

$3.0M

per month

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12-mo forecast

$3.2M – $4.9M

per month

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24-mo forecast

$3.8M – $7.1M

per month

BIG tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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🍎Also on iOS

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$36.7K/mo · 48.4M ratings · 4.7★

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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 ~1.2y 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
⚙ Entertainment complexity ×1.30	+$15K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$36K

Total estimate $100K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$100K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 15× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.0× build cost (break-even+)

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
🏷 Entertainment category multiple	-5%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 15× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

503.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

60.0M

Daily active

24.0M

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

📲 Entertainment engagement	~150 installs / rating
🔁 Entertainment D30 retention	12%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.40

DAU / MAU 40% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$3.0M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$3.0M – $4.0M

12 months

$3.2M – $4.9M

24 months

$3.8M – $7.1M

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.

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BU Investment Matrix

Mixed signals · 56/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

6.8

Product Quality

8.4

Revenue Strength

6.5

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

7.5

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.2M - $6.6M/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.19★ across 3,354,175 reviews — strong (top 10%).
📍 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 = $54.0M-$96.0M.

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

MODEL

Revenue 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 5 of 5 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

High install base (3,354,175 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
excellent appREVIEW		+$1,500
Mature app (11y old)METRIC		+$1,500
Good rating (4.2★)METRIC		+$800
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: YouTube Kids
Developer: Google LLC
Bundle ID: com.google.android.apps.youtube.kids
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Entertainment
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: support.google.com
Tagline: Not found
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: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $201/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
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.

📈Ratings growth3,354,175 ratings+29% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (3 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value

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

Inspire your kids to uncover their unique interests

Help your kids explore video content they love and parents trust, in an app made just for kids. With easy navigation tools and a suite of features, you can help your kids spend time online uncovering new interests, unleashing their imagination, and building their confidence in their own unique world.

Help your kids grow at their own pace

Your kids are unique, so they should only see content they're ready to explore.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 vVaries with device🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Entertainment💰 Free📺 Ad-supported

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

3 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected 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 →

2026-06

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Shipped update — vVaries with device → vVaries with device

→ 30 days after: reviews +20,856 high confidence

2026-06

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Shipped update — vVaries with device → vVaries with device

→ 30 days after: reviews +47,450 medium · co-occurring

2026-05

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: reviews +26,594 high confidence

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📝 Description

BU Score · Transcendent

Full revenue analysis

Read the article-style breakdown for YouTube Kids: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.

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