9GAG: Funny GIF, Meme & Video
74
Quality Score
Strong
9GAG: Funny GIF, Meme & Video
by 9gag
High confidence
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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This Android app targets the casual entertainment niche, specifically users seeking short-form, user-generated humor like memes, GIFs, and videos. Its direct competitors include platforms like Reddit, TikTok, and Instagram, all vying for attention in the content-sharing and viral media space. The substantial number of ratings, despite a moderate average, indicates significant user traction and a mature product with a well-established user base, suggesting it’s past its initial growth phase and is now focused on retention and incremental engagement. For free entertainment apps in this category, a common monetization observation is the reliance on advertising, often a mix of interstitial and banner ads, with a strong potential for in-app purchases offering ad-free experiences or premium content subscriptions for power users.
BU Score 74 · Strong — healthy traction. 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
→
12-mo forecast
$3.2M – $4.9M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$3.8M – $7.1M
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
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$120K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $90K – $160K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~1.9y 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 |
| 💎 In-app purchase plumbing | +$9K |
| ⚙ Entertainment complexity ×1.30 | +$17K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$42K |
Total estimate
$120K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$150K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $100K – $175K · 26× MRR multiple
💸
~1.2× build cost (break-even+)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from iap / freemium model + 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
| 💎 IAP / freemium model base | 28× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating 3.5-4.0 (mixed) | -8% |
| 🏷 Entertainment category multiple | -5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
26× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
257.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
30.5M
Daily active
12.0M
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
39% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 54/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
2.1
Product Quality
7.7
Revenue Strength
6.5
Monetization Maturity
5.0
Defensibility
7.0
Market Position
0.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $1.2M - $6.6M/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 3.83★ across 1,714,912 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 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 = $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
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 4 of 4 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (1,714,912 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| Mature app (13y old)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.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- 9GAG: Funny GIF, Meme & Video
- Developer
- 9gag
- Bundle ID
- com.ninegag.android.app
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Entertainment
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- 9gag.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
- $11/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.99 - $99.99 per item
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.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline2 releases tracked
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
With millions of visitors everyday, 9GAG is the app for you to have a good laugh, kill time and connect with a bold and creative community from around the world.
Still not convinced?
• 9GAG app loads fast and allows effortless scrolling.
Waste no time to be amused and blown away by popular (or dare we say, savage) memes
• Carry unlimited fun in your pocket.
Enjoy 9GAG anytime, anywhere, and anyplace. Never be bored again in class, at work, or on bathroom breaks.
• Out-humor your friends.
Be the first person to share the latest trend with your frenemies.… View full description on the official store →
Still not convinced?
• 9GAG app loads fast and allows effortless scrolling.
Waste no time to be amused and blown away by popular (or dare we say, savage) memes
• Carry unlimited fun in your pocket.
Enjoy 9GAG anytime, anywhere, and anyplace. Never be bored again in class, at work, or on bathroom breaks.
• Out-humor your friends.
Be the first person to share the latest trend with your frenemies.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v8.20.0🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Entertainment💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $0.99 - $99.99 per item
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
6 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 →
2026-08
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Shipped update — v8.17.5 → v8.20.0
→ 30 days after: reviews −357 high confidence
2026-07
📸
Updated 2 store screenshots
→ 30 days after: reviews −357 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
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Shipped update — v8.17.5 → v8.17.5
→ 30 days after: reviews −867 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
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Replaced 1 store screenshot
→ 30 days after: reviews −510 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
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Shipped update — v8.17.5 → v8.17.5
→ 30 days after: reviews −808 low · multiple changes
2026-05
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews −298 high confidence
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Store Page History
3 SCREENSHOT CHANGESEvery time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.
iPhone screenshots
Slot 1
2 ver.
2 ver.
2026-05-06
2026-07-12
Slot 2
3 ver.
3 ver.
2026-05-06
2026-06-12
2026-07-12
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for 9GAG: Funny GIF, Meme & Video: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 1,714,912 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does 9GAG make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, 9GAG earns approximately $5.3K/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 9GAG?▴
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Who makes 9GAG?▴
9GAG is published by 9gag 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 9GAG's BU Score?▴
9GAG has a BU Score of 74/100 (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.