How much does SoundCloud make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, SoundCloud earns approximately $7.9K/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 SoundCloud?

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Who makes SoundCloud?

SoundCloud is published by SoundCloud 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 SoundCloud's BU Score?

SoundCloud has a BU Score of 86/100 (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.

SoundCloud: The Music You Love

Quality Score

Excellent

SoundCloud: The Music You Love

Name: SoundCloud: The Music You Love — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: SoundCloud: The Music You Love revenue, SoundCloud: The Music You Love app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, Music & Audio revenue, Android app revenue

by SoundCloud

High confidence

4.7 ✍️ Editor

✍️ bumetric analysis

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This app targets independent artists and listeners seeking new, often niche, audio content, directly competing with platforms like Bandcamp and Mixcloud, and to some extent, YouTube for music discovery. Its strong user rating, backed by millions of reviews, signals significant traction and a mature product with a loyal user base. This isn't an early-stage app; it’s a well-established player. Given its "free" monetization, the primary revenue driver in the Music & Audio category for apps with this user profile is typically a subscription model for ad-free listening, offline downloads, or enhanced creator tools. Expect a significant portion of revenue to come from these premium tiers, rather than one-off purchases or aggressive ad monetization, which can alienate its core user base.

BU Score 86 · 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

$700K

per month

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12-mo forecast

$741K – $1141K

per month

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24-mo forecast

$886K – $1645K

per month

BIG tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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SoundCloud: The Music You Love

$137/mo · 1.9M ratings · 4.8★

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$135K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $100K – $180K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~1.4y 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
⚙ Music & Audio complexity ×1.45	+$26K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$47K

Total estimate $135K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$250K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $200K – $325K · 33× MRR multiple

💸 ~1.9× 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 ≥ 4.4 (solid)	+8%
⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings)	+8%

Final multiple 33× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

987.0M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

197.0M

Daily active

98.5M

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 & Audio engagement	~130 installs / rating
🔁 Music & Audio D30 retention	20%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.50

DAU / MAU 50% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$700K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

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

6 months

$690K – $933K

12 months

$741K – $1.1M

24 months

$886K – $1.6M

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 · 57/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautious

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

3.2

Product Quality

9.3

Revenue Strength

5.8

Monetization Maturity

5.0

Defensibility

7.0

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.67★ across 7,594,242 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
📍 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 = $12.6M-$22.4M.

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 4 of 4 triggers

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

High install base (7,594,242 ratings)METRIC		+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC		+$2,200
Mature app (15y old)METRIC		+$1,500
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: SoundCloud: The Music You Love
Developer: SoundCloud
Bundle ID: com.soundcloud.android
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: Music & Audio
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: soundcloud.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: $172/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: $5.99 - $114.00 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.

📈Ratings growth7,594,242 ratings+-13% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (1 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 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

What’s next in music is first on SoundCloud.

Your taste, your scene, your people, your soundtrack, it’s all on SoundCloud. Music discovery is where great taste creates greater moments of connection, online and IRL. That feeling of crate digging with your crush at your local record store? Sourcing rare releases in Japan? That energy lives on SoundCloud – tap in. On SoundCloud, you’re not just streaming, you’re part of a scene. Where will your taste take you?

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App Specs

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🔖 vVaries with device🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Music & Audio💰 Free📺 Ad-supported💎 IAP $5.99 - $114.00 per item

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

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

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