Bigo Live - Live Streaming App
84
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ GetAppValue analysis
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Bigo Live carves out a significant niche in the live streaming social space, directly competing with platforms like Twitch, TikTok Live, and YouTube Live by focusing on direct creator-viewer interaction and community building. Its substantial user rating, backed by millions of reviews, signals robust traction and a mature product, indicating it’s well past the early growth stage and firmly established as a market leader. This volume of positive feedback suggests a loyal user base and effective user acquisition strategies. For social live streaming apps in this category, a common monetization observation is the reliance on virtual currency for gifting and tipping creators, often sold in tiered IAP bundles. This model drives engagement and creates a direct revenue stream from highly active users, with successful apps seeing a significant portion of their revenue from these in-app purchases rather than traditional advertising.
BU Score 84 · 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
→
12-mo forecast
$741K – $1141K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$886K – $1645K
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- 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
🍎Also on iOS
$9.8K/mo · 6.4M ratings · 4.5★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$155K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $115K – $210K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
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Pays back in ~1.5y 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 |
| ⚙ Social complexity ×1.70 | +$41K |
| 🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android) | +$55K |
Total estimate
$155K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$300K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $375K · 34× MRR multiple
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~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% |
| 🏷 Social category multiple | +5% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
34× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
578.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
144.5M
Daily active
79.0M
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
| 📲 Social engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
55% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$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.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 60/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousRevenue Strength
5.8
Product Quality
9.1
Market Position
0.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
8.5
Operational Safety
10.0
Founder Strength
5.7
Monetization Maturity
4.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $280K - $1540K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.54★ across 6,426,059 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: Strong subscription moat. Hard to outcompete on retention. Better angle: free alternative with one-time purchase, or feature parity for an underserved sub-niche.
💵 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
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 6 of 6 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (6,426,059 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.5★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| Mature app (10y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| 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
- Bigo Live - Live Streaming App
- Developer
- Bigo Technology Pte. Ltd.
- Bundle ID
- sg.bigo.live
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social
- Content rating
- Not found
- Languages
- Not found
Company
- Website
- www.bigo.tv
- 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
- $184/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Not found
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- $0.07 - $399.99 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.
🚀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
BIGO LIVE - The Ultimate Live Streaming Platform
Join over 700M people worldwide on BIGO LIVE, where entertainment meets connection.
<font color="#300F77"><b>What You Can Enjoy:</b></font>
√ Discover Exciting Live Streams: Watch high-quality, round-the-clock streams tailored to your interests, from chatting, dancing, and singing to gaming and beyond.
√ Feel the Warm Community Vibes: Step into any live room to enjoy friendly chats, instant interactions, and warm welcomes from a vibrant global community.… View full description on the official store →
Join over 700M people worldwide on BIGO LIVE, where entertainment meets connection.
<font color="#300F77"><b>What You Can Enjoy:</b></font>
√ Discover Exciting Live Streams: Watch high-quality, round-the-clock streams tailored to your interests, from chatting, dancing, and singing to gaming and beyond.
√ Feel the Warm Community Vibes: Step into any live room to enjoy friendly chats, instant interactions, and warm welcomes from a vibrant global community.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →🔖 v6.49.1🔄 updated 0d ago📂 Social💰 Free💎 IAP $0.07 - $399.99 per item
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
3 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 →
2026-06
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Refreshed store screenshots — 6 of 6 updated
2026-06
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Shipped update — v6.47.1 → v6.49.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +27,854 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: reviews +27,854 high confidence
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Store Page History
6 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
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Bigo Live - Live Streaming App: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 6,426,059 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Bigo Live - Live Streaming App make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Bigo Live - Live Streaming App earns approximately $8.6K/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 Bigo Live - Live Streaming App?▴
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Who makes Bigo Live - Live Streaming App?▴
Bigo Live - Live Streaming App is published by Bigo Technology Pte. Ltd. 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 Bigo Live - Live Streaming App's BU Score?▴
Bigo Live - Live Streaming App has a BU Score of 84/100 (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.