🆚 Apple Podcasts vs. SoundCloud

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 SoundCloud is twice as popular as Apple Podcasts.
🌎 SoundCloud is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Apple Podcasts is more popular in Taiwan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Apple Podcasts

SoundCloud

Type

Audio streaming service

About

Apple Podcasts is a content distribution and streaming service from Apple.

SoundCloud is an online music streaming and distribution platform that allows musicians upload, share, and monetize audio tracks, while listeners discover and engage with content.

It hosts over 400 million tracks, supports social features such as a feed based on friends’ likes and follows, direct in-app messaging, public commenting on tracks, personalized recommendations, playlists with up to 500 tracks, and offers analytics and messaging tools for artists.

Headquarters

Cupertino, California, United States

Berlin, Germany

Website

apple.com #8

soundcloud.com #40

Pricing

Free ✔️

For listenersFree version ✔️Ads, limited catalog, no offline listening
SoundCloud Go$4.99/month
SoundCloud Go+$10.99/month

For artistsFree version ✔️Basic, 2 hours of uploads
Artist$39/year
Artist Pro$99/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The SoundCloud audio streaming service is 1.8 times more popular than Apple Podcasts.

Total websites

Market share

Audio Streaming

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

SoundCloud is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Apple Podcasts is more popular in Taiwan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Russia

Vietnam

Australia

Canada

Brazil

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in Taiwan in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Audio Streaming category.
🥉 Third most popular in Canada in the Audio Streaming category.

🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Audio Streaming category.
🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Audio Streaming category.
🥇 Most popular in Ukraine in the Audio Streaming category.
🥇 Most popular in South Africa in the Audio Streaming category.
🥇 Most popular in Iran in the Audio Streaming category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

SoundCloud is more popular among sites focused on entertainment, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Apple Podcasts is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, sports, and politics and opinion sites.

Entertainment

Blogs/Wiki

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Health

General News

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Sports

Online Shopping