🆚 Apple Podcasts vs. Spotify

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Spotify is three times more popular than Apple Podcasts.
🌎 Spotify is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Apple Podcasts is more popular in Saudi Arabia.

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Type

Audio streaming service

About

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

Spotify is a digital music-streaming service that gives users access to a large online library of music tracks and podcasts.

It offers over 100 million songs and around 7 million podcast titles, supports cross-platform playback across mobile, desktop, and smart devices, allows offline downloads of up to 10,000 tracks on each of up to 5 devices for Premium users, and provides AI-powered personalized recommendations.

Headquarters

Cupertino, California, United States

Stockholm, Sweden

Website

apple.com #8

spotify.com #22

Pricing

Free ✔️

Free version ✔️Ads between tracks, no offline listening

PremiumStudent$5.99/month
Individual$11.99/month
Duo$16.99/month
Family$19.99/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Spotify audio streaming service is 3 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.

Spotify is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Apple Podcasts is more popular in Saudi Arabia.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Brazil

Netherlands

Spain

Italy

France

Australia

Canada

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 the United States in the Audio Streaming category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Audio Streaming category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Audio Streaming category.
🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Audio Streaming category.
🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Audio Streaming category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Spotify is more popular among sites focused on entertainment, business, and blogs and wiki, while Apple Podcasts is more commonly used on health, major global religions, and religion and ideology sites.

Entertainment

Business

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Online Shopping

General News

Sports

Internet Services

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO