Musi takes the world by storm: music streaming app quickly rises to global dominance

A new music streaming app named Musi has experienced explosive success since its recent launch, demonstrating remarkable international appeal. The app's rapid rise to prominence is underlined by data from Pixalate, a leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform.

According to Pixalate's February 2024 Global Top Grossing Mobile Apps Report, Musi - Simple Music Streaming took the top spots in both the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and North American regions in the Apple App Store.

Key Takeaways from Pixalate's Report:

• Musi generated approximately $2 million in open programmatic advertising revenue in the APAC region during February 2024.
• In North America, Musi's open programmatic advertising revenue jumped significantly in February 2024 to an estimated $9 million, tripling its earnings from January.
• Musi's success indicates a substantial shift in consumer preferences within the music streaming market.Musi's meteoric ascent signals a potential disruption in the music streaming landscape. Established services will need to closely examine Musi's strategies and offerings to maintain their market share.

Musi likely gets its music primarily from YouTube. Here's why and how that works:

Understanding Musi's Model

Musi seems built on the concept of being a "YouTube music streaming app". This means it doesn't host the music itself, but instead:

1. Sources Content: Musi likely uses YouTube's vast library of music videos, user-uploaded covers, remixes, and other audio content.
2. Extracts Audio: It probably extracts the audio track from these videos, allowing users to listen to them like traditional songs.
3. Background Playback: Musi's core appeal is allowing background playback (listening while the app is minimized or your phone is locked), a feature not free on YouTube itself.