Yandex Music, books & podcasts Downloads & RevenueYandex Music, books & podcasts · App Store & Google Play
Yandex Music, books & podcasts gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Yandex Music, books & podcasts by Direct Cursus Computer Systems Trading is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Yandex Music, books & podcasts update history & changes
Last change · 45 events since 29 May 2012Full timeline ↓🔎AndroidTop 10 for “shazam”📦iOSUpdated to version 8.19🔎iOSTop 10 for “max”🔎iOSTop 10 for “wink”📈iOSCharting in a new country🔎AndroidTop 10 for “music” in 2 countries📦iOSUpdated to version 8.18📈AndroidEntered the top 100📈iOSNew best rank in the overall chart: #21📈AndroidNew best rank in the overall chart: #28✏️iOSNew screenshots✏️iOSNew screenshots🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 45 events
- 🔎Yandex Music, books & podcasts reached Top 10 for “shazam”Android#10 in Australia search · popularity 97
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts updated to version 8.19iOSIf you're reading this, you're the kind of person who reads ingredient labels. So here's the full list: bug fixes, better stability. No artificial additives
Thanks for reading the fine print,
Yandex Music Team - 🔎Yandex Music, books & podcasts reached Top 10 for “max”iOS#10 in Russia search · popularity 90
- 🔎Yandex Music, books & podcasts reached Top 10 for “wink”iOS#10 in Russia search · popularity 86
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts charting in a new countryiOSUnited Kingdom
- 🔎Yandex Music, books & podcasts reached Top 10 for “music” in 2 countriesAndroidGermany, Italy search · popularity 62
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts updated to version 8.18iOSWhy wait for your favorite part? On the home screen, press and hold the track title under the cover in My Vibe and slide left or right — it turns into a progress bar. Let go, and the music plays from the exact second you chose. No need to open the full-screen player
Cut to the chorus,
the Yandex Music team… more - 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Wear OS · JP
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts new best rank in the overall chart: #21iOSTop Free · All Apps · RU
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Music · CA
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts updated to version 8.17iOSOut now everywhere: the new release. Tracklist: bug fixes and smoother playback. No features from the bugs this time
No pre-save needed,
Yandex Music Team - 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts new best rank in the overall chart: #28AndroidTop Free · All Apps · RU
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts updated to version 8.16iOSMixdown complete: bugs faded to zero, stability nudged up, music sitting right up front where it belongs
Don't touch the faders,
Yandex Music Team - 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Wear OS · NL · Top Grossing · Music & Audio · NL
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Music & Audio · SE
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts updated to version 8.15iOSWe save our favorite tracks to My Favorites and leave bugs in the past. In this update, we’ve fixed bugs to make listening to music even more enjoyable
Everything in its right place,
Yandex Music Team - 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Wear OS · SE · Top Grossing · Music & Audio · TH
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts charting in a new countryAndroidSweden
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidSpain · Thailand
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Free · Wear OS · NL · Top Grossing · Wear OS · TH · Top Grossing · Music & Audio · VN
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Music & Audio · NL · Top Grossing · Wear OS · VN
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidNetherlands · Vietnam
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts charting in a new countryAndroidJapan
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts new best rank in the overall chart: #23iOSTop Free · All Apps · RU
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts updated to version 8.11iOSSometimes the best special effect is tapping play and hearing music right away. We tuned the app to make that little bit of magic run even smoother
No smoke, no mirrors,
Yandex Music Team - ✏️Yandex Music, books & podcasts: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · CA, AU, AE
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts updated to version 8.10iOSOn display today: an update that needs no long explanation. Install it, press play, and get back to the music
Please do touch,
Yandex Music Team - 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts new best rank in the overall chart: #30AndroidTop Free · All Apps · RU
- 🔎Yandex Music, books & podcasts reached Top 10 for “music”Android#10 in Japan search · popularity 87
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts new best rank in the overall chart: #31AndroidTop Free · All Apps · RU
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts new best rank in the overall chart: #38AndroidTop Free · All Apps · RU
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Music & Audio · DE · Top Free · Wear OS · GB
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts new best rank in the overall chart: #29iOSTop Free · All Apps · RU
- ✏️Yandex Music, books & podcasts: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · AU, AE
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts new best rank in the overall chart: #37iOSTop Free · All Apps · RU
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts charting in a new countryiOSSouth Korea
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts new best rank in the overall chart: #40iOSTop Free · All Apps · RU
- 📈Yandex Music, books & podcasts charting in a new countryiOSCanada
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts updated to version 8.09iOSWe did our homework: fixed the bugs, tuned the app, and left the music exactly where it belongs — in your headphones
Top marks all around,
Yandex Music Team - 🆕Yandex Music, books & podcasts first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidRussia
- 🆕Yandex Music, books & podcasts first spotted by AppInsideriOS#62 in Top Free · Music · United Arab Emirates
- 📦Yandex Music, books & podcasts version 8.08iOSNo release notes
- 🆕Yandex Music, books & podcasts released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Yandex Music, books & podcasts released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.4 ★
1.8M ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#1
App Store · 
Music Free
Music FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
5,257
▼ -18% vs the 2 weeks before (Google Play)
Measured
Yandex Music, books & podcasts at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A Russian-origin streaming platform offering personalized music, audiobooks, and podcasts with offline capabilities and lossless audio for subscribers. The app dominates the free music category in Russia (#1) while maintaining a presence in grossing charts there (#27) and in the UAE (#37), indicating strong regional monetization despite limited traction in Western markets like Canada.
Similar apps: Spotify, Apple Music, Yandex Plus
App Store
App details
App ID
520797969
Publisher
DIRECT CURSUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRADING LLC
Publisher country
United Arab Emirates
On the store since
Aug 2012
14 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
3 content notes below
Languages
4
EN KK RU UZ
Size
306 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Realistic ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco or Drug Use or References
Tech stack
Built with
Native (Swift)
Confidence
High
Ad networks
Attribution
AAppsFlyer
Google Play
App details
App ID
ru.yandex.music
Publisher
DIRECT CURSUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRADING L.L.C
Publisher country
United Arab Emirates
Minimum OS
Android 10+
Content rating
Teen
Languages
1
Size
54 MB
Tech stack
Android app v2026.09.3 #165gpr · checked 27 Sep 2026
Built with
Native Android
Kotlin + Jetpack Compose
Third-party SDKs
8
Trackers
9
Permissions
34
Targets
Android 16
Ad networks
Monetization
Google Play Billing
Attribution
AAppsFlyer
Crash reporting
Crashlytics
Infrastructure
Firebase
Trackers
Signing key in use since 2009. Certificate owner, full permission list, deep links and the domains this app talks toProSee plans
Yandex Music, books & podcasts downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 1k+ | – |
| Google Play | 10k+ | 100M+ Measured |
| Other Android stores | 10k+ | – |
| Total | 50k+ Confidence | 100M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Yandex Music, books & podcasts's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Ad-led
How Yandex Music, books & podcasts makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 61 ad networksIn the app: AppLovin, Fyber, Google AdMob, ironSource
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #1 Music Free | 3 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #1 Music & Audio Free | 13 of 23 countries | #117 | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
253
▼ -27% vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
73/100
faster than 97% of Music apps
New ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 246 | 98% | ▼ -28% |
 Canada | 2.8 | 1% | ▼ -56% |
 Australia | 2 | 1% | steady |
 United Arab Emirates | 1.5 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
5,004
▼ -18% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
8.8
Google Play
Lifetime rating
3.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
2.2★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
75/100
faster than 97% of Music and audio apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.1 ★ | 618 |
| Google Play | 4.4 ★ | 1.8M 2k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.4 ★ weighted by ratings | 1.8M |
What users say about Yandex Music, books & podcasts
From recent reviews.
About Yandex Music, books & podcasts
My Vibe is an endless stream of personalized music that instantly adapts to your likes and dislikes. Just tap a button, sit back, and let great new music find you.
Millions of Tracks in a Single App.
• No ads with Yandex Plus
• Lossless format audio
• Your own collection of tracks
• Music, audiobooks, and podcasts, available online and offline
• Music recognition
• Lyrics displayed on your player screen
• Personal recommendations
• Music collections transferred from other services
• Editor's selections of music
• Popular and new albums and singles
• Yandex Plus: Yandex Music, Kinopoisk, and bonus points
Recognize Music
Identify the song playing in the background by tapping the magnifying glass icon and then tapping "Recognize Music." Let Yandex Music listen, and the app will tell you the song's name and save it to a special playlist called "Recognized."
Books and Podcasts on Any Topic
Go beyond music: enjoy your favorite audiobooks and discover podcasts on any topic with the Yandex Music app. Podcasts are an excellent way to learn something new and useful every day! Listen at your preferred pace, and if you need to stop, the app will remember your place, so you can resume later.
Build Your Collection
Add tracks you like on Yandex Music to your media library. Import tracks from your phone and listen to them anytime, either in the iPhone app or on the website.
Listen Offline
Save tracks and playlists in the app for offline listening, even without an internet connection. When offline mode is enabled, the app displays only the music saved on your iPhone.
Plus to Music
Yandex Plus grants access to music and podcasts in Yandex Music, books, movies and series on Kinopoisk, and bonus points in other Yandex services. Discover the benefits at plus.yandex.ru.
The music catalog may not be available in some countries. Learn more at yandex.ru/legal/yandex_plus_privilege_list/
Upon confirming your purchase, payment will be made from your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Renewal will occur within 24 hours of the current period ending, and the duration will be the same as the current one. Any remaining time on your free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
Manage subscriptions and disable auto-renewal in your account settings.
Terms of Use: yandex.com/legal/music_termsofuse
Privacy policy: yandex.com/legal/confidential
Millions of Tracks in a Single App.
• No ads with Yandex Plus
• Lossless format audio
• Your own collection of tracks
• Music, audiobooks, and podcasts, available online and offline
• Music recognition
• Lyrics displayed on your player screen
• Personal recommendations
• Music collections transferred from other services
• Editor's selections of music
• Popular and new albums and singles
• Yandex Plus: Yandex Music, Kinopoisk, and bonus points
Recognize Music
Identify the song playing in the background by tapping the magnifying glass icon and then tapping "Recognize Music." Let Yandex Music listen, and the app will tell you the song's name and save it to a special playlist called "Recognized."
Books and Podcasts on Any Topic
Go beyond music: enjoy your favorite audiobooks and discover podcasts on any topic with the Yandex Music app. Podcasts are an excellent way to learn something new and useful every day! Listen at your preferred pace, and if you need to stop, the app will remember your place, so you can resume later.
Build Your Collection
Add tracks you like on Yandex Music to your media library. Import tracks from your phone and listen to them anytime, either in the iPhone app or on the website.
Listen Offline
Save tracks and playlists in the app for offline listening, even without an internet connection. When offline mode is enabled, the app displays only the music saved on your iPhone.
Plus to Music
Yandex Plus grants access to music and podcasts in Yandex Music, books, movies and series on Kinopoisk, and bonus points in other Yandex services. Discover the benefits at plus.yandex.ru.
The music catalog may not be available in some countries. Learn more at yandex.ru/legal/yandex_plus_privilege_list/
Upon confirming your purchase, payment will be made from your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Renewal will occur within 24 hours of the current period ending, and the duration will be the same as the current one. Any remaining time on your free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
Manage subscriptions and disable auto-renewal in your account settings.
Terms of Use: yandex.com/legal/music_termsofuse
Privacy policy: yandex.com/legal/confidential
Yandex Music, books & podcasts App Store
Yandex Music, books & podcasts gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Yandex Music, books & podcasts is #1 in Music Free in Russia and charting in 3 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
CategoryMusic
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.1 (618)
Version8.19
Age rating12+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Built withNative (Swift) · Confidence: High
Rating
4.1 ★
618 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#1
Music FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
253
▼ -27% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Yandex Music, books & podcasts at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A Russian-origin streaming platform offering personalized music, audiobooks, and podcasts with offline capabilities and lossless audio for subscribers. The app dominates the free music category in Russia (#1) while maintaining a presence in grossing charts there (#27) and in the UAE (#37), indicating strong regional monetization despite limited traction in Western markets like Canada.
Similar apps: Spotify, Apple Music, Yandex Plus
Yandex Music, books & podcasts on the App Store
App details
App ID
520797969
Publisher
DIRECT CURSUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRADING LLC
Publisher country
United Arab Emirates
On the store since
Aug 2012
14 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
3 content notes below
Languages
4
EN KK RU UZ
Size
306 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Realistic ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco or Drug Use or References
Tech stack
Built with
Native (Swift)
Confidence
High
Ad networks
Attribution
AAppsFlyer
Yandex Music, books & podcasts downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Yandex Music, books & podcasts's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Yandex Music, books & podcasts before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How Yandex Music, books & podcasts makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 61 ad networksIn the app: AppLovin, Fyber, Google AdMob, ironSource
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | MusicFree | #1 |
| Russia | All AppsFree | #22 |
| Russia | MusicGrossing | #21 |
| Australia | MusicFree | #84 |
| United Arab Emirates | MusicGrossing | #45 |
| United Arab Emirates | MusicFree | #116 |
Apps near Yandex Music, books & podcasts on the chart
Music Free, around #1.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.1 ★
618 ratings
Measured
Ratings
618
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
253
▼ -27% vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
73/100
faster than 97% of Music apps
New ratings by country (4)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 246 | 98% | ▼ -28% |
| Canada | 2.8 | 1% | ▼ -56% |
| Australia | 2 | 1% | steady |
| United Arab Emirates | 1.5 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Yandex Music, books & podcasts
From recent reviews.
About Yandex Music, books & podcasts
My Vibe is an endless stream of personalized music that instantly adapts to your likes and dislikes. Just tap a button, sit back, and let great new music find you.
Millions of Tracks in a Single App.
• No ads with Yandex Plus
• Lossless format audio
• Your own collection of tracks
• Music, audiobooks, and podcasts, available online and offline
• Music recognition
• Lyrics displayed on your player screen
• Personal recommendations
• Music collections transferred from other services
• Editor's selections of music
• Popular and new albums and singles
• Yandex Plus: Yandex Music, Kinopoisk, and bonus points
Recognize Music
Identify the song playing in the background by tapping the magnifying glass icon and then tapping "Recognize Music." Let Yandex Music listen, and the app will tell you the song's name and save it to a special playlist called "Recognized."
Books and Podcasts on Any Topic
Go beyond music: enjoy your favorite audiobooks and discover podcasts on any topic with the Yandex Music app. Podcasts are an excellent way to learn something new and useful every day! Listen at your preferred pace, and if you need to stop, the app will remember your place, so you can resume later.
Build Your Collection
Add tracks you like on Yandex Music to your media library. Import tracks from your phone and listen to them anytime, either in the iPhone app or on the website.
Listen Offline
Save tracks and playlists in the app for offline listening, even without an internet connection. When offline mode is enabled, the app displays only the music saved on your iPhone.
Plus to Music
Yandex Plus grants access to music and podcasts in Yandex Music, books, movies and series on Kinopoisk, and bonus points in other Yandex services. Discover the benefits at plus.yandex.ru.
The music catalog may not be available in some countries. Learn more at yandex.ru/legal/yandex_plus_privilege_list/
Upon confirming your purchase, payment will be made from your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Renewal will occur within 24 hours of the current period ending, and the duration will be the same as the current one. Any remaining time on your free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
Manage subscriptions and disable auto-renewal in your account settings.
Terms of Use: yandex.com/legal/music_termsofuse
Privacy policy: yandex.com/legal/confidential
Millions of Tracks in a Single App.
• No ads with Yandex Plus
• Lossless format audio
• Your own collection of tracks
• Music, audiobooks, and podcasts, available online and offline
• Music recognition
• Lyrics displayed on your player screen
• Personal recommendations
• Music collections transferred from other services
• Editor's selections of music
• Popular and new albums and singles
• Yandex Plus: Yandex Music, Kinopoisk, and bonus points
Recognize Music
Identify the song playing in the background by tapping the magnifying glass icon and then tapping "Recognize Music." Let Yandex Music listen, and the app will tell you the song's name and save it to a special playlist called "Recognized."
Books and Podcasts on Any Topic
Go beyond music: enjoy your favorite audiobooks and discover podcasts on any topic with the Yandex Music app. Podcasts are an excellent way to learn something new and useful every day! Listen at your preferred pace, and if you need to stop, the app will remember your place, so you can resume later.
Build Your Collection
Add tracks you like on Yandex Music to your media library. Import tracks from your phone and listen to them anytime, either in the iPhone app or on the website.
Listen Offline
Save tracks and playlists in the app for offline listening, even without an internet connection. When offline mode is enabled, the app displays only the music saved on your iPhone.
Plus to Music
Yandex Plus grants access to music and podcasts in Yandex Music, books, movies and series on Kinopoisk, and bonus points in other Yandex services. Discover the benefits at plus.yandex.ru.
The music catalog may not be available in some countries. Learn more at yandex.ru/legal/yandex_plus_privilege_list/
Upon confirming your purchase, payment will be made from your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Renewal will occur within 24 hours of the current period ending, and the duration will be the same as the current one. Any remaining time on your free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
Manage subscriptions and disable auto-renewal in your account settings.
Terms of Use: yandex.com/legal/music_termsofuse
Privacy policy: yandex.com/legal/confidential
Latest updates
8.19
If you're reading this, you're the kind of person who reads ingredient labels. So here's the full list: bug fixes, better stability. No artificial additives
Thanks for reading the fine print,
Yandex Music Team
8.18
Why wait for your favorite part? On the home screen, press and hold the track title under the cover in My Vibe and slide left or right — it turns into a progress bar. Let go, and the music plays from the exact second you chose. No need to open the full-screen player
Cut to the chorus,
the Yandex Music team
8.17
Out now everywhere: the new release. Tracklist: bug fixes and smoother playback. No features from the bugs this time
No pre-save needed,
Yandex Music Team
Store changes
What Yandex Music, books & podcasts changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New screenshots
6 screenshots (was 6)
New screenshots
6 screenshots (was 6)
More from Direct Cursus Computer Systems Trading
Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts Android
Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts gets 50k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts is #1 in Music & Audio Free on Google Play in Russia and charting in 13 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
CategoryMusic & Audio
PriceFree
Released
Installs100M+
Rating★ 4.4 (1.8M)
Updated
Content ratingTeen
Rating
4.4 ★
1.8M ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#1
Music & Audio FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
5,004
▼ -18% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A streaming platform for music, audiobooks, and podcasts with offline capabilities and AI-driven recommendations, targeting users seeking a comprehensive audio entertainment hub. The app dominates the Russian free music charts while maintaining steady grossing positions in diverse markets like Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand, indicating strong international monetization alongside its home-market dominance.
Similar apps: Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music
Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts on Google Play
App details
App ID
ru.yandex.music
Publisher
DIRECT CURSUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRADING L.L.C
Publisher country
United Arab Emirates
Minimum OS
Android 10+
Content rating
Teen
Languages
1
Size
54 MB
Tech stack
Android app v2026.09.3 #165gpr · checked 27 Sep 2026
Built with
Native Android
Kotlin + Jetpack Compose
Third-party SDKs
8
Trackers
9
Permissions
34
Targets
Android 16
Its iPhone app is most likely native Swift.
Ad networks
Monetization
Google Play Billing
Attribution
AAppsFlyer
Crash reporting
Crashlytics
Infrastructure
Firebase
Trackers
Signing key in use since 2009. Certificate owner, full permission list, deep links and the domains this app talks toProSee plans
Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (ru.yandex.music) on every Android store we track. Known Android installs: at least 373M (Google Play band + AppGallery count).
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 100,000,000+ | ★ 4.4 (1.8M) | Open ↗ | |
| Huawei AppGallery | 273M | – | 2026.10.2 #169hur | Open ↗ |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 61 ad networksIn the app: AppLovin, Fyber, Google AdMob, ironSource
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | Music & AudioFree | #1 |
| Russia | Wear OSFree | #3 |
| Russia | All AppsFree | #37 |
 United States | Wear OSFree | #117 |
 Saudi Arabia | Music & AudioGrossing | #16 |
 Japan | Wear OSFree | #104 |
 Germany | Wear OSFree | #67 |
| United Arab Emirates | Music & AudioGrossing | #17 |
 Indonesia | Wear OSGrossing | #26 |
| Saudi Arabia | Wear OSGrossing | #27 |
 Netherlands | Music & AudioGrossing | #19 |
 United Kingdom | Wear OSFree | #95 |
| Germany | Music & AudioFree | #83 |
 Thailand | Music & AudioGrossing | #17 |
| United Arab Emirates | Wear OSGrossing | #24 |
| Netherlands | Wear OSGrossing | #25 |
| United Kingdom | Music & AudioFree | #141 |
 Vietnam | Music & AudioGrossing | #17 |
| Thailand | Wear OSGrossing | #24 |
| Vietnam | Wear OSGrossing | #24 |
 France | Wear OSFree | #140 |
| Netherlands | Music & AudioFree | #44 |
| Netherlands | Wear OSFree | #45 |
| Australia | Wear OSFree | #160 |
| United Arab Emirates | Wear OSFree | #87 |
Apps near Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts on the chart
Music & Audio Free, around #1.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.4 ★
1.8M ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.8M
Measured
Written reviews
2k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
5,004
▼ -18% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
8.8
Google Play
Lifetime rating
3.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
2.2★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
75/100
faster than 97% of Music and audio apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts
From the 135 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users are highly dissatisfied with recent UI redesigns that removed essential features like artist discographies and manual wave settings. Complaints focus on aggressive autoplay behavior, poor queue synchronization across devices, and intrusive subscription prompts.
Mostly negative (19% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about the design, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Ease of use: “It was 5 stars before, but please please make it easier to customize my vibe by my mood/activity - like it was before”
- Useful: “the best recommendations ever”
Common complaints
- Design: “new layout is not as good as previous”
- Price & subscription: “Subscription isnt worth it Latest redesign is bad”
- Features & content: “I am an adult man and I'd like to have an option to unblock the censorship”
- Useful: “Best recommendation system”
About Yandex Music, Books & Podcasts
What is Yandex Music?
● Your favorite music, along with audiobooks and podcasts on various topics
● If you download music, you can listen to it even offline
● My Vibe is a smart recommendation system that instantly adapts to your preferences
● A convenient player
● Editor's selections of music, audiobooks, and podcasts
● High-quality music available for download to listen offline
● App for smartwatches with Wear OS
Yandex Music
Licensed music library: popular and original songs, podcasts, and audiobooks free during the trial period
An easy-to-use music player lets you listen to and download music in high-quality lossless audio for free with a Plus subscription
Music enthusiasts love various genres, so we have playlists covering rock, pop, 90s disco, and much more. Press play and start enjoying your favorite tracks.
The player recognizes music; all you have to do is let it listen when a song is playing.
Whether you're searching by year, genre, activity, mood, holiday, or weekday, we have a playlist for you. The library includes Russian and international music, dance music, movie soundtracks, electronic music, children's music, internet hits, and new releases.
In addition to free music for offline listening, the trial period includes hundreds of thousands of audiobooks:
● Detective stories, thrillers, science fiction, and current non-fiction
● Bestsellers in the Editors' Choice section under Podcasts and Books
● Audiobooks for children of all ages, including poems and fairy tales
● The option to download audiobooks for offline listening
● Free listening for new users
Yandex Music features exclusive podcasts
Listen to new episodes at normal pace or speed them up. If you need to pause, the app will remember your place so you can resume later. Popular categories include humor, science, culture, lectures, fairy tales, and more.
Music player
If you love music, you understand the importance of audio quality. That's why Yandex Music added the HQ function to our music player.
Try it out. The first note will sound clearer than ever. When you download tracks, you'll enjoy the same great quality offline.
Plus
Yandex Plus offers the perfect opportunity to listen to music, audiobooks, and podcasts online or offline. It also includes:
An opportunity to download music to your phone
A convenient in-app music player
Access to Kinopoisk, where you can watch ad-free movies and series
Bonus points for using Yandex services
With a Plus subscription, enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks offline and ad-free.
The music catalog may not be available in some countries. Learn more: yandex.ru/legal/yandex_plus_privilege_list/
Join our community
Discuss all things music on our VK Music page: https://vk.com/yandexmusic
Watch live broadcasts and streams on our YouTube music page: https://www.youtube.com/c/MusicYandex
Yandex Music provides a wide range of listening experiences: from songs and soundtracks to thrilling audiobooks and podcasts. Enjoy a free trial with limitless
● Your favorite music, along with audiobooks and podcasts on various topics
● If you download music, you can listen to it even offline
● My Vibe is a smart recommendation system that instantly adapts to your preferences
● A convenient player
● Editor's selections of music, audiobooks, and podcasts
● High-quality music available for download to listen offline
● App for smartwatches with Wear OS
Yandex Music
Licensed music library: popular and original songs, podcasts, and audiobooks free during the trial period
An easy-to-use music player lets you listen to and download music in high-quality lossless audio for free with a Plus subscription
Music enthusiasts love various genres, so we have playlists covering rock, pop, 90s disco, and much more. Press play and start enjoying your favorite tracks.
The player recognizes music; all you have to do is let it listen when a song is playing.
Whether you're searching by year, genre, activity, mood, holiday, or weekday, we have a playlist for you. The library includes Russian and international music, dance music, movie soundtracks, electronic music, children's music, internet hits, and new releases.
In addition to free music for offline listening, the trial period includes hundreds of thousands of audiobooks:
● Detective stories, thrillers, science fiction, and current non-fiction
● Bestsellers in the Editors' Choice section under Podcasts and Books
● Audiobooks for children of all ages, including poems and fairy tales
● The option to download audiobooks for offline listening
● Free listening for new users
Yandex Music features exclusive podcasts
Listen to new episodes at normal pace or speed them up. If you need to pause, the app will remember your place so you can resume later. Popular categories include humor, science, culture, lectures, fairy tales, and more.
Music player
If you love music, you understand the importance of audio quality. That's why Yandex Music added the HQ function to our music player.
Try it out. The first note will sound clearer than ever. When you download tracks, you'll enjoy the same great quality offline.
Plus
Yandex Plus offers the perfect opportunity to listen to music, audiobooks, and podcasts online or offline. It also includes:
An opportunity to download music to your phone
A convenient in-app music player
Access to Kinopoisk, where you can watch ad-free movies and series
Bonus points for using Yandex services
With a Plus subscription, enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks offline and ad-free.
The music catalog may not be available in some countries. Learn more: yandex.ru/legal/yandex_plus_privilege_list/
Join our community
Discuss all things music on our VK Music page: https://vk.com/yandexmusic
Watch live broadcasts and streams on our YouTube music page: https://www.youtube.com/c/MusicYandex
Yandex Music provides a wide range of listening experiences: from songs and soundtracks to thrilling audiobooks and podcasts. Enjoy a free trial with limitless
What's new
Mixdown complete: bugs faded to zero, stability nudged up, music sitting right up front where it belongs
Don't touch the faders,
Yandex Music Team
Don't touch the faders,
Yandex Music Team
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