Apple music, gaming to bring in over US$8b in revenue by 2025, JPM says

APPLE'S revenue from gaming and music offerings is expected to jump 36 per cent to US$8.2 billion by 2025, JP Morgan (JPM) said on Monday (Jun 13), as the iPhone maker taps its huge user base to drive its subscription services.

The 2 services are likely to have a combined subscriber base of about 180 million by 2025 - 110 million for music and 70 million for gaming - boosted by the rapid spread of the Internet and a booming gaming industry, according to JPM analysts, led by Samik Chatterjee.

Apple Music, which was launched in 2015 and is the second-biggest music-streaming service after Spotify Technology , is expected to account for a bigger chunk of that revenue, raking in about US$7 billion by 2025, the brokerage said.

Apple Arcade, the gaming subscription service launched in 2019, is estimated to pull in US$1.2 billion.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The company does not give a sales breakup for gaming and music services but the overall segment, which includes App Store, Apple TV+, Arcade and Apple Music, reported revenue of US$19.82 billion for the March quarter. The business is seen as Apple's engine for expansion.

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Chatterjee, who is rated 5 stars for his estimate accuracy on Apple by Refinitiv Eikon, expects the gaming-market size to hit US$360 billion by 2028 and music streaming to reach US$55 billion by 2025. REUTERS