SIRIUS XM Radio
For listeners who value curated, broadcast-style audio, specifically fans of live sports, news, and exclusive celebrity talk content.
Known forSiriusXM: Music, Sports & News
SiriusXM: Music, Sports & NewsFor listeners who value curated, broadcast-style audio, specifically fans of live sports, news, and exclusive celebrity talk content.
SiriusXM: Music, Sports & NewsProviding curated, broadcast-style audio entertainment for listeners who prefer live sports, news, and exclusive celebrity-hosted content.
Target audience
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Free 2Last updated
SiriusXM: Music, Sports & News
v7.26.0
3mo ago
Primary focus
Premium audio streaming and broadcast radio
Scale
indie
Target audience
Listeners who value curated, broadcast-style audio, specifically fans of live sports, news, and exclusive celebrity talk content.
Released 9 updates in the last 6 months with the most recent major release occurring 14 days ago, indicating active maintenance of their core platform.
2 apps analysed
Licensing-compliant music curation for commercial spaces
Tune in to sports radio, podcasts, and music curated by your favorite stars.
Comprehensive live sports rights (NFL, MLB, NBA)
Americas-centric footprint across 2 markets.
Based on 2 of 2 apps with localized market data · last scanned .
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Positive apps
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Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
26/100
Avg sentiment score
iHeart is the most direct digital-analog hybrid rival, mirroring SiriusXM's mix of live radio, podcasts, and artist-branded stations with a comparable scale of over 600k reviews.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
A direct competitor in the US terrestrial radio market, particularly strong in major-market sports talk and local news.
Competes for the 'Premium Audio' audience with high-quality streams and its own 24/7 live global radio station (Apple Music 1).
The primary threat to SiriusXM's 'Music and Podcast' expansion, leveraging massive scale and high update velocity (23 releases in 6 months).
A high-velocity contender (14 releases in 6 months) that directly challenges SiriusXM's sports play-by-play and global news value proposition.
A 'power user' podcast tool that competes with SiriusXM's podcast tab through superior playback utility.
This app serves as a niche competitor by providing a dedicated platform for music streaming and artist-specific content delivery.
While scores-focused, its live audio integration and ESPN Radio feeds compete for the sports-centric listener's time.
Leverages the world's largest video library to provide a visual-audio hybrid music experience.
This app competes by offering high-customization widgets that appeal to power users looking to manage their music services from the home screen.
LivePod targets the same music-focused user base by enhancing the listening experience through advanced UI widgets and playback controls.
This app competes for the same audio-streaming audience by providing a broad, consumer-facing radio experience that overlaps with SiriusXM's broadcast-style delivery.
Represents the 'creator-first' side of the music market, hosting content not found on licensed satellite channels.
This app introduces a gamified approach to music discovery, threatening to capture the attention of users who find traditional radio interfaces stale.
A high-growth aggregator focusing on advanced discovery features like in-audio search.
Ryff is a disruptive newcomer focusing on high-fidelity, multi-room audio control that challenges the professional-grade positioning of SiriusXM.
An emerging social radio platform that disrupts the 'professional DJ' model by allowing any user to host a live broadcast.
