The annual rankings of the most-listened titles in BookBeat’s markets during 2025 are now ready. This year’s most-listened book across all BookBeat markets was the German translation of the international hit Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros.
On November 30, 2015, the BookBeat app became available in the App Store and on Google Play, allowing the first Swedish users to start listening to audiobooks. Ten years later, BookBeat operates in ten countries and is approaching 1.2 million users who, over the past decade, have listened to 1.3 billion hours of audiobooks.
Audiobook service BookBeat continues its strong growth in both established and new markets. During the first nine months of the year, revenues increased by 14 percent, driven by a record-high influx of new users, particularly in Sweden and Poland.
The sun is out, the deckchairs are calling, and for many Brits, there’s no better companion during a summer break than a gripping audiobook. Summer is when BookBeat sees the biggest surge in new listeners – but what exactly are people in the UK tuning into in summer 2025?
The streaming service BookBeat continues to grow steadily, and revenues grew by 16 percent during the first quarter of 2025 compared to 2024. The growth is driven by an increasing number of paying users. The quarter also saw the highest influx of new trial users ever recorded by BookBeat, both in the mature markets such as Finland, Germany and Sweden as well as internationally.
For the streaming service BookBeat, 2024 was the most successful year in the company's history to date. Growth amounted to 21 percent for the full year, landing at SEK 1.36 billion. The company also reported a positive EBITA result for the first time since its inception in 2015. In September, the goal of one million paying users per month was also achieved.
