Rt: Background Music Player — Market Share Across Shopify App Store Groups
RT: Background Music Player's estimated install share within each Shopify App Store group it appears in — categories, keywords, and collections — with current %, status (Growing / Stable / Declining), and 30-day change. Filterable by date range and sortable by share or share change.
| Category/Keyword | Market Share | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword music player | 49.57%1.63 | Declining |
| Keyword audio player | 47.81%9.45 | Declining |
| Keyword background music | 43.80%2.02 | Declining |
| Category Pop-ups Store design > Notifications > Pop-ups | 0.32%0.04 | Declining |
| Keyword Custom player | 0.28%0.02 | Declining |
| Category Notifications Store design > Notifications | 0.15%0.02 | Declining |
| Keyword background image | 0.04%0.02 | Declining |
| Category Store design | 0.03%0.00 | Declining |
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Key Insights:
- RT: Background Music Player captures 49.6% of installs in music player — its strongest position among the 8 Shopify groups shown.
- Over the past 30 days, 8 lost share — net downward pressure.
- audio player saw the sharpest contraction (-9.45pp) — worth checking whether the dip is short-term or sustained.
Rt: Background Music Player — Market Share Trend Across Top Groups
Monthly market share trajectory for RT: Background Music Player across its top 5 Shopify App Store groups over the past year — pick categories or keywords to plot, filter by country, and switch sub-tabs for absolute share or per-interval change.
Charts Data
| Category / Keyword | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 | Oct 2026 | Nov 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyword Music Player | 18.27% | 25.99%8 | 27.11%1 | 51.10%24 | 50.96%0 | 49.57%1 |
| Keyword Audio Player | 15.76% | 10.62%5 | 18.45%8 | 25.40%7 | 23.19%2 | 47.81%25 |
| Keyword Background Music | 13.32% | 21.47%8 | 46.75%25 | 46.27%0 | 47.47%1 | 43.80%4 |
| Category Pop-Ups | 0.32% | 0.46%0 | 0.42%0 | 0.39%0 | 0.35%0 | 0.32%0 |
| Keyword Custom Player | 0.10% | 0.10%– | 0.17%0 | 0.31%0 | 0.29%0 | 0.28%0 |
Key Insights:
- RT: Background Music Player's biggest share gain is in Audio Player — expanded from 15.8% to 47.8% over the charted period.
- Across the 5 plotted groups, RT: Background Music Player expanded share in 3 and contracted in 2.
Top Categories Rt: Background Music Player Ranks In on Shopify
- Keyword music player — Holds 49.6% market share in this keyword (-1.63pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
- Keyword audio player — Holds 47.8% market share in this keyword (-9.45pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
- Keyword background music — Holds 43.8% market share in this keyword (-2.02pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
- Category Pop-ups — Holds 0.3% market share in this category (-0.04pp this month) — slipping in this category.
- Keyword Custom player — Holds 0.3% market share in this keyword (-0.02pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
Rt: Background Music Player on Shopify — Market Share FAQs
1. Where does RT: Background Music Player have the most market share on Shopify?
RT: Background Music Player captures the largest share of installs in music player — 49.6% of the group's tracked install base, followed by 47.8% in audio player and 43.8% in background music. Sort the table by Share to see the full ordered list.
2. Which Shopify categories is RT: Background Music Player gaining or losing share in?
RT: Background Music Player is contracting in more groups than it's expanding. audio player saw the sharpest dip this month — switch to "Market Share Changes" to see the full distribution and check whether the contractions cluster around a shared theme.
3. How is RT: Background Music Player's Shopify market share calculated?
Market share is estimated from each app's review velocity within a group, used as a proxy for install share. For category and collection groups, it's a straight share-of-reviews calculation; for keyword groups, ranking position is weighted (rank #1 ≈ 40× the weight of rank #22, with apps beyond #22 excluded) since search traffic concentrates heavily at the top. The Country filter on the table re-computes share using only that country's reviews.
4. How often does RT: Background Music Player's Shopify market share update?
Share figures are recomputed weekly from the latest review data. RT: Background Music Player is currently losing share in more groups than it's gaining — the trend chart's date range filter lets you check whether the slide started recently or has been ongoing.
