44M Tried Apple Music During First Month

Apple Inc.'s new music service reached the ears of more than 44 million smartphone owners in the United States during its first month, making it one of the top 15 smartphone apps in the nation, ComScore reported Thursday.

The analytics company's audience-measurement tool looked at the nearly 183 million iOS and Android users in the U.S. and found that 24.1% accessed Apple Music in July, ranking it No. 14 even though the service hasn't debuted on Google Inc.'s Android operating system yet.

That ranking put the app just behind Twitter and ahead of Snapchat, and made it the second most popular app devoted solely to music, behind Pandora Radio which reached 43.9% of users of both major mobile operating systems. Apple Music launched June 30 and offers a streaming-music service, which has grown in popularity over the download-focused iTunes system Apple made popular, as well as a global radio station.