Who owns Yandex Music?
Yandex Music is owned by Yandex (Russia, MOEX: YDEX).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Yandex Annual Report 2025, Yandex IPJSC, 14 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Yandex International Public Joint-Stock Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇷🇺 Russia, Moscow
- Origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Category
- Internet & digital › Streaming & media › Streaming audio
- Parent ticker
- MOEX: YDEX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Yandex Music
Yandex Music is the subscription music service of the Yandex group. The annual report describes it as offering tracks, podcasts, audiobooks and a children's section with stories, songs and audio shows. It is one of the services included in the Yandex Plus multi-service subscription, which the report says had 47.5 million subscribers, alongside Kinopoisk and others.
Ownership timeline of Yandex Music
Where Yandex Music sits in Yandex
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Yandex
Yandex controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Kinopoisk
- Yandex Browser (2012)
- Yandex Eats (2018)
- Yandex Go (2011)
- Yandex Mail (2000)
- Yandex Maps (2004)
- Yandex Market (2002)
- Yandex Search (1997)
Other brands in streaming audio, and who owns them
The 20 brands in streaming audio on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Storytel, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Audiobooks.com | Storytel | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Kugou Music | Tencent Music | 🇨🇳 China |
| Deezer | Deezer | 🇫🇷 France |
| LiveOne | LiveOne | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Spotify | Spotify | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Apple Music | Apple | 🇺🇸 United States |
| TIDAL | Block | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Melon | Kakao | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Yandex
Yandex is a publicly listed company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as MOEX: YDEX.
Yandex IPJSC is the parent company of Yandex Group, which its 2025 annual report describes as a leading technology company in Russia. Its head office is in Moscow and its shares trade on the Moscow Exchange under YDEX. The 2025 report says the year was its first full year of operation as YANDEX IPJSC.
🇷🇺 Yandex Music and other Russian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 75 brands that began in Russia. 5 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Yandex Music is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Yandex Music?
The parent company of Yandex Music is Yandex, a publicly listed company headquartered in Russia.
Is Yandex Music Russian?
Yes. Yandex Music originated in Russia and its owner, Yandex, is also headquartered in Russia.
Is Yandex Music still owned by Yandex?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Yandex Music is still owned by Yandex. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Yandex Annual Report 2025 — Yandex IPJSC, Annual report, published 14 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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