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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


To the Board of Directors
RealNetworks, Inc.

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of RealNetworks, Inc. of our reports dated January 29,
2001 except as to Note 10 which is dated February 22, 2001, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of RealNetworks, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated statements of operations
and comprehensive income (loss), shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, and the related
financial statement schedule, which reports appear in the 2000 Annual Report on
Form 10-K of RealNetworks, Inc.

        We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts"
in the Prospectus.

KPMG LLP

/s/ KPMG LLP

Seattle, Washington
July 17, 2001