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Top 100 Free News Apps in the United States App Store

The 100 most-downloaded free News apps right now in the United States App Store — refreshed every 12 hours. See how the leaders design their icons and screenshots, then bring it into your own.

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31%
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44%
caption above the phone
6.6
screenshots per listing · 34% use 8+
4.36★
average rating
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Measured by LaunchShots from 94 of these 98 listings' screenshots — not Apple data. How we measure · Full News benchmark

#1
X
X Corp.
 #2
Reddit
REDDIT, INC.
 #3
CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio
Scoopz Inc.
 #4
Substack
Substack, Inc.
 #5
NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
Particle Media Inc.
 #6
Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network
Nextdoor
 #7
Citizen: Safety & Live Video
sp0n, Inc.
 #8
Police Scanner Radio & Fire
GordonEdwards.net LLC
 #9
Ground News
Snapwise Inc.
 #10
Fizz: Your Authentic Community
Fizz Social Corp.
 #11
NYTimes: US and Global News
The New York Times Company
 #12
SmartNews: Breaking News
SmartNews, Inc.
 #13
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc.
 #14
Daily Wire
Daily Wire LLC
 #15
Police Scanner: Fire Radio
Guru Network Limited Inc.
 #16
FOX LOCAL: Live News & Weather
Fox Television Stations, Inc.
 #17
The Pour Over
The Pour Over
 #18
NPR: National & Local News
NPR
 #19
CBS News: Live Breaking News
CBS Interactive
 #20
The New Yorker
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
 #21
The Wall Street Journal. News
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #22
Police Scanner・Emergency Radio
Rafiki Apps
 #23
5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner
Smartest Apps LLC
 #24
Google News
Google
 #25
AP News
The Associated Press
 #26
Neighbors by Ring
Ring.com
 #27
BBC: World News & Stories
BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
 #28
Podcast App
Evolve Global, Inc.
 #29
WIRED
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
 #30
CNN: Live & Breaking News
CNN Interactive Group, Inc.
 #31
FOX News: US & World Headlines
Fox News Network, LLC
 #32
Reuters - Breaking World News
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
 #33
Police Scanner: Crime Radar
Sepia Software LLC
 #34
Clubhouse
Alpha Exploration Co.
 #35
Stocks.News－Market Alerts
IR Agency LLC
 #36
Podcast App & Player - Castbox
Guru Network Limited
 #37
Quora
Quora, Inc.
 #38
MS NOW: Live & Breaking News
Versant Media LLC
 #39
The Atlantic Magazine
The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC
 #40
MobilePatrol: Public Safety
Equifax
 #41
The Economist: News & Analysis
The Economist
 #42
FREECABLE TV: News & TV Shows
MixerBox Inc.
 #43
The White House
The Official White House
 #44
Tijuana Good News
Axel Ramirez
 #45
Medium: Read & Write Stories
A Medium Corporation
 #46
POLITICO
POLITICO, LLC
 #47
TrueShort - Stream True Crime
Humans Anonymous, Inc
 #48
Newsmax
Newsmax Media, Inc.
 #49
ABC News: Live Breaking News
Disney
 #50
Fox Nation
Fox News Network, LLC
 #51
Bloomberg: Business News Daily
Bloomberg Finance LP
 #52
Washington Post
The Washington Post
 #53
Spotify for Creators
Spotify
 #54
NBC News: Breaking & US News
NBC News Digital, LLC
 #55
Podbean Podcast App & Player
Podbean Incorporated
 #56
Al Jazeera - الجزيرة
Al Jazeera Network
 #57
Epoch Times: Live & Breaking
Epoch Usa Inc
 #58
Police Scanner +
Rego Apps
 #59
Enigma: What’s that in the Sky
Enigma Labs, LLC
 #60
WHIO News
Cox Media Group
 #61
中国领事
Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
 #62
WatchOut: Police Scanner・Radio
SILVER APPS
 #63
Live World Monitor: GlobeAlert
APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI
 #64
CNBC: Stock Market & Business
Versant Media LLC
 #65
FEED Mobile
The Kroger Co.
 #66
Pocket Casts: Podcast Player
Automattic
 #67
Spectrum News: Local Stories
Charter Communications
 #68
Narwhal for Reddit
robot swingset, llc.
 #69
Objektiv
Objektiv
 #70
Financial Times: Business News
Financial Times Ltd.
 #71
OpenMHz
Luke Berndt
 #72
Indianapolis News from 13 WTHR
Tegna Inc.
 #73
Barron’s - Investing Insights
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #74
PressReader: News & Magazines
PressReader Inc
 #75
Overcast Podcast App
Overcast Radio, LLC
 #76
Blue for Twitter
Kpaw, LLC
 #77
Blind - Professional Community
Teamblind inc
 #78
Thanh niên Việt Nam
Trung uong Doan TNCS Ho Chi Minh
 #79
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera Network
 #80
The Guardian - US & World News
Guardian News and Media Limited
 #81
Straight Arrow | SAN
Straight Arrow News, LLC
 #82
Snopes
Snopes, Inc.
 #83
ABC 7 New York
Disney
 #84
WFAA - News from North Texas
Tegna Inc.
 #85
Very Local: News & Weather
Hearst Television
 #86
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
 #87
MSN
Microsoft Corporation
 #88
Prensa Abierta
Acta Diurna
 #89
WDRB+WAVE
Gray Television Group, Inc.
 #90
Local Now: News, TV & Movies
Weather Group, LLC
 #91
Next Spaceflight
NASASpaceflight LLC
 #92
Yahoo News: Daily News For You
Yahoo
 #93
Newsrael - Israel News
Newsrael communication ltd
 #94
Local News & Weather: Haystack
Haystack TV
 #95
Flipboard: The Social Magazine
Flipboard Inc.
 #96
Crime Radar
Muhtadi Muhammad
 #97
Tide 100.9 FM 1230 AM
Townsquare Media, LLC
 #98
The Free Press
Runaway Media Inc.

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