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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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32%
light-theme screenshots · 30% mixed
46%
caption above the phone
6.6
screenshots per listing · 35% use 8+
4.43★
average rating
Backgrounds
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Measured by LaunchShots from 91 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
Fizz: Your Authentic Community
Fizz Social Corp.
 #10
Ground News
Snapwise Inc.
 #11
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc.
 #12
NYTimes: US and Global News
The New York Times Company
 #13
Police Scanner: Fire Radio
Guru Network Limited Inc.
 #14
The Wall Street Journal. News
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #15
ABC News: Live Breaking News
Disney
 #16
5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner
Smartest Apps LLC
 #17
The Pour Over
The Pour Over
 #18
SmartNews: Breaking News
SmartNews, Inc.
 #19
Clubhouse
Alpha Exploration Co.
 #20
Podcast App
Evolve Global, Inc.
 #21
Neighbors by Ring
Ring.com
 #22
AP News
The Associated Press
 #23
Podcast App & Player - Castbox
Guru Network Limited
 #24
FOX LOCAL: Live News & Weather
Fox Television Stations, Inc.
 #25
Police Scanner: Crime Radar
Sepia Software LLC
 #26
NPR: National & Local News
NPR
 #27
Stocks.News－Market Alerts
IR Agency LLC
 #28
ABC 7 New York
Disney
 #29
BBC: World News & Stories
BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
 #30
Quora
Quora, Inc.
 #31
MobilePatrol: Public Safety
Equifax
 #32
Google News
Google
 #33
MS NOW: Live & Breaking News
Versant Media LLC
 #34
CNN: Live & Breaking News
CNN Interactive Group, Inc.
 #35
Reuters - Breaking World News
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
 #36
FOX News: US & World Headlines
Fox News Network, LLC
 #37
The Economist: News & Analysis
The Economist
 #38
ABC7 Your Local Station
Gray Television Group, Inc.
 #39
The Atlantic Magazine
The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC
 #40
TrueShort - Stream True Crime
Humans Anonymous, Inc
 #41
Police Scanner・Emergency Radio
Rafiki Apps
 #42
Bloomberg: Business News Daily
Bloomberg Finance LP
 #43
AwareCA
Intterra, LLC
 #44
Daily Wire
Daily Wire LLC
 #45
Medium: Read & Write Stories
A Medium Corporation
 #46
The White House
The Official White House
 #47
The New Yorker
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
 #48
FREECABLE TV: News & TV Shows
MixerBox Inc.
 #49
Washington Post
The Washington Post
 #50
Tijuana Good News
Axel Ramirez
 #51
Podbean Podcast App & Player
Podbean Incorporated
 #52
Spotify for Creators
Spotify
 #53
CNBC: Stock Market & Business
Versant Media LLC
 #54
NBC News: Breaking & US News
NBC News Digital, LLC
 #55
中国领事
Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
 #56
Newsmax
Newsmax Media, Inc.
 #57
Enigma: What’s that in the Sky
Enigma Labs, LLC
 #58
Financial Times: Business News
Financial Times Ltd.
 #59
WatchOut: Police Scanner・Radio
SILVER APPS
 #60
Blue for Twitter
Kpaw, LLC
 #61
Barron’s - Investing Insights
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #62
FEED Mobile
The Kroger Co.
 #63
Pocket Casts: Podcast Player
Automattic
 #64
Hệ thống Thông tin Tuyên giáo
TTXVN
 #65
Police Scanner +
Rego Apps
 #66
ProPublica
ProPublica
 #67
Narwhal for Reddit
robot swingset, llc.
 #68
Epoch Times: Live & Breaking
Epoch Usa Inc
 #69
CBS News: Live Breaking News
CBS Interactive
 #70
DarkShort - Watch Crime Short
Mobile entertainment srl
 #71
OpenMHz
Luke Berndt
 #72
Very Local: News & Weather
Hearst Television
 #73
Thanh niên Việt Nam
Trung uong Doan TNCS Ho Chi Minh
 #74
PressReader: News & Magazines
PressReader Inc
 #75
Spectrum News: Local Stories
Charter Communications
 #76
Denver 7+ Colorado News
E.W. Scripps Company
 #77
Live World Monitor: GlobeAlert
APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI
 #78
The Guardian - US & World News
Guardian News and Media Limited
 #79
KMBC 9 News - Kansas City
Hearst Television
 #80
Blind - Professional Community
Teamblind inc
 #81
Mortgage News Daily
Mortgage News Daily
 #82
Kiki: Local Chat & People Near
Kikihub
 #83
Overcast Podcast App
Overcast Radio, LLC
 #84
Al Jazeera - الجزيرة
Al Jazeera Network
 #85
Prensa Abierta
Acta Diurna
 #86
Fox Nation
Fox News Network, LLC
 #87
KETV NewsWatch 7 - Omaha
Hearst Television
 #88
MSN
Microsoft Corporation
 #89
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
 #90
ABC7 Los Angeles
Disney
 #91
WDRB+WAVE
Gray Television Group, Inc.
 #92
Police Scanner App, live radio
Dazz Cam
 #93
WFAA - News from North Texas
Tegna Inc.
 #94
Local News & Weather: Haystack
Haystack TV
 #95
The Free Press
Runaway Media Inc.
 #96
Yahoo News: Daily News For You
Yahoo
 #97
WSJ Print Edition
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #98
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Ajax Systems Inc

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