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Top 100 Free News Apps in the South Africa App Store

The 100 most-downloaded free News apps right now in the South Africa 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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42%
light-theme screenshots · 25% mixed
35%
caption above the phone
6.2
screenshots per listing · 26% use 8+
4.11★
average rating
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Measured by LaunchShots from 96 of these 99 listings' screenshots — not Apple data. How we measure · Full News benchmark

#1
X
X Corp.
 #2
Substack
Substack, Inc.
 #3
Reddit
REDDIT, INC.
 #4
News24: Trusted News. First
24.com
 #5
Blue for Twitter
Kpaw, LLC
 #6
Daily Maverick
Daily Maverick
 #7
VideoElephant TV
Video Elephant Limited
 #8
Quora
Quora, Inc.
 #9
Netwerk24 – Alles op een plek
24.com
 #10
IEC South Africa
Electoral Commission of South Africa
 #11
Clubhouse
Alpha Exploration Co.
 #12
49s Results
Polus Ventures Limited
 #13
NYTimes: Breaking World News
The New York Times Company
 #14
Google News
Google
 #15
Home Affairs Today
App Developer Studio Cc
 #16
BBC: World News & Stories
BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
 #17
CNBC: Stock Market & Business
Versant Media LLC
 #18
Reuters - Breaking World News
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
 #19
BusinessTech
MyBroadband Online (Pty) Ltd
 #20
CNN: Live & Breaking News
CNN Interactive Group, Inc.
 #21
Maroela Media
Maroela Media
 #22
Podcast App
Evolve Global, Inc.
 #23
Ground News
Snapwise Inc.
 #24
Medium: Read & Write Stories
A Medium Corporation
 #25
Spotify for Creators
Spotify
 #26
GB News
GB News Limited
 #27
Bloomberg: Business News Daily
Bloomberg Finance LP
 #28
South African Government
Government Communication and Information System
 #29
PressReader: News & Magazines
PressReader Inc
 #30
Podbean Podcast App & Player
Podbean Incorporated
 #31
Al Jazeera - الجزيرة
Al Jazeera Network
 #32
Opera News: Breaking & Local
Opera Norway AS
 #33
AfriForumTV
Lonely Viking (PTY) LTD
 #34
IOL News
IOL
 #35
The Economist: News & Analysis
The Economist
 #36
MSN
Microsoft Corporation
 #37
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera Network
 #38
SABC News app
South African Broadcasting Corporation Ltd
 #39
Eyewitness News
Primedia Broadcasting
 #40
Moneyweb News
Moneyweb (Pty) Limited
 #41
TimesLIVE
BDFM Publishers
 #42
The Times: UK & World News
Times Media Limited (Apps)
 #43
ANC-African National Congress
Eugene Silinda
 #44
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
Sky UK Limited
 #45
Objektiv
Objektiv
 #46
Instapaper
Instant Paper, Inc.
 #47
Fizz: Your Authentic Community
Fizz Social Corp.
 #48
Local News & Weather: Haystack
Haystack TV
 #49
Financial Times: Business News
Financial Times Ltd.
 #50
Air France Press
Societe Air France S.A.
 #51
TV Uhlelo Program South Africa • TV Guide (ZA)
Thomas Gesland
 #52
PS Deals
IRONPAW
 #53
Daily Sun Official
24.com
 #54
Business Insider: News & more
Insider, Inc.
 #55
FOX News: US & World Headlines
Fox News Network, LLC
 #56
Landbou.com (Landbouweekblad)
24.com
 #57
Feedly - Smart News Reader
Feedly Inc.
 #58
SmartNews: Breaking News
SmartNews, Inc.
 #59
The New Yorker
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
 #60
NBC News: Breaking & US News
NBC News Digital, LLC
 #61
Radio Islam International
Mohamed Ismail Bukharia
 #62
phoenix
ZDF Digital Medienproduktion GmbH
 #63
OneSpace Patrol
OneSpace Technologies (Pty) Ltd
 #64
Europe 1: radio, podcast, actu
Lagardere Media News
 #65
Good News Network
Good News Network, LLC
 #66
AP News
The Associated Press
 #67
Business Day SA
BDFM Publishers
 #68
The Citizen News
THE CITIZEN LTD
 #69
The Wall Street Journal. News
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #70
The White House
The Official White House
 #71
Newsday: SA Breaking News
MyBroadband Online (Pty) Ltd
 #72
Police Scanner Radio & Fire
GordonEdwards.net LLC
 #73
Pretoria FM
Pretoria FM
 #74
Business Day E-Edition
BDFM Publishers
 #75
Daily Mail: Breaking News Live
dmg media ltd
 #76
中国领事
Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
 #77
Flipboard: The Social Magazine
Flipboard Inc.
 #78
Israel Home Front Command
Israel Home Front Command
 #79
Crime Alert
Sphephelo Mabena
 #80
Agora: Play The News
AGORA INTELLIGENCE LTD
 #81
BBC World Service
BBC Media Applications Technologies Limited
 #82
Forex News 24x7
THE USEFUL APPS PTY LTD
 #83
NZ Herald News
NZME Holdings Ltd
 #84
Nikkei Asia - Business news
NIKKEI INC.
 #85
Podcast Player App - Castbox
Guru Network Limited
 #86
Sunday Times E-Edition
BDFM Publishers
 #87
Follow the Money
Follow the Money
 #88
Euronews: World news & live TV
euronews
 #89
Washington Post
The Washington Post
 #90
Daily Wire
Daily Wire LLC
 #91
Kiki: Local Chat & People Near
Kikihub
 #92
Forex News — AI Forecasts
Rianon s.r.o.
 #93
SowetanLive
BDFM Publishers
 #94
Italy & Rome News Today in English Free
Juicestand Inc
 #95
Sheger FM 102.1
Adey Tensae Media and Entertainment PLC
 #96
MBC Plus
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation
 #97
UN News
United Nations
 #98
Kagi News
Kagi Inc.
 #99
The Free Press
Runaway Media Inc.

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