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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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37%
light-theme screenshots · 30% mixed
36%
caption above the phone
6.2
screenshots per listing · 30% use 8+
4.04★
average rating
Backgrounds
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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
Substack
Substack, Inc.
 #4
IEC South Africa
Electoral Commission of South Africa
 #5
News24: Trusted News. First
24.com
 #6
Blue for Twitter
Kpaw, LLC
 #7
VideoElephant TV
Video Elephant Limited
 #8
Daily Maverick
Daily Maverick
 #9
49s Results
Polus Ventures Limited
 #10
Home Affairs Today
App Developer Studio Cc
 #11
Google News
Google
 #12
Quora
Quora, Inc.
 #13
Netwerk24 – Alles op een plek
24.com
 #14
Medium: Read & Write Stories
A Medium Corporation
 #15
NYTimes: Breaking World News
The New York Times Company
 #16
BBC: World News & Stories
BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
 #17
Podcast App
Evolve Global, Inc.
 #18
Bloomberg: Business News Daily
Bloomberg Finance LP
 #19
CNBC: Stock Market & Business
Versant Media LLC
 #20
The Economist: News & Analysis
The Economist
 #21
Ground News
Snapwise Inc.
 #22
Al Jazeera - الجزيرة
Al Jazeera Network
 #23
SABC News app
South African Broadcasting Corporation Ltd
 #24
Maroela Media
Maroela Media
 #25
PressReader: News & Magazines
PressReader Inc
 #26
South African Government
Government Communication and Information System
 #27
Reuters - Breaking World News
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
 #28
BusinessTech
MyBroadband Online (Pty) Ltd
 #29
IOL News
IOL
 #30
CNN: Live & Breaking News
CNN Interactive Group, Inc.
 #31
Eyewitness News
Primedia Broadcasting
 #32
Spotify for Creators
Spotify
 #33
Opera News: Breaking & Local
Opera Norway AS
 #34
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera Network
 #35
Podbean Podcast App & Player
Podbean Incorporated
 #36
Clubhouse
Alpha Exploration Co.
 #37
Objektiv
Objektiv
 #38
GB News
GB News Limited
 #39
Business Day SA
BDFM Publishers
 #40
AfriForumTV
Lonely Viking (PTY) LTD
 #41
Daily Sun Official
24.com
 #42
MSN
Microsoft Corporation
 #43
Moneyweb News
Moneyweb (Pty) Limited
 #44
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
Sky UK Limited
 #45
Business Day E-Edition
BDFM Publishers
 #46
Sunday Times E-Edition
BDFM Publishers
 #47
BuzzFeed - Quiz, Trivia & News
BuzzFeed
 #48
The Free Press
Runaway Media Inc.
 #49
Financial Times: Business News
Financial Times Ltd.
 #50
The New Yorker
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
 #51
LBC: UK, World & Breaking News
Global Media & Entertainment Limited
 #52
Newsday: SA Breaking News
MyBroadband Online (Pty) Ltd
 #53
Radio France Internationale
France Medias Monde
 #54
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EC.Ltd
 #55
TimesLIVE
BDFM Publishers
 #56
The Guardian - UK & World News
Guardian News and Media Limited
 #57
Overcast Podcast App
Overcast Radio, LLC
 #58
The Wall Street Journal. News
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #59
Washington Post
The Washington Post
 #60
ANC-African National Congress
Eugene Silinda
 #61
PS Deals
IRONPAW
 #62
Police Scanner Radio & Fire
GordonEdwards.net LLC
 #63
The Times: UK & World News
Times Media Limited (Apps)
 #64
NBC News: Breaking & US News
NBC News Digital, LLC
 #65
Fashion Network
Fashion Network
 #66
nine.com.au
NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
 #67
Flipboard: The Social Magazine
Flipboard Inc.
 #68
ITWeb
IT WEB (PTY) LTD
 #69
ABC News: Live Breaking News
Disney
 #70
Council for Geoscience
Council for Geoscience
 #71
Prime Tips
COOPER HENRY
 #72
WIRED
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
 #73
POLITICO
POLITICO, LLC
 #74
The Independent
Independent Digital News & Media Limited
 #75
Euronews: World news & live TV
euronews
 #76
中国领事
Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
 #77
daily.dev
Daily Dev Ltd
 #78
Business Insider: News & more
Insider, Inc.
 #79
Pocket Casts: Podcast Player
Automattic
 #80
FARMSPACE
FARMSPACE
 #81
New Scientist
New Scientist Ltd
 #82
Fogos.pt
Joao Pina
 #83
AP News
The Associated Press
 #84
The White House
The Official White House
 #85
SAMPRA
STRIDE IT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD
 #86
Shell V-Power Racing Team
Racing Team (Aust) Pty Ltd
 #87
Russia News in English
AppsForNexus SMC Private Limited
 #88
Snopes
Snopes, Inc.
 #89
ABC News
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
 #90
SPAR University
Social Brothers
 #91
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Beijing Sequel Hongyuan Information Technology Ltd
 #92
Espresso: World news in a shot
The Economist
 #93
CBN News - Breaking World News
The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc
 #94
XB Deals
IRONPAW
 #95
腾讯新闻 Tencent News
Tencent Technology (Beijing) Company Limited
 #96
Stuff.co.nz
Stuff Limited
 #97
New York Post for iPhone
NYP Holdings, Inc.
 #98
Podcast & Radio - iVoox
iVoox Global Podcasting Service

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