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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 · 27% mixed
43%
caption above the phone
6.5
screenshots per listing · 34% use 8+
4.53★
average rating
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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
The White House
The Official White House
 #3
Reddit
REDDIT, INC.
 #4
CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio
Scoopz Inc.
 #5
Substack
Substack, Inc.
 #6
Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network
Nextdoor
 #7
The Pour Over
The Pour Over
 #8
NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
Particle Media Inc.
 #9
Citizen: Safety & Live Video
sp0n, Inc.
 #10
NYTimes: US and Global News
The New York Times Company
 #11
Ground News
Snapwise Inc.
 #12
Police Scanner Radio & Fire
GordonEdwards.net LLC
 #13
Fizz: Your Authentic Community
Fizz Social Corp.
 #14
NPR: National & Local News
NPR
 #15
The Wall Street Journal. News
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #16
Police Scanner: Fire Radio
Guru Network Limited Inc.
 #17
Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc.
 #18
Stocks.News－Market Alerts
IR Agency LLC
 #19
Donut Scanner
donut scanner
 #20
5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner
Smartest Apps LLC
 #21
Podcast App
Evolve Global, Inc.
 #22
The New Yorker
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
 #23
Daily Wire
Daily Wire LLC
 #24
AP News
The Associated Press
 #25
SmartNews: Breaking News
SmartNews, Inc.
 #26
Clubhouse
Alpha Exploration Co.
 #27
Neighbors by Ring
Ring.com
 #28
CNN: Live & Breaking News
CNN Interactive Group, Inc.
 #29
Police Scanner: Crime Radar
Sepia Software LLC
 #30
Google News
Google
 #31
Podcast App & Player - Castbox
Guru Network Limited
 #32
Reuters - Breaking World News
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
 #33
FOX LOCAL: Live News & Weather
Fox Television Stations, Inc.
 #34
BBC: World News & Stories
BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
 #35
Newsmax
Newsmax Media, Inc.
 #36
The Atlantic Magazine
The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC
 #37
The Boston Globe
BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC
 #38
FOX News: US & World Headlines
Fox News Network, LLC
 #39
WIRED
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
 #40
MS NOW: Live & Breaking News
Versant Media LLC
 #41
Quora
Quora, Inc.
 #42
MobilePatrol: Public Safety
Equifax
 #43
TrueShort - Stream True Crime
Humans Anonymous, Inc
 #44
Bloomberg: Business News Daily
Bloomberg Finance LP
 #45
The Economist: News & Analysis
The Economist
 #46
CBS News: Live Breaking News
CBS Interactive
 #47
CNBC: Stock Market & Business
Versant Media LLC
 #48
ProPublica
ProPublica
 #49
Medium: Read & Write Stories
A Medium Corporation
 #50
Prensa Abierta
Acta Diurna
 #51
Real America’s Voice News
Performance One Media, LLC
 #52
POLITICO
POLITICO, LLC
 #53
NRA
National Rifle Association of America
 #54
Washington Post
The Washington Post
 #55
Spotify for Creators
Spotify
 #56
Court TV
Katapy
 #57
NBC News: Breaking & US News
NBC News Digital, LLC
 #58
Podbean Podcast App & Player
Podbean Incorporated
 #59
FEED Mobile
The Kroger Co.
 #60
Overcast Podcast App
Overcast Radio, LLC
 #61
ABC News: Live & Breaking
Disney
 #62
Financial Times: Business News
Financial Times Ltd.
 #63
Повітряна тривога
Ajax Systems Inc
 #64
Truth+
T Media Tech LLC
 #65
Thanh niên Việt Nam
Trung uong Doan TNCS Ho Chi Minh
 #66
Epoch Times: Live & Breaking
Epoch Usa Inc
 #67
The Free Press
Runaway Media Inc.
 #68
Enigma: What’s that in the Sky
Enigma Labs, LLC
 #69
中国领事
Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
 #70
Blind: Anonymous Work Network
Teamblind inc
 #71
Blue for Twitter
Kpaw, LLC
 #72
Police Scanner +
Rego Apps
 #73
Narwhal for Reddit
robot swingset, llc.
 #74
Trump News - The Unofficial News Reader for Donald Trump
Bible Belt Apps
 #75
Pocket Casts: Podcast Player
Automattic
 #76
Police Scanner・Emergency Radio
Rafiki Apps
 #77
【ツ】Programación TV (Guía Televisión) Ecuador • Esta noche, Hoy y Ahora (TV Listings EC)
Thomas Gesland
 #78
OpenMHz
Luke Berndt
 #79
President & Oval Office News
Loyal Foundry, Inc.
 #80
PressReader: News & Magazines
PressReader Inc
 #81
Spectrum News: Local Stories
Charter Communications
 #82
The Guardian - US & World News
Guardian News and Media Limited
 #83
Al Jazeera - الجزيرة
Al Jazeera Network
 #84
Live World Monitor: GlobeAlert
APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI
 #85
Mortgage News Daily
Mortgage News Daily
 #86
Algarj — القرج
Mohamed Alssed M ALGARJ
 #87
Law & Crime Plus
LawNewz Inc.
 #88
Barron’s - Investing Insights
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #89
iSideWith
iSideWith.com LLC
 #90
Tijuana Good News
Axel Ramirez
 #91
KSTP 5 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN
Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
 #92
NewsNation: Unbiased News
Nexstar Broadcasting
 #93
MSN
Microsoft Corporation
 #94
Crime Radar
Muhtadi Muhammad
 #95
ABC 7 New York
Disney
 #96
Fox Nation
Fox News Network, LLC
 #97
People's Daily
人民日报社
 #98
Straight Arrow | SAN
Straight Arrow News, LLC

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