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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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36%
light-theme screenshots · 31% mixed
38%
caption above the phone
6.3
screenshots per listing · 31% use 8+
3.87★
average rating
Backgrounds
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Measured by LaunchShots from 90 of these 99 listings' screenshots — not Apple data. How we measure · Full News benchmark

#1
X
X Corp.
 #2
Reddit
REDDIT, INC.
 #3
Substack
Substack, Inc.
 #4
Blue for Twitter
Kpaw, LLC
 #5
The White House
The Official White House
 #6
IEC South Africa
Electoral Commission of South Africa
 #7
News24: Trusted News. First
24.com
 #8
Podcast App
Evolve Global, Inc.
 #9
Quora
Quora, Inc.
 #10
49s Results
Polus Ventures Limited
 #11
Home Affairs Today
App Developer Studio Cc
 #12
Netwerk24 – Alles op een plek
24.com
 #13
Daily Maverick
Daily Maverick
 #14
NYTimes: Breaking World News
The New York Times Company
 #15
VideoElephant TV
Video Elephant Limited
 #16
Podbean Podcast App & Player
Podbean Incorporated
 #17
BusinessTech
MyBroadband Online (Pty) Ltd
 #18
IOL News
IOL
 #19
Google News
Google
 #20
CNBC: Stock Market & Business
Versant Media LLC
 #21
Medium: Read & Write Stories
A Medium Corporation
 #22
Bloomberg: Business News Daily
Bloomberg Finance LP
 #23
The Economist: News & Analysis
The Economist
 #24
South African Government
Government Communication and Information System
 #25
Eyewitness News
Primedia Broadcasting
 #26
Al Jazeera - الجزيرة
Al Jazeera Network
 #27
BBC: World News & Stories
BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
 #28
SABC News app
South African Broadcasting Corporation Ltd
 #29
AfriForumTV
Lonely Viking (PTY) LTD
 #30
Ground News
Snapwise Inc.
 #31
Objektiv
Objektiv
 #32
Feedly - Smart News Reader
Feedly Inc.
 #33
Moneyweb News
Moneyweb (Pty) Limited
 #34
CNN: Live & Breaking News
CNN Interactive Group, Inc.
 #35
Financial Times: Business News
Financial Times Ltd.
 #36
Clubhouse
Alpha Exploration Co.
 #37
Flipboard: The Social Magazine
Flipboard Inc.
 #38
Maroela Media
Maroela Media
 #39
Daily Sun Official
24.com
 #40
PressReader: News & Magazines
PressReader Inc
 #41
Opera News: Breaking & Local
Opera Norway AS
 #42
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
Sky UK Limited
 #43
Argus for Reddit
Julian Baker
 #44
Business Day SA
BDFM Publishers
 #45
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera Network
 #46
POLITICO
POLITICO, LLC
 #47
Spotify for Creators
Spotify
 #48
The Telegraph: UK & World News
TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
 #49
Agri Online SA
Gen Leads (Pty) Ltd
 #50
FOX News: US & World Headlines
Fox News Network, LLC
 #51
MSN
Microsoft Corporation
 #52
Reuters - Breaking World News
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH
 #53
Pretoria FM
Pretoria FM
 #54
ANC-African National Congress
Eugene Silinda
 #55
BBC World Service
BBC Media Applications Technologies Limited
 #56
GB News
GB News Limited
 #57
Sunday Times E-Edition
BDFM Publishers
 #58
World Monitor — Live OSINT
Xiang Bai
 #59
GoTrends for Google Trends
Brais Moure
 #60
Truth Nigeria
Equipping The Persecuted
 #61
POLITICO Europe Edition
POLITICO SRL
 #62
The Pour Over
The Pour Over
 #63
Pocket Casts: Podcast Player
Automattic
 #64
The New Yorker
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
 #65
The Atlantic Magazine
The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC
 #66
Pondoland Times
Quan Dambuza
 #67
The Citizen News
THE CITIZEN LTD
 #68
FT Digital Edition
Financial Times Ltd.
 #69
SAMPRA
STRIDE IT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD
 #70
Narwhal for Reddit
robot swingset, llc.
 #71
The South African
Marfeel Solutions S.L
 #72
Matter: Reading App
Dig Wells, Inc.
 #73
Viblo
Framgia
 #74
The Wall Street Journal. News
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
 #75
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Creamer Media International Limited
 #76
Forex News 24x7
THE USEFUL APPS PTY LTD
 #77
Brick Fanatics
Tiro Media Ltd
 #78
President & Oval Office News
Loyal Foundry, Inc.
 #79
AppleInsider
Crafted
 #80
ProPublica
ProPublica
 #81
Radio thmanyah: Podcast, Books
Thmanyah, LLC
 #82
Business News - WA
Business News Pty Ltd
 #83
DevBytes-For Busy Developers
Candela Labs Private Limited
 #84
Tech-Feed: AI Tech News
Fabian Ottowitz
 #85
opencast: podcast player
Connor Larkin
 #86
AI Edge - AI News Intelligence
Overdrive Desenvolvimento de Softwares e Consultoria em Informatica LTDA
 #87
Cuba News & Travel Info Today in English
Juicestand Inc
 #88
The Independent
Independent Digital News & Media Limited
 #89
Shell V-Power Racing Team
Racing Team (Aust) Pty Ltd
 #90
NetNewsWire: RSS Reader
Brent Simmons
 #91
中国领事
Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
 #92
TimesLIVE
BDFM Publishers
 #93
The Guardian - UK & World News
Guardian News and Media Limited
 #94
Washington Post
The Washington Post
 #95
ABC News: Live Breaking News
Disney
 #96
Landbou.com (Landbouweekblad)
24.com
 #97
Inoreader: News & RSS reader
Innologica
 #98
Inshorts
Inshorts Pte. Ltd.
 #99
The Go-To Guy
Quintin Scheepers

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