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Sky News: Breaking, UK & World gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World by Sky UK Limited is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World update history & changes
Last change · 69 events since 11 Jul 2016Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 69 events
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World charting in a new countryiOSIndia
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World charting in a new countryiOSBrazil
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new iPad screenshotsiOS· RU
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · RU
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · CA
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World charting in a new countryAndroidCanada
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World charting in a new countryiOSFrance
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOSJapan · United States
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CA
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 6) · CA
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World added hidden keywords: coverageiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new iPad screenshotsiOS· ID
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · ID
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 4 countries
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · 4 countries
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new iPad screenshotsiOS· AE
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · AE
- 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World updated to version 12.15.0iOSThis release contains bug fixes and stability improvements.
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · IT
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World charting in a new countryAndroidItaly
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new iPad screenshotsiOS· SA
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 6) · SA
- 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: now updating weeklyAndroid4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World entered the top 100iOSTop Free · News · ID
- 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World updated to version 12.25.0AndroidBug fixes and stability improvements.
- 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World updated to version 12.25.1AndroidBug fixes and stability improvements.
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new screenshotsAndroid12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World charting in a new countryAndroidSaudi Arabia
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World charting in a new countryAndroidIndia
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World charting in a new countryAndroidThailand
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 5 countries
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 6) · 5 countries
- 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World updated to version 12.14.0iOSIntroducing Your News - Follow the topics and authors that matter to you. See the latest articles, videos and podcasts from everything you follow in a personalised Your News feed. Customise the layout of Your News feed, choosing between two different options - Group by topic, or List by recency. This release also contains bug fixes and stability improvements.… more
- 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World updated to version 12.24.2AndroidNo release notes
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World added hidden keywords: economistiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: app got smalleriOS317 MB → 223 MB (-30%)
- 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World updated to version 12.13.1iOSThis release contains bug fixes and stability improvements.
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 📈Sky News: Breaking, UK & World entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · GB
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🆕Sky News: Breaking, UK & World first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕Sky News: Breaking, UK & World first spotted by AppInsideriOS#51 in Top Free · News · United Arab Emirates
- 🌟Sky News: Breaking, UK & World featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World updated to version 12.23.0AndroidThis update includes:
- A redesigned navigation bar, making it even easier to explore the latest news across a range of categories.
- New in-article navigation, helping you discover more stories on the topics that interest you.
- Improvements to the Live TV section, with multiple live streams now often available.
- A profile section with optional log in.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly.… more - 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World version 12.17.5+731AndroidThis update includes:
- A redesigned navigation bar, making it even easier to explore the latest news across a range of categories.
- New in-article navigation, helping you discover more stories on the topics that interest you.
- Improvements to the Live TV section, with multiple live streams now often available.
- A profile section with optional log in.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly.… more - 🆕Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: its developer released another app: Sky News Defence InsideriOS
- 🆕Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: its developer released another app: Sky Go (Glass / Stream)iOS
- 📦Sky News: Breaking, UK & World version 12.0.0iOSThis update includes:
- A redesigned navigation bar, making it even easier to explore the latest news across a range of categories.
- New in-article navigation, helping you discover more stories on the topics that interest you.
- Improvements to the Live TV section, with multiple live streams now often available.
- A profile section with optional log in.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements to keep the app running smoothly.… more - 🆕Sky News: Breaking, UK & World released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Sky News: Breaking, UK & World released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
News FreeSky News: Breaking, UK & World at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A free news application from Sky UK providing breaking headlines, live video streams, and podcasts to users seeking independent journalism in the UK and globally. The app holds a strong position at #6 in the UK News Free chart but sees significantly lower traction in international markets like the US (#158) and India (#175).
Similar apps: BBC News, Sky News (Web), CNN
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World’s App Store privacy label declares 5 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 linked to your identity and 5 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v6.21.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 1k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 50+ | 5M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 10M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Sky News: Breaking, UK & World's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How Sky News: Breaking, UK & World makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #7 News Free | 4 of 30 countries | #167 | – |
| Google Play | #7 News & Magazines Free | 7 of 23 countries | #128 | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in 
Canada ▲ ×11+ · United Kingdom ▲ +34% · 
Australia ▲ +27%
New ratings by country (5)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 368 | 92% | ▲ +34% |
 United States | 18 | 5% | – |
| Australia | 5.8 | 1% | ▲ +27% |
| Canada | 5 | 1% | ▲ ×11+ |
 Italy | 1.2 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.6 ★ | 284k |
| Google Play | 4.0 ★ | 58k 895 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.5 ★ weighted by ratings | 343k |
What users say about Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
From the 54 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are highly critical of a recent app redesign that removed navigation features and increased video content over articles. Complaints also focus on intrusive autoplay settings, broken notifications on iOS, and perceived political bias.
Mostly negative (39% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for working reliably, and regular updates. The main complaints are about recent updates, and ads.
What people like
- Crashes & bugs: “Notifications stopped working”
- Updates: “Very detailed stories and timely updates!”
Common complaints
- Updates: “I detest their live updates for ongoing news”
- Ads: “Too Many Paid Ads Embedded”
- Crashes & bugs: “Deleted app and reinstalled but still not working!!”
- Ease of use: “Please restore older versions that were much more streamlined and easier to view”
About Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
Download our app for award-winning journalism and breaking news stories from the UK and around the world.
At Sky News, our mission is to give you the full story, first, wherever you get your news. Because when you've got the full story, you can make up your own mind. We believe this has never mattered more.
We give you the full story, first:
- Taking you there, 24:7. So you can see what's really happening.
- Asking the big questions. So you can find out what matters.
- Through bold and independent reporting. Giving you a fresh perspective.
Key features:
- Breaking news notifications - be the first to find out about major developing stories
- Watch Sky News Live 24/7, with multiple livestreams often available
- Listen to our podcasts including Electoral Dysfunction, Cheat Sheet, Politics at Sam and Anne's, and more
- Easy navigation to see headlines on multiple topics from politics to entertainment.
- Supports your device settings, including font size and dark mode
- Challenge yourself with our dedicated puzzles section, featuring Sudoku, Totalize and more
Please note: Watching video may incur additional mobile network and/or Wifi charges.
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World App Store
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World is #7 in News Free in United Kingdom and charting in 4 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
25 Sep 2026 News FreeSky News: Breaking, UK & World at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A free news application from Sky UK providing breaking headlines, live video streams, and podcasts to users seeking independent journalism in the UK and globally. The app holds a strong position at #6 in the UK News Free chart but sees significantly lower traction in international markets like the US (#158) and India (#175).
Similar apps: BBC News, Sky News (Web), CNN
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World’s App Store privacy label declares 5 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 1 linked to your identity and 5 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Sky News: Breaking, UK & World's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How Sky News: Breaking, UK & World makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | NewsFree | #7 |
| United States | NewsFree | #167 |
| Italy | NewsFree | #60 |
| Australia | NewsFree | #80 |
Apps near Sky News: Breaking, UK & World on the chart
News Free, around #7.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in Canada ▲ ×11+ · United Kingdom ▲ +34% · Australia ▲ +27%
New ratings by country (5)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 368 | 92% | ▲ +34% |
| United States | 18 | 5% | – |
| Australia | 5.8 | 1% | ▲ +27% |
| Canada | 5 | 1% | ▲ ×11+ |
| Italy | 1.2 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
From the 54 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are highly critical of a recent app redesign that removed navigation features and increased video content over articles. Complaints also focus on intrusive autoplay settings, broken notifications on iOS, and perceived political bias.
Mostly negative (39% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for working reliably, and regular updates. The main complaints are about recent updates, and ads.
What people like
- Crashes & bugs: “Notifications stopped working”
- Updates: “Very detailed stories and timely updates!”
Common complaints
- Updates: “I detest their live updates for ongoing news”
- Ads: “Too Many Paid Ads Embedded”
- Crashes & bugs: “Deleted app and reinstalled but still not working!!”
- Ease of use: “Please restore older versions that were much more streamlined and easier to view”
About Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
Download our app for award-winning journalism and breaking news stories from the UK and around the world.
At Sky News, our mission is to give you the full story, first, wherever you get your news. Because when you've got the full story, you can make up your own mind. We believe this has never mattered more.
We give you the full story, first:
- Taking you there, 24:7. So you can see what's really happening.
- Asking the big questions. So you can find out what matters.
- Through bold and independent reporting. Giving you a fresh perspective.
Key features:
- Breaking news notifications - be the first to find out about major developing stories
- Watch Sky News Live 24/7, with multiple livestreams often available
- Listen to our podcasts including Electoral Dysfunction, Cheat Sheet, Politics at Sam and Anne's, and more
- Easy navigation to see headlines on multiple topics from politics to entertainment.
- Supports your device settings, including font size and dark mode
- Challenge yourself with our dedicated puzzles section, featuring Sudoku, Totalize and more
Please note: Watching video may incur additional mobile network and/or Wifi charges.
Latest updates
Store changes
What Sky News: Breaking, UK & World changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
More from Sky UK Limited
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World Android
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World is #7 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 7 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
News & Magazines FreeSky News: Breaking, UK & World on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v6.21.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Sky News: Breaking, UK & World's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How Sky News: Breaking, UK & World makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #7 |
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #128 |
| Canada | News & MagazinesFree | #62 |
| Italy | News & MagazinesFree | #87 |
 Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesFree | #97 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesFree | #111 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesFree | #100 |
Apps near Sky News: Breaking, UK & World on the chart
News & Magazines Free, around #7.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
From the 177 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users are highly dissatisfied with recent updates that prioritize video content over text and introduce intrusive advertisements. The app is widely reported as unstable, with frequent crashes, buffering issues, and broken links in the sports section.
Mostly negative (14% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and regular updates. The main complaints are about ads, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “different news options would be good”
- Updates: “Why can't I uninstall the previous update as it received recently, which must be the problem”
Common complaints
- Ads: “too many ads and bias news”
- Crashes & bugs: “Still crashing and no update”
- Updates: “Still crashing and no update”
- Design: “I would like dark mode please”
About Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
Download our app for award-winning journalism and breaking news stories from the UK and around the world.
At Sky News, our mission is to give you the full story, first, wherever you get your news. Because when you've got the full story, you can make up your own mind. We believe this has never mattered more.
We give you the full story, first:
- Taking you there, 24:7. So you can see what's really happening.
- Asking the big questions. So you can find out what matters.
- Through bold and independent reporting. Giving you a fresh perspective.
Key features:
- Breaking news notifications - be the first to find out about major developing stories
- Watch Sky News Live 24/7, with multiple livestreams often available
- Listen to our podcasts including Electoral Dysfunction, Cheat Sheet, Politics at Sam and Anne's, and more
- Easy navigation to see headlines on multiple topics from politics to entertainment.
- Supports your device settings, including font size and dark mode
- Challenge yourself with our dedicated puzzles section, featuring Sudoku, Totalize and more
Please note: Watching video may incur additional mobile network and/or Wifi charges.
What's new in 12.26.0
Store changes
What Sky News: Breaking, UK & World changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.