Espresso: World news in a shot Android
Espresso: World news in a shot is #111 in News & Magazines Grossing on Google Play in India and charting in 4 of 15 countries we track.
Updated 27 Sep 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperThe Economist Newspaper
CategoryNews & Magazines
PriceFree
Released
Installs1M+
Rating★ 4.6 (34k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.6 ★
34k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#111
News & Magazines GrossingMeasured
Espresso: World news in a shot on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.economist.darwin
Publisher
The Economist Newspaper
Content rating
Everyone
Espresso: World news in a shot downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Espresso: World news in a shot'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.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Espresso: World news in a shot before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Ad-led
How Espresso: World news in a shot makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
One-off purchases
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of revenue
Ads
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Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 15 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #111 |
 Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #102 |
 Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #115 |
 United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #102 |
Apps near Espresso: World news in a shot on the chart
News & Magazines Grossing, around #111.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
34k ratings
Measured
Ratings
34k
Measured
Written reviews
2.8k
Measured
About Espresso: World news in a shot
Espresso from The Economist is the faster, smarter way to know the news. Power through the world’s top stories in the time it takes to have a cup of coffee, with incisive analysis updated throughout the day.
The Espresso app is now free for students aged 16 and over. Students can sign up without providing payment details. Verification of student status will happen automatically by checking that a student’s email address is from an educational institution.
Here is what people say about Espresso:
“If all you have each day is a few minutes and you're tired of the 24hrs news cycle mostly regurgitating the same info all day everyday, the Espresso helps distil the cacophony of news each day into a single powerful update.”
What you’ll get:
- Live-updated AI translation available in French, German, Mandarin and Spanish, in addition to English. And, although translated by a large language model, honed by native speakers, our reporting and analysis will never be AI-generated.
- Top stories for quick analysis
- “The World in Brief” news summary updated three times a day
- Five bite-size articles offering finishable 1 minute reads
- Audio versions of articles to enjoy hands-free
- Daily podcasts and short videos offering fresh perspectives on current events
- A zingy blend of Figure of the day, Quote of the day and Chart of the day
- Selected news stories from the weekly edition in the “For you” tab
Features:
- Time to read highlighted on each article
- Adjustable text size
- Personalize your topic preferences
- Dark mode for more comfortable reading
- Mobile and tablet-compatible
- Enable notifications
Topics covered:
- The Americas
- Asia
- China
- Britain
- Business
- Middle East
- Africa
- Finance
- Economics
- Science
- Technology
- Culture
- People
- Coronavirus
- US Elections
- Editor’s Picks
Full terms of use can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/privacy-policy
The Espresso app is now free for students aged 16 and over. Students can sign up without providing payment details. Verification of student status will happen automatically by checking that a student’s email address is from an educational institution.
Here is what people say about Espresso:
“If all you have each day is a few minutes and you're tired of the 24hrs news cycle mostly regurgitating the same info all day everyday, the Espresso helps distil the cacophony of news each day into a single powerful update.”
What you’ll get:
- Live-updated AI translation available in French, German, Mandarin and Spanish, in addition to English. And, although translated by a large language model, honed by native speakers, our reporting and analysis will never be AI-generated.
- Top stories for quick analysis
- “The World in Brief” news summary updated three times a day
- Five bite-size articles offering finishable 1 minute reads
- Audio versions of articles to enjoy hands-free
- Daily podcasts and short videos offering fresh perspectives on current events
- A zingy blend of Figure of the day, Quote of the day and Chart of the day
- Selected news stories from the weekly edition in the “For you” tab
Features:
- Time to read highlighted on each article
- Adjustable text size
- Personalize your topic preferences
- Dark mode for more comfortable reading
- Mobile and tablet-compatible
- Enable notifications
Topics covered:
- The Americas
- Asia
- China
- Britain
- Business
- Middle East
- Africa
- Finance
- Economics
- Science
- Technology
- Culture
- People
- Coronavirus
- US Elections
- Editor’s Picks
Full terms of use can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.economistgroup.com/privacy-policy
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