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South China Morning Post: News gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
South China Morning Post: News by South China Morning Post Publishers Limited is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
South China Morning Post: News update history & changes
Last change · 34 events since 27 May 2013Full timeline ↓📈iOSDropped out of every chart we track📦iOSUpdated to version 7.2.9📈iOSEntered the top 100🔎iOSTop 10 for “south”📦iOSUpdated to version 7.2.8📦AndroidUpdated to version 7.2.7📈AndroidEntered the top 100📈AndroidCharting in a new country🌏AndroidFound on Huawei AppGallery📦AndroidUpdated to version 7.2.6🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSReleased on the App Store🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play
Full timeline · 34 events
- 📈South China Morning Post: News dropped out of every chart we trackiOSLast seen 1 Nov
- 📦South China Morning Post: News updated to version 7.2.9iOSEnhanced Homepage Design: We have updated our homepage layout with optimized spacing and structure for a more cohesive, distraction-free reading experience.
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · News · KR
- 🔎South China Morning Post: News reached Top 10 for “south”iOS#4 in South Africa search · popularity 39
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · JP
- 📦South China Morning Post: News updated to version 7.2.8iOSPersonalised For You: Enjoy a smarter news feed with our new AI-powered content recommendations tailored to your reading preferences.
Cleaner Ad Display: We’ve optimised our ad placements for a more seamless, comfortable browsing experience.… more - 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · KR
- 📦South China Morning Post: News updated to version 7.2.7AndroidPersonalised For You: Enjoy a smarter news feed with our new AI-powered content recommendations tailored to your reading preferences.
Cleaner Ad Display: We’ve optimised our ad placements for a more seamless, comfortable browsing experience.… more - 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · IT
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · News · FR
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · NL
- 📈South China Morning Post: News charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · MX · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · TH · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · TR · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · VN
- 📈South China Morning Post: News charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidMexico · Thailand · Turkey · Vietnam
- 🌏South China Morning Post: News: found on Huawei AppGalleryAndroid
- 📦South China Morning Post: News updated to version 7.2.7iOSFollow the Timeline (PLUS Exclusive): Get instant context on complex topics. Powered by AI, our new timeline widget lays out a clear reverse chronological sequence of key events and milestones directly in your search results—offering deeper clarity exclusively for our PLUS subscribers.… more
- 📦South China Morning Post: News updated to version 7.2.6AndroidFollow the Timeline (PLUS Exclusive): Get instant context on complex topics. Powered by AI, our new timeline widget lays out a clear reverse chronological sequence of key events and milestones directly in your search results—offering deeper clarity exclusively for our PLUS subscribers.… more
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · BR
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · RU
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · FR
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 10 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · News · ID · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · ID
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · AU
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · News · IT · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · IT
- 📈South China Morning Post: News charting in a new countryiOSFrance
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100 in 3 chartsiOSTop Free · News · AE · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · GB · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · KR
- 📈South China Morning Post: News entered the top 100 in 5 chartsiOSTop Grossing · News · DE · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · DE · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · IT · Top Grossing · News · JP · +1 more
- 📈South China Morning Post: News charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOSGermany · Japan
- 🆕South China Morning Post: News first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕South China Morning Post: News first spotted by AppInsideriOS#70 in Top Grossing · News · United States
- 📦South China Morning Post: News version 7.2.6iOSNo release notes
- 📦South China Morning Post: News updated to version 7.2.4AndroidImproved Article Layout: We’ve updated our ad positioning within articles to give you a cleaner, smoother, and less intrusive reading experience.
- 📦South China Morning Post: News version 7.2.5AndroidWe’ve updated our section rail layout for a cleaner look and a smoother, easier navigation experience
- 🆕South China Morning Post: News released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕South China Morning Post: News released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.6 ★
8.7k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#70
Android · 
News & Magazines Grossing
News & Magazines GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
7.4
steady vs the 2 weeks before (App Store)
Measured
South China Morning Post: News at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-23. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The South China Morning Post app provides English-language news and analysis focused on China, Hong Kong, and Asia for readers seeking authoritative regional coverage. The app is currently ranking in the top 50 grossing charts across diverse markets including Indonesia, China, Korea, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and Russia, indicating strong monetization performance relative to its free download status.
Similar apps: The New York Times, Reuters, BBC News
App Store
App details
App ID
623201967
Publisher
South China Morning Post Publishers Limited
Publisher country
Hong Kong
On the store since
Jun 2013
13 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.6+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
Languages
1
EN
Size
144 MB
Also listed in
Magazines & Newspapers
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.scmp.newspulse
Publisher
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST PUBLISHERS LIMITED
Publisher country
Hong Kong
Content rating
Everyone
South China Morning Post: News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | – | 500k+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 500k+ Measured |
| Other Android stores | 10+ | – |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where South China Morning Post: News'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.
Business model: Ad-led
How South China Morning Post: News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 9 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | All Digital Access - Monthly 1 subscription | |
| 2 | All Digital Access - Yearly subscription | |
| 3 | All Digital Access - Yearly subscription | |
| 4 | PLUS - Monthly subscription | |
| 5 | All Digital Access - Monthly 2 subscription | |
| 6 | PLUS - Yearly subscription | |
| 7 | All Digital Access - Yearly subscription | |
| 8 | PLUS (Yearly) subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | – | 0 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #70 News & Magazines Grossing | 9 of 23 countries | #178 | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
5.2
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
71/100
faster than 85% of News apps
New ratings by country (2)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 2.2 | 69% | ▲ +20% |
 China | 1 | 31% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
2.2
▼ -17% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
38/100
faster than 36% of News and magazines apps
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 ★ | 2.3k |
| Google Play | 4.5 ★ | 6.4k 281 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 8.7k |
What users say about South China Morning Post: News
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the high-quality journalism and unique perspective on China but are overwhelmingly frustrated by aggressive advertising in the paid app. Recent updates have introduced significant technical bugs, including crashes, login failures, and missing features like dark mode.
Mixed (44% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about ads, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Wide variety of Reliable news at low cost”
- Ease of use: “Bringing this complex world into sharper focus is not easy task”
- Design: “Better UI design for iPads”
- Features & content: “Wide variety of Reliable news at low cost”
Common complaints
- Ads: “App drowns paid subs w ads”
- Price & subscription: “Why am I paying for this?”
- Updates: “Recent update a downgrade”
- Crashes & bugs: “Scrolling down to read more will result in the app freezing as it is “desperately” trying to monetize”
About South China Morning Post: News
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) has been the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. As Hong Kong’s English-language newspaper of record, our international team of Asia experts, reporters, journalists, photographers and filmmakers are dedicated to providing breaking news and analysis from Hong Kong, China and beyond.
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
Listen-to-article feature so you can listen to stories on the go (subscriber-only)
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues w
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
Listen-to-article feature so you can listen to stories on the go (subscriber-only)
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues w
South China Morning Post: News App Store
South China Morning Post: News gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Not in any tracked top chart right now.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.6 (2.3k)
Version7.2.9
Age rating17+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)500k+ worldwide
Rating
4.6 ★
2.3k ratings
Measured
New ratings a week
5.2
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
South China Morning Post: News at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-23. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The South China Morning Post app provides English-language news and analysis focused on China, Hong Kong, and Asia for readers seeking authoritative regional coverage. The app is currently ranking in the top 50 grossing charts across diverse markets including Indonesia, China, Korea, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and Russia, indicating strong monetization performance relative to its free download status.
Similar apps: The New York Times, Reuters, BBC News
South China Morning Post: News on the App Store
App details
App ID
623201967
Publisher
South China Morning Post Publishers Limited
Publisher country
Hong Kong
On the store since
Jun 2013
13 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.6+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
Languages
1
EN
Size
144 MB
Also listed in
Magazines & Newspapers
South China Morning Post: News downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where South China Morning Post: News'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.
Business model: Ad-led
How South China Morning Post: News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 9 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | All Digital Access - Monthly 1 subscription | |
| 2 | All Digital Access - Yearly subscription | |
| 3 | All Digital Access - Yearly subscription | |
| 4 | PLUS - Monthly subscription | |
| 5 | All Digital Access - Monthly 2 subscription | |
| 6 | PLUS - Yearly subscription | |
| 7 | All Digital Access - Yearly subscription | |
| 8 | PLUS (Yearly) subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
2.3k ratings
Measured
Ratings
2.3k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
5.2
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
71/100
faster than 85% of News apps
New ratings by country (2)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2.2 | 69% | ▲ +20% |
| China | 1 | 31% | – |
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 South China Morning Post: News
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the high-quality journalism and unique perspective on China but are overwhelmingly frustrated by aggressive advertising in the paid app. Recent updates have introduced significant technical bugs, including crashes, login failures, and missing features like dark mode.
Mixed (44% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about ads, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Wide variety of Reliable news at low cost”
- Ease of use: “Bringing this complex world into sharper focus is not easy task”
- Design: “Better UI design for iPads”
- Features & content: “Wide variety of Reliable news at low cost”
Common complaints
- Ads: “App drowns paid subs w ads”
- Price & subscription: “Why am I paying for this?”
- Updates: “Recent update a downgrade”
- Crashes & bugs: “Scrolling down to read more will result in the app freezing as it is “desperately” trying to monetize”
About South China Morning Post: News
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) has been the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. As Hong Kong’s English-language newspaper of record, our international team of Asia experts, reporters, journalists, photographers and filmmakers are dedicated to providing breaking news and analysis from Hong Kong, China and beyond.
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
Listen-to-article feature so you can listen to stories on the go (subscriber-only)
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues w
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
Listen-to-article feature so you can listen to stories on the go (subscriber-only)
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues w
Latest updates
7.2.9
Enhanced Homepage Design: We have updated our homepage layout with optimized spacing and structure for a more cohesive, distraction-free reading experience.
7.2.8
Personalised For You: Enjoy a smarter news feed with our new AI-powered content recommendations tailored to your reading preferences.
Cleaner Ad Display: We’ve optimised our ad placements for a more seamless, comfortable browsing experience.
7.2.7
Follow the Timeline (PLUS Exclusive): Get instant context on complex topics. Powered by AI, our new timeline widget lays out a clear reverse chronological sequence of key events and milestones directly in your search results—offering deeper clarity exclusively for our PLUS subscribers.
South China Morning Post Android
South China Morning Post gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
South China Morning Post is #178 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 9 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperSCMP Publishers Limited
CategoryNews & Magazines
PriceFree
Released
Installs500k+
Rating★ 4.5 (6.4k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.5 ★
6.4k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#178
News & Magazines FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
2.2
▼ -17% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
South China Morning Post on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.scmp.newspulse
Publisher
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST PUBLISHERS LIMITED
Publisher country
Hong Kong
Content rating
Everyone
South China Morning Post 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 South China Morning Post's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (com.scmp.newspulse) on every Android store we track. Known Android installs: at least 719k (Google Play band + AppGallery count).
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 500,000+ | ★ 4.5 (6.4k) | 7.2.7 | Open ↗ |
| Huawei AppGallery | 219k | – | 7.2.0 | Open ↗ |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
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.
Business model: Ad-led
How South China Morning Post makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 9 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | All Digital Access - Monthly 1 subscription | |
| 2 | All Digital Access - Yearly subscription | |
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Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #178 |
 Mexico | News & MagazinesGrossing | #78 |
 Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #76 |
 Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #79 |
| Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #70 |
 United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #74 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #84 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #76 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #78 |
Apps near South China Morning Post on the chart
News & Magazines Free, around #178.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
6.4k ratings
Measured
Ratings
6.4k
Measured
Written reviews
281
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
2.2
▼ -17% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.5★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
38/100
faster than 36% of News and magazines apps
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.
About South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) has been the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. As Hong Kong’s English-language newspaper of record, our international team of Asia experts, reporters, journalists, photographers and filmmakers are dedicated to providing breaking news and analysis from Hong Kong, China and beyond.
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues with SCMP Films, SCMP Spotlight and SCMP Podcasts, plus video, infographics, picture
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues with SCMP Films, SCMP Spotlight and SCMP Podcasts, plus video, infographics, picture
What's new in 7.2.7
Personalised For You: Enjoy a smarter news feed with our new AI-powered content recommendations tailored to your reading preferences.
Cleaner Ad Display: We’ve optimised our ad placements for a more seamless, comfortable browsing experience.
Cleaner Ad Display: We’ve optimised our ad placements for a more seamless, comfortable browsing experience.
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