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BBC News - UK & World Stories gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
BBC News - UK & World Stories by BBC Media Applications Technologies Limited is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
BBC News - UK & World Stories update history & changes
Last change · 37 events since 23 Jul 2010Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 37 events
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🚀BBC News - UK & World Stories: now shown next to NYTimes: US and World News, CNN: Live & Breaking News, AP News +5 moreiOSthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 📦BBC News - UK & World Stories updated to version 9.25.0iOSGeneral bug fixes and improvements.
- ✏️BBC News - UK & World Stories added hidden keywords: hinduiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- ✏️BBC News - UK & World Stories added hidden keywords: magazineiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 📦BBC News - UK & World Stories updated to version 9.25.0.32547AndroidThis release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- ✏️BBC News - UK & World Stories added hidden keywords: coverageiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦BBC News - UK & World Stories updated to version 9.23.2.32523AndroidThis release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- ✏️BBC News - UK & World Stories added hidden keywords: walesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦BBC News - UK & World Stories updated to version 9.23.1.32520AndroidThis release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- 📦BBC News - UK & World Stories updated to version 9.24.0iOSThis release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- ✏️BBC News - UK & World Stories added hidden keywords: analysisiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦BBC News - UK & World Stories updated to version 9.22.0iOSThis release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- 📦BBC News - UK & World Stories updated to version 9.22.0.32282AndroidThis release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- ✏️BBC News - UK & World Stories added hidden keywords: telegraphiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🆕BBC News - UK & World Stories first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited Kingdom
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 🆕BBC News - UK & World Stories first spotted by AppInsideriOS#6 in Top Free · News · United Kingdom
- 🌟BBC News - UK & World Stories featured by AppleiOSapps · GB
- 📦BBC News - UK & World Stories version 9.21.0iOSThis release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- 📦BBC News - UK & World Stories version 9.21.0.32160AndroidThis release contains general bug fixes and improvements.
- 🆕BBC News - UK & World Stories: its developer released another app: BBC World ServiceiOS
- 🆕BBC News - UK & World Stories released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
News & Magazines FreeBBC News - UK & World Stories at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The official BBC News app provides UK and global breaking news, live reporting, and personalized topic feeds to a broad audience seeking trusted journalism. Currently ranked #4 in the GB News Free category, it maintains strong market presence with a high volume of ratings (881k+) and a solid 4.49-star average despite being an older release from 2010.
Similar apps: Sky News, Reuters, AP News
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
BBC News - UK & World Stories’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 6 linked to your identity and 1 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 v8.1.2.6003, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
BBC News - UK & World Stories downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 5k+ | – |
| Google Play | 1k+ | 10M+ Measured |
| Total | 5k+ Confidence | 10M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where BBC News - UK & World Stories'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 BBC News - UK & World Stories 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 | #5 News Free | 1 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #4 News & Magazines Free | 1 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
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.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.5 ★ | 883k |
| Google Play | 4.4 ★ | 245k 206 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.5 ★ weighted by ratings | 1.1M |
What users say about BBC News - UK & World Stories
From recent reviews.
About BBC News - UK & World Stories
Download the BBC News app, where you’ll get top stories and breaking news, live reporting, and the option to follow news topics that match your interests. Our topics range from UK News, Health, Lifestyle, Culture, Business, Technology and Science and Environment. These can all be found in the My News tab in the app.
The BBC News app offers the following:
News, Features & Analysis
Headlines, detailed analysis, and exclusive features.
Breaking news and top stories
Get breaking news and top stories from our trusted global network of journalists.
Live news and developing stories
Follow developing stories with up-to-the-minute reporting available 24-hours a day and access the BBC News channel live stream.
Local news and weather
Using the UK postcode in your BBC account, we’ll show you local stories and weather to stay informed on your area.
Alerts for top stories
Opt-in to push alerts where you will receive notifications instantly to your device.
Follow news that’s important to you with My News
Create a personalised My News experience that brings together the topics and stories you care about and trust the most. Access them quickly in the My News tab.
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If you choose to receive push alerts, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. No other personal data relating to you (such as a username or email address) is processed.
You can choose to unsubscribe from BBC News push notifications in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.
For attribution and analysis purposes, our data processor AppsFlyer collects the below information about you:
- Your device information, such as device type
- Your IP address to determine your location
- Activity data, such as the time you downloaded the app
- Which sites (if any) referred you to download and use the app
We also use this data together with your BBC account data to improve the BBC News service. You can opt out from AppsFlyer tracking by filling out their ‘Forget My Device’ form: https://www.appsflyer.com/optout.
The BBC News app uses technologies similar to cookies to measure audience behaviour. The app uses information collected through these technologies for internal purposes to analyse and improve the app and help us give you a better experience. You can switch this off using the Send App Statistics toggle on the BBC News app’s Settings screen.
For more information about how and why we use information about you, please visit the BBC News App Privacy Notice: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/help-55320181
The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy Policy which can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy.
For more information about how the BBC processes your personal data to provide a personalised service t
BBC News - UK & World Stories App Store
BBC News - UK & World Stories gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
BBC News - UK & World Stories is #5 in News Free in United Kingdom and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
25 Sep 2026 News FreeBBC News - UK & World Stories at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The official BBC News app provides UK and global breaking news, live reporting, and personalized topic feeds to a broad audience seeking trusted journalism. Currently ranked #4 in the GB News Free category, it maintains strong market presence with a high volume of ratings (881k+) and a solid 4.49-star average despite being an older release from 2010.
Similar apps: Sky News, Reuters, AP News
BBC News - UK & World Stories on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
BBC News - UK & World Stories’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 6 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
BBC News - UK & World Stories 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 BBC News - UK & World Stories'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 BBC News - UK & World Stories 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 | #5 |
Apps near BBC News - UK & World Stories on the chart
News Free, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, 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 BBC News - UK & World Stories
From recent reviews.
About BBC News - UK & World Stories
Download the BBC News app, where you’ll get top stories and breaking news, live reporting, and the option to follow news topics that match your interests. Our topics range from UK News, Health, Lifestyle, Culture, Business, Technology and Science and Environment. These can all be found in the My News tab in the app.
The BBC News app offers the following:
News, Features & Analysis
Headlines, detailed analysis, and exclusive features.
Breaking news and top stories
Get breaking news and top stories from our trusted global network of journalists.
Live news and developing stories
Follow developing stories with up-to-the-minute reporting available 24-hours a day and access the BBC News channel live stream.
Local news and weather
Using the UK postcode in your BBC account, we’ll show you local stories and weather to stay informed on your area.
Alerts for top stories
Opt-in to push alerts where you will receive notifications instantly to your device.
Follow news that’s important to you with My News
Create a personalised My News experience that brings together the topics and stories you care about and trust the most. Access them quickly in the My News tab.
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If you choose to receive push alerts, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. No other personal data relating to you (such as a username or email address) is processed.
You can choose to unsubscribe from BBC News push notifications in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.
For attribution and analysis purposes, our data processor AppsFlyer collects the below information about you:
- Your device information, such as device type
- Your IP address to determine your location
- Activity data, such as the time you downloaded the app
- Which sites (if any) referred you to download and use the app
We also use this data together with your BBC account data to improve the BBC News service. You can opt out from AppsFlyer tracking by filling out their ‘Forget My Device’ form: https://www.appsflyer.com/optout.
The BBC News app uses technologies similar to cookies to measure audience behaviour. The app uses information collected through these technologies for internal purposes to analyse and improve the app and help us give you a better experience. You can switch this off using the Send App Statistics toggle on the BBC News app’s Settings screen.
For more information about how and why we use information about you, please visit the BBC News App Privacy Notice: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/help-55320181
The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy Policy which can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy.
For more information about how the BBC processes your personal data to provide a personalised service t
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BBC News gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
BBC News is #4 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 1 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
News & Magazines FreeBBC News 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, official news application from the British Broadcasting Corporation providing global and UK-specific breaking news, live reporting, and personalized topic tracking for general audiences. The app currently ranks #3 in the GB News & Magazines Free category, indicating strong market presence among free news providers in the United Kingdom.
Similar apps: Sky News, CNN, Reuters
BBC News on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v8.1.2.6003, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
BBC 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
Where BBC 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.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How BBC News 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 | #4 |
Apps near BBC News on the chart
News & Magazines Free, around #4.
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 BBC News
From the 189 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users are highly polarized regarding editorial bias, with many accusing the BBC of left-wing propaganda while others defend its impartiality. Technical complaints focus on a forced sign-in requirement, login failures after updates, and a redesigned interface that users find cluttered or less legible.
Mixed (45% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about recent updates, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Informative and easy to use”
- Features & content: “I'd have given 4.5 stars if it was an option”
- Updates: “keeps me updated 24 hours a day”
- Login & account: “Nice app , very easy and quick to create an account”
Common complaints
- Updates: “Slow to update current news”
- Price & subscription: “Good bye BBC, not paying my TV licence anymore”
- Login & account: “You Now Have T0 Sign In T0 Read The News Stories”
- Design: “The design needs immediate correction”
About BBC News
Download the BBC News app, where you'll get top stories and breaking news, live reporting, and the option to follow news topics that match your interests. Our topics range from UK News, Health, Lifestyle, Culture, Business, Technology and Science and Environment. These can all be found in the My News tab in the app.
The BBC News app offers the following:
News, Features & Analysis
Headlines, detailed analysis, and exclusive features.
Breaking news and top stories
Get breaking news and top stories from our trusted global network of journalists.
Live news and developing stories
Follow developing stories with up-to-the-minute reporting available 24-hours a day and access the BBC News channel live stream.
Local news and weather
Using the UK postcode in your BBC account, we'll show you local stories and weather to stay informed on your area.
Alerts for top stories
Opt-in to push alerts where you will receive notifications instantly to your device.
Follow news that's important to you with My News
Create a personalised My News experience that brings together the topics and stories you care about and trust the most. Access them quickly in the My News tab.
------
If you choose to receive push alerts, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. No other personal data relating to you (such as a username or email address) is processed.
You can choose to unsubscribe from BBC News push notifications in your device's 'Notifications' screen.
For attribution and analysis purposes, our data processor AppsFlyer collects the below information about you:
- Your device information, such as device type
- Your IP address to determine your location
- Activity data, such as the time you downloaded the app
- Which sites (if any) referred you to download and use the app
We also use this data together with your BBC account data to improve the BBC News service. You can opt out from AppsFlyer tracking by filling out their 'Forget My Device' form: https://www.appsflyer.com/optout.
The BBC News app uses technologies similar to cookies to measure audience behaviour. The app uses information collected through these technologies for internal purposes to analyse and improve the app and help us give you a better experience. You can switch this off using the Send App Statistics toggle on the BBC News app's Settings screen.
For more information about how and why we use information about you, please visit the BBC News App Privacy Notice: https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/privacy/bbc-news-uk-app-privacy-notice
The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC's Privacy Policy which can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy.
For more information about how the BBC processes your personal data to provide a personalised ser
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