Harvard Business Review Downloads & RevenueHarvard Business Review · App Store
Harvard Business Review is #14 in Magazines & Newspapers Grossing in China and charting in 13 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Harvard Business Review update history & changes
Last change · 16 events since 17 May 2024Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 16 events
- 📦Harvard Business Review updated to version 39.6.0- Fixed minor accessibility and security issues.
- Fixed minor issues with portrait videos and offline support. - 📈Harvard Business Review entered the top 10Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · ID
- ✏️Harvard Business Review: app got bigger83 MB → 92 MB (+11%)
- 📦Harvard Business Review updated to version 39.4.0- Minor improvements to vertical video playback.
- Minor security updates. - 📈Harvard Business Review entered the top 10Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · AE
- 📈Harvard Business Review entered the top 100Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · IT
- 📈Harvard Business Review entered the top 10Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · CN
- 📈Harvard Business Review entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Grossing · Business · DE · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · DE
- 📈Harvard Business Review charting in a new countryGermany
- 📈Harvard Business Review entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · IT · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · JP
- 📈Harvard Business Review entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Grossing · Business · FR · Top Grossing · Business · GB · Top Grossing · Business · IT
- 📦Harvard Business Review updated to version 39.3.0* Resolved issue with Management Tip of the Day notification.
* Updated billing library for more secure in-app transactions.
* Minor security and performance fixes. - 📈Harvard Business Review entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Grossing · Business · AE · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · AE · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · AU
- 🆕Harvard Business Review first spotted by AppInsider#88 in Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · Australia
- 📦Harvard Business Review version 39.2.0No release notes
- 🆕Harvard Business Review released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingHarvard Business Review at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A mobile subscription service providing business, leadership, and strategy insights from Harvard Business Review for professionals seeking management expertise. The app demonstrates strong monetization potential in emerging markets, ranking #6 in South Africa and #9 in India for Grossing Magazines & Newspapers, while maintaining high user satisfaction with a 4.73 rating.
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Harvard Business Review on the App Store
App details
Harvard Business Review 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 Harvard Business Review'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
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Harvard Business Review before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Harvard Business Review makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Monthly Subscription subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
United States
India
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Brazil
Indonesia
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
FranceApps near Harvard Business Review on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, around #14.
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 Harvard Business Review
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are overwhelmingly negative due to the removal of offline magazine downloads and adjustable font sizes in the recent app update. Many long-term subscribers report that the new interface is buggy, lacks essential features like audio content, and forces them to cancel subscriptions.
Mostly negative (14% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for regular updates, and its features and content. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Updates: “The new version of the app”
- Features & content: “For example, a highlighting feature”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “Quality Content, Poor App”
- Price & subscription: “Just cancelled my subscription”
- Connection & sync: “This was critical for reading offline”
- Updates: “Recent update is the worst”
About Harvard Business Review
HBR App Pricing:
- Monthly Digital Subscription Rate - USD $12.00
- For non-US app stores, the equivalent currency charges will be applied.
- Your app subscription grants you access to the HBR digital-only plan – for seamless online exploration.
- Any subscriber can easily gain access to the app by using their existing account credentials.
Additional Subscription Information:
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
- Existing app subscribers will be subject to the new pricing rate starting from their next billing cycle upon renewal.
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Latest updates
Store changes
What Harvard Business Review changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.