NBC News Downloads & RevenueNBC News: Breaking & US News · App Store & Google Play
NBC News: Breaking & US News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
NBC News: Breaking & US News by NBC News Digital, LLC is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
NBC News: Breaking & US News update history & changes
Last change · 50 events since 27 Jun 2009Full timeline ↓✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: bloomberg🚀AndroidNow shown next to FOX News - Daily Breaking News, Reuters - Breaking World News, MS NOW: Live & Breaking News +1 more📈AndroidEntered the top 10✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: articles📈iOSCharting in a new country📈AndroidEntered the top 10 in 2 charts📈iOSEntered the top 10📊iOSDownloads up ×2.9 in a week📦iOSUpdated to version 15.1.0🔎AndroidTop 10 for “news”✏️AndroidNew screenshots📦iOSUpdated to version 15.0.0📊iOSDownloads up ×3.4 in a week🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSReleased on the App Store
Full timeline · 50 events
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News added hidden keywords: bloombergiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🚀NBC News: Breaking & US News: now shown next to FOX News - Daily Breaking News, Reuters - Breaking World News, MS NOW: Live & Breaking News +1 moreAndroidthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · SE
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News added hidden keywords: articlesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new countryiOSFrance
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 10 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · AU · Top Free · News & Magazines · CA
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · DE · Top Free · News & Magazines · FR
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 10iOSTop Free · News · CA
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100 in 4 chartsiOSTop Free · News · DE · Top Free · News · IT · Top Free · News · JP · Top Free · News · SA
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · NL
- 📊NBC News: Breaking & US News: downloads up ×2.9 in a weekiOSabout 1.4k a day now (our estimate)
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new country in 3 chartsiOSGermany · Italy · Saudi Arabia
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · News · IN
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · SE
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new countryAndroidSweden
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News: new iPad screenshotsiOS· AE, BR
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · AE, BR
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new countryiOSIndia
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · KR
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new countryiOSJapan
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · VN
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News: new iPad screenshotsiOS· AU, ID, GB
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · AU, ID, GB
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News: new iPad screenshotsiOS· US, CA
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · US, CA
- 📦NBC News: Breaking & US News updated to version 15.1.0iOSEnjoy the NBC News app with an enhanced user experience, now featuring Liquid Glass!
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · US
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · ES · Top Free · News & Magazines · SA
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new countryAndroidSpain
- 🔎NBC News: Breaking & US News reached Top 10 for “news”Android#10 in Mexico search · popularity 74
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · TH
- ✏️NBC News: Breaking & US News: new screenshotsAndroid12 screenshots (was 12) · US
- 📦NBC News: Breaking & US News updated to version 15.0.0iOSExplore an updated video experience, making it easier to discover curated videos from your favorite topics, shows, and NBC News brands. Plus, watch live with new streams from Dateline 24/7 and TODAY All Day.
We've also made bug fixes and performance improvements.… more - 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · TR
- 📊NBC News: Breaking & US News: downloads up ×3.4 in a weekiOSabout 1k a day now (our estimate)
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · MX
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidMexico · Thailand · Turkey · Vietnam
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · News · KR
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new countryiOSSouth Korea
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Free · News · AE · Top Free · News · AU
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOSUnited Arab Emirates · Australia
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · News · GB
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News charting in a new countryiOSUnited Kingdom
- 📈NBC News: Breaking & US News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · News · ID
- 🆕NBC News: Breaking & US News first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕NBC News: Breaking & US News first spotted by AppInsideriOS#83 in Top Grossing · News · United States
- 📦NBC News: Breaking & US News version 14.3.0iOSNo release notes
- 🆕NBC News: Breaking & US News released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
261k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#13
Android · 
News & Magazines Free
News & Magazines FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
178
▲ +63% vs the 2 weeks before (Google Play)
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
319740707
Publisher
NBC News Digital, LLC
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jun 2009
17 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
6 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
107 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Realistic ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.zumobi.msnbc
Publisher
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v13.4.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
14
Permissions
19
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
NBC News: Breaking & US News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 5M+ |
| Google Play | 500+ | 5M+ Measured |
| Total | 500+ Confidence | 10M+ 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 NBC News: Breaking & US 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
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.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Ad-led
How NBC News: Breaking & US News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 33 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | NBC News Monthly Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | NBC News Annual Subscription subscription |
Hidden keywords
NBC News: Breaking & US News shows up in App Store search (US) for 3 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #29 News Free | 9 of 30 countries | #30 | #50 |
| Google Play | #13 News & Magazines Free | 20 of 23 countries | #14 | #37 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
8.5
▼ -71% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
1.8
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
60/100
faster than 87% of News apps
Google Play
New ratings a week
169
▲ +63% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
10
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.4★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
3.4★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
85/100
faster than 93% 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 | 4.7 ★ | 151k |
| Google Play | 4.7 ★ | 110k 23k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 261k |
What users say about NBC News: Breaking & US News
From the 57 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly express anger over the aggressive shift to a subscription-only model, noting that most articles are now paywalled. Many long-time users report deleting the app due to perceived greed and technical issues like login failures or intrusive ads.
Mostly negative (4% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Another subscription push”
- Features & content: “Most content is now only for paid subscribers”
- Ads: “slop makes ads disgusting”
- Crashes & bugs: “Still buggy AND I’m not paying for news!!!”
About NBC News: Breaking & US News
Stay informed with trusted journalism from NBC News — your source for breaking news, latest news updates, live video, and in-depth reporting, all in one powerful app. Whether you’re tracking election results, following political news from Washington, catching up on world headlines, or watching live breaking news, the NBC News app keeps you informed wherever you are.
Get real-time breaking news alerts, top headlines, and live updates across U.S. news, world news, politics, business, technology, science, health, and entertainment.
Follow the latest politics news, updates, and results of the 2026 midterm elections, including live election results, congressional races, and in-depth coverage of House and Senate candidates across the country. Track key battleground states, major campaign developments, and real-time vote counts with expert analysis from award-winning journalists.
Watch live streaming news 24/7 on NBC News NOW and stream full episodes of Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News, Dateline, and more. Read exclusive reporting, follow live blogs, explore special investigations, and stay connected to the major events and developing stories shaping your world.
NBC NEWS SUBSCRIPTION
Upgrade your experience with an NBC News subscription — bringing you the best of NBC News, all in one place. Available through in-app purchase or on NBCNews.com. Cancel anytime in your App Store settings.
- Full access to exclusive reporting, expert analysis and original video from NBC News journalists.
- Subscriber-only Q&As from Steve Kornacki, Lester Holt, and other anchors and reporters covering the biggest stories in politics, pop culture, sports and more.
- Stream NBC News NOW and watch full episodes of Nightly News, Dateline and Meet the Press on demand.
- Go deeper into the stories shaping our world with subscriber-only newsletters and podcasts delivered to you daily.
- Support best-in-class journalism — helping people understand what’s happening and why it matters through fact-based reporting, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories from our journalists around the world.
CREATE A FREE NBC NEWS ACCOUNT
Sign up for a free NBC News account and enjoy additional features in the app.
- Listen to NBC News articles wherever your day takes you. Sign in to your free account, tap play at the top of any article, and follow the story hands-free.
- Save stories and videos to your library, then come back anytime to catch up on the NBC News coverage that matters to you.
- Add your ZIP code to personalize your NBC News account with local headlines, weather forecasts and updates for your area.
- Choose newsletters that match your interests, including breaking news, politics, sports, Dateline and more, and manage your preferences anytime.
NBC NEWS APP FEATURES
Watch live, read the latest headlines, track election results, and stay connected to trusted NBC News coverage anytime, anywhere.
- Breaking news alerts and push notifications for real-time updates on breaking s
Get real-time breaking news alerts, top headlines, and live updates across U.S. news, world news, politics, business, technology, science, health, and entertainment.
Follow the latest politics news, updates, and results of the 2026 midterm elections, including live election results, congressional races, and in-depth coverage of House and Senate candidates across the country. Track key battleground states, major campaign developments, and real-time vote counts with expert analysis from award-winning journalists.
Watch live streaming news 24/7 on NBC News NOW and stream full episodes of Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News, Dateline, and more. Read exclusive reporting, follow live blogs, explore special investigations, and stay connected to the major events and developing stories shaping your world.
NBC NEWS SUBSCRIPTION
Upgrade your experience with an NBC News subscription — bringing you the best of NBC News, all in one place. Available through in-app purchase or on NBCNews.com. Cancel anytime in your App Store settings.
- Full access to exclusive reporting, expert analysis and original video from NBC News journalists.
- Subscriber-only Q&As from Steve Kornacki, Lester Holt, and other anchors and reporters covering the biggest stories in politics, pop culture, sports and more.
- Stream NBC News NOW and watch full episodes of Nightly News, Dateline and Meet the Press on demand.
- Go deeper into the stories shaping our world with subscriber-only newsletters and podcasts delivered to you daily.
- Support best-in-class journalism — helping people understand what’s happening and why it matters through fact-based reporting, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories from our journalists around the world.
CREATE A FREE NBC NEWS ACCOUNT
Sign up for a free NBC News account and enjoy additional features in the app.
- Listen to NBC News articles wherever your day takes you. Sign in to your free account, tap play at the top of any article, and follow the story hands-free.
- Save stories and videos to your library, then come back anytime to catch up on the NBC News coverage that matters to you.
- Add your ZIP code to personalize your NBC News account with local headlines, weather forecasts and updates for your area.
- Choose newsletters that match your interests, including breaking news, politics, sports, Dateline and more, and manage your preferences anytime.
NBC NEWS APP FEATURES
Watch live, read the latest headlines, track election results, and stay connected to trusted NBC News coverage anytime, anywhere.
- Breaking news alerts and push notifications for real-time updates on breaking s
NBC News: Breaking & US News App Store
NBC News: Breaking & US News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
NBC News: Breaking & US News is #30 in News Free in United States and charting in 9 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperNBC News Digital, LLC
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (151k)
Version15.1.0
Age rating12+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)5M+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
151k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#30
News FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
8.5
▼ -71% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
NBC News: Breaking & US News on the App Store
App details
App ID
319740707
Publisher
NBC News Digital, LLC
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jun 2009
17 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
6 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
107 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Realistic ViolenceInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Horror/Fear ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
NBC News: Breaking & US 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 NBC News: Breaking & US 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
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.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in NBC News: Breaking & US News 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 NBC News: Breaking & US News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 33 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | NBC News Monthly Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | NBC News Annual Subscription subscription |
Hidden keywords
NBC News: Breaking & US News shows up in App Store search (US) for 3 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NewsFree | #30 |
| United States | NewsGrossing | #50 |
 United Kingdom | NewsFree | #59 |
| Canada | NewsFree | #29 |
| Australia | NewsFree | #63 |
 South Korea | NewsFree | #144 |
 Germany | NewsFree | #181 |
 France | NewsFree | #155 |
 Indonesia | NewsFree | #89 |
 India | NewsFree | #187 |
Apps near NBC News: Breaking & US News on the chart
News Free, around #30.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
151k ratings
Measured
Ratings
151k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
8.5
▼ -71% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
1.8
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
60/100
faster than 87% of News 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.
What users say about NBC News: Breaking & US News
From the 57 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly express anger over the aggressive shift to a subscription-only model, noting that most articles are now paywalled. Many long-time users report deleting the app due to perceived greed and technical issues like login failures or intrusive ads.
Mostly negative (4% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Another subscription push”
- Features & content: “Most content is now only for paid subscribers”
- Ads: “slop makes ads disgusting”
- Crashes & bugs: “Still buggy AND I’m not paying for news!!!”
About NBC News: Breaking & US News
Stay informed with trusted journalism from NBC News — your source for breaking news, latest news updates, live video, and in-depth reporting, all in one powerful app. Whether you’re tracking election results, following political news from Washington, catching up on world headlines, or watching live breaking news, the NBC News app keeps you informed wherever you are.
Get real-time breaking news alerts, top headlines, and live updates across U.S. news, world news, politics, business, technology, science, health, and entertainment.
Follow the latest politics news, updates, and results of the 2026 midterm elections, including live election results, congressional races, and in-depth coverage of House and Senate candidates across the country. Track key battleground states, major campaign developments, and real-time vote counts with expert analysis from award-winning journalists.
Watch live streaming news 24/7 on NBC News NOW and stream full episodes of Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News, Dateline, and more. Read exclusive reporting, follow live blogs, explore special investigations, and stay connected to the major events and developing stories shaping your world.
NBC NEWS SUBSCRIPTION
Upgrade your experience with an NBC News subscription — bringing you the best of NBC News, all in one place. Available through in-app purchase or on NBCNews.com. Cancel anytime in your App Store settings.
- Full access to exclusive reporting, expert analysis and original video from NBC News journalists.
- Subscriber-only Q&As from Steve Kornacki, Lester Holt, and other anchors and reporters covering the biggest stories in politics, pop culture, sports and more.
- Stream NBC News NOW and watch full episodes of Nightly News, Dateline and Meet the Press on demand.
- Go deeper into the stories shaping our world with subscriber-only newsletters and podcasts delivered to you daily.
- Support best-in-class journalism — helping people understand what’s happening and why it matters through fact-based reporting, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories from our journalists around the world.
CREATE A FREE NBC NEWS ACCOUNT
Sign up for a free NBC News account and enjoy additional features in the app.
- Listen to NBC News articles wherever your day takes you. Sign in to your free account, tap play at the top of any article, and follow the story hands-free.
- Save stories and videos to your library, then come back anytime to catch up on the NBC News coverage that matters to you.
- Add your ZIP code to personalize your NBC News account with local headlines, weather forecasts and updates for your area.
- Choose newsletters that match your interests, including breaking news, politics, sports, Dateline and more, and manage your preferences anytime.
NBC NEWS APP FEATURES
Watch live, read the latest headlines, track election results, and stay connected to trusted NBC News coverage anytime, anywhere.
- Breaking news alerts and push notifications for real-time updates on breaking s
Get real-time breaking news alerts, top headlines, and live updates across U.S. news, world news, politics, business, technology, science, health, and entertainment.
Follow the latest politics news, updates, and results of the 2026 midterm elections, including live election results, congressional races, and in-depth coverage of House and Senate candidates across the country. Track key battleground states, major campaign developments, and real-time vote counts with expert analysis from award-winning journalists.
Watch live streaming news 24/7 on NBC News NOW and stream full episodes of Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News, Dateline, and more. Read exclusive reporting, follow live blogs, explore special investigations, and stay connected to the major events and developing stories shaping your world.
NBC NEWS SUBSCRIPTION
Upgrade your experience with an NBC News subscription — bringing you the best of NBC News, all in one place. Available through in-app purchase or on NBCNews.com. Cancel anytime in your App Store settings.
- Full access to exclusive reporting, expert analysis and original video from NBC News journalists.
- Subscriber-only Q&As from Steve Kornacki, Lester Holt, and other anchors and reporters covering the biggest stories in politics, pop culture, sports and more.
- Stream NBC News NOW and watch full episodes of Nightly News, Dateline and Meet the Press on demand.
- Go deeper into the stories shaping our world with subscriber-only newsletters and podcasts delivered to you daily.
- Support best-in-class journalism — helping people understand what’s happening and why it matters through fact-based reporting, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories from our journalists around the world.
CREATE A FREE NBC NEWS ACCOUNT
Sign up for a free NBC News account and enjoy additional features in the app.
- Listen to NBC News articles wherever your day takes you. Sign in to your free account, tap play at the top of any article, and follow the story hands-free.
- Save stories and videos to your library, then come back anytime to catch up on the NBC News coverage that matters to you.
- Add your ZIP code to personalize your NBC News account with local headlines, weather forecasts and updates for your area.
- Choose newsletters that match your interests, including breaking news, politics, sports, Dateline and more, and manage your preferences anytime.
NBC NEWS APP FEATURES
Watch live, read the latest headlines, track election results, and stay connected to trusted NBC News coverage anytime, anywhere.
- Breaking news alerts and push notifications for real-time updates on breaking s
Latest updates
15.1.0
Enjoy the NBC News app with an enhanced user experience, now featuring Liquid Glass!
15.0.0
Explore an updated video experience, making it easier to discover curated videos from your favorite topics, shows, and NBC News brands. Plus, watch live with new streams from Dateline 24/7 and TODAY All Day.
We've also made bug fixes and performance improvements.
14.3.0
Store changes
What NBC News: Breaking & US News changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
6 screenshots (was 6)
New iPad screenshots
More from NBC News Digital, LLC
NBC News: Breaking News & Live Android
NBC News: Breaking News & Live gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
NBC News: Breaking News & Live is #14 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 20 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperNBC News Digital LLC
CategoryNews & Magazines
PriceFree
Released–
Installs5M+
Rating★ 4.7 (110k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone 10+
Rating
4.7 ★
110k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#14
News & Magazines FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
169
▲ +63% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
NBC News: Breaking News & Live on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.zumobi.msnbc
Publisher
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v13.4.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
14
Permissions
19
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
NBC News: Breaking News & Live 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 NBC News: Breaking News & Live'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
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.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in NBC News: Breaking News & Live 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 NBC News: Breaking News & Live makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 33 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | NBC News Monthly Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | NBC News Annual Subscription subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #14 |
| United States | News & MagazinesGrossing | #37 |
| Australia | News & MagazinesFree | #13 |
| Canada | News & MagazinesFree | #15 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #33 |
 Japan | News & MagazinesFree | #72 |
| Germany | News & MagazinesFree | #80 |
 Mexico | News & MagazinesFree | #35 |
| France | News & MagazinesFree | #85 |
 Sweden | News & MagazinesFree | #19 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesFree | #27 |
 Spain | News & MagazinesFree | #48 |
 Italy | News & MagazinesFree | #63 |
| Brazil | News & MagazinesFree | #83 |
| India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #107 |
| Indonesia | News & MagazinesFree | #60 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesFree | #43 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesFree | #36 |
| Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #106 |
| India | News & MagazinesFree | #164 |
| Mexico | News & MagazinesGrossing | #127 |
 Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #112 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesFree | #83 |
| Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #109 |
| Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #117 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #118 |
| Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #106 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #107 |
Apps near NBC News: Breaking News & Live on the chart
News & Magazines Free, around #14.
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Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
110k ratings
Measured
Ratings
110k
Measured
Written reviews
23k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
169
▲ +63% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
10
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.4★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
3.4★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
85/100
faster than 93% 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.
What users say about NBC News: Breaking News & Live
From the 174 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users frequently complain about mandatory logins, aggressive paywalls, and forced updates that hinder basic access to news. While some long-time viewers praise the reporting quality and trustworthiness, many are uninstalling due to subscription demands and intrusive advertising.
Mixed (44% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and being fun. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Stop making us pay for the news !”
- Fun: “please enjoy the Philip watch collection, pink & green & gold”
- Ads: “I like the fact NBC news has less commercials during their news programs and shorter ones than other stations during their regular programming”
- Login & account: “hard to initiate initial login”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I'll just delete, not pay”
- Ads: “Ads should be enough, eliminate the paywall”
- Features & content: “Far too much content is behind an ugly paywall”
- Speed & performance: “poor performance was my experiance”
About NBC News: Breaking News & Live
Stay informed with trusted journalism from NBC News — your source for breaking news, latest news updates, live video, and in-depth reporting, all in one powerful app. Whether you’re tracking election results, following political news from Washington, catching up on world headlines, or watching live breaking news, the NBC News app keeps you informed wherever you are.
Get real-time breaking news alerts, top headlines, and live updates across U.S. news, world news, politics, business, technology, science, health, and entertainment.
Follow the latest politics news, updates, and results of the 2026 midterm elections, including live election results, congressional races, and in-depth coverage of House and Senate candidates across the country. Track key battleground states, major campaign developments, and real-time vote counts with expert analysis from award-winning journalists.
Watch live streaming news 24/7 on NBC News NOW and stream full episodes of Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News, Dateline, and more. Read exclusive reporting, follow live blogs, explore special investigations, and stay connected to the major events and developing stories shaping your world.
NBC NEWS SUBSCRIPTION
Upgrade your experience with an NBC News subscription — bringing you the best of NBC News, all in one place. Available through in-app purchase or on NBCNews.com. Cancel anytime in your App Store settings.
- Full access to exclusive reporting, expert analysis and original video from NBC News journalists.
- Subscriber-only Q&As from Steve Kornacki, Lester Holt, and other anchors and reporters covering the biggest stories in politics, pop culture, sports and more.
- Stream NBC News NOW and watch full episodes of Nightly News, Dateline and Meet the Press on demand.
- Go deeper into the stories shaping our world with subscriber-only newsletters and podcasts delivered to you daily.
- Support best-in-class journalism — helping people understand what’s happening and why it matters through fact-based reporting, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories from our journalists around the world.
CREATE A FREE NBC NEWS ACCOUNT
Sign up for a free NBC News account and enjoy additional features in the app.
- Listen to NBC News articles wherever your day takes you. Sign in to your free account, tap play at the top of any article, and follow the story hands-free.
- Save stories and videos to your library, then come back anytime to catch up on the NBC News coverage that matters to you.
- Add your ZIP code to personalize your NBC News account with local headlines, weather forecasts and updates for your area.
- Choose newsletters that match your interests, including breaking news, politics, sports, Dateline and more, and manage your preferences anytime.
NBC NEWS APP FEATURES
Watch live, read the latest headlines, track election results, and stay connected to trusted NBC News coverage anytime, anywhere.
- Breaking news alerts and push notifications for real-time updat
Get real-time breaking news alerts, top headlines, and live updates across U.S. news, world news, politics, business, technology, science, health, and entertainment.
Follow the latest politics news, updates, and results of the 2026 midterm elections, including live election results, congressional races, and in-depth coverage of House and Senate candidates across the country. Track key battleground states, major campaign developments, and real-time vote counts with expert analysis from award-winning journalists.
Watch live streaming news 24/7 on NBC News NOW and stream full episodes of Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News, Dateline, and more. Read exclusive reporting, follow live blogs, explore special investigations, and stay connected to the major events and developing stories shaping your world.
NBC NEWS SUBSCRIPTION
Upgrade your experience with an NBC News subscription — bringing you the best of NBC News, all in one place. Available through in-app purchase or on NBCNews.com. Cancel anytime in your App Store settings.
- Full access to exclusive reporting, expert analysis and original video from NBC News journalists.
- Subscriber-only Q&As from Steve Kornacki, Lester Holt, and other anchors and reporters covering the biggest stories in politics, pop culture, sports and more.
- Stream NBC News NOW and watch full episodes of Nightly News, Dateline and Meet the Press on demand.
- Go deeper into the stories shaping our world with subscriber-only newsletters and podcasts delivered to you daily.
- Support best-in-class journalism — helping people understand what’s happening and why it matters through fact-based reporting, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories from our journalists around the world.
CREATE A FREE NBC NEWS ACCOUNT
Sign up for a free NBC News account and enjoy additional features in the app.
- Listen to NBC News articles wherever your day takes you. Sign in to your free account, tap play at the top of any article, and follow the story hands-free.
- Save stories and videos to your library, then come back anytime to catch up on the NBC News coverage that matters to you.
- Add your ZIP code to personalize your NBC News account with local headlines, weather forecasts and updates for your area.
- Choose newsletters that match your interests, including breaking news, politics, sports, Dateline and more, and manage your preferences anytime.
NBC NEWS APP FEATURES
Watch live, read the latest headlines, track election results, and stay connected to trusted NBC News coverage anytime, anywhere.
- Breaking news alerts and push notifications for real-time updat
What's new
Bug fixes and improvements
Store changes
What NBC News: Breaking News & Live changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New screenshots
12 screenshots (was 12)
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