NZZ News Downloads & RevenueNZZ News · App Store & Google Play
NZZ News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
NZZ News by Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Full timeline · 34 events
- 📦NZZ News updated to version 14.21.0iOSNew in the NZZ App:
* Try out the Queue: Add articles via "Listen" and play them one after another. You can find them under "Play"
* This update also includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
Do you have any feedback or questions for us? Reach out any time at [email protected].
Enjoying the app? Please rate or review us to help others discover quality journalism.… more - 📈NZZ News entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · AE
- 📈NZZ News entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · News · AE
- 📦NZZ News updated to version 14.20.0iOSNew in the NZZ App:
* This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
Do you have any feedback or questions for us? Reach out any time at [email protected].
Enjoying the app? Please rate or review us to help others discover quality journalism.… more - 📦NZZ News updated to version 14.20.0AndroidNew in the NZZ App:
* Improvements and bug fixes: General optimizations, stability improvements, and minor fixes across the entire app.
Do you have any feedback or questions for us? Reach out any time at [email protected].
Enjoying the app? Please rate or review us to help others discover quality journalism.… more - 📈NZZ News entered the top 100 in 3 chartsiOSTop Grossing · News · JP · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · JP · Top Grossing · News · US
- 📈NZZ News charting in a new countryiOSJapan
- 📈NZZ News entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · FR · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · NL
- 📈NZZ News charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈NZZ 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
- 📈NZZ News charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidMexico · Thailand · Turkey · Vietnam
- ✏️NZZ News added hidden keywords: tageszeitungiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈NZZ News charting in a new countryAndroidFrance
- 📈NZZ News entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · KR
- 📦NZZ News updated to version 14.19.0iOSNew in the NZZ App:
* Play with your friends: Connect through the new friends list and beat the high score.
* This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
Do you have any feedback or questions for us? Reach out any time at [email protected].
Enjoying the app? Please rate or review us to help others discover quality journalism.… more - 📈NZZ News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · IT
- 📈NZZ News charting in a new countryAndroidItaly
- 📈NZZ News entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · News · IT
- 📈NZZ News entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · IT
- 📦NZZ News updated to version 14.19.0AndroidNew in the NZZ App:
* Play with your friends: Connect through the new friends list and beat the high score.
* This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
Do you have any feedback or questions for us? Reach out any time at [email protected].
Enjoying the app? Please rate or review us to help others discover quality journalism.… more - 📦NZZ News updated to version 14.18.0iOSNew in the NZZ App:
* This update includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
Do you have any feedback or questions for us? Reach out any time at [email protected].
Enjoying the app? Please rate or review us to help others discover quality journalism.… more - 📦NZZ News updated to version 14.18.0AndroidNew in the NZZ App:
* Improvements and bug fixes: General optimizations, stability improvements, and minor fixes across the entire app.
Do you have any feedback or questions for us? Reach out any time at [email protected].
Enjoying the app? Please rate or review us to help others discover quality journalism.… more - 📈NZZ News entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · US
- 📈NZZ News charting in a new countryiOSUnited States
- 📈NZZ News entered the top 10 in 3 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · BR · Top Grossing · News · SA · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · SA
- 📈NZZ News entered the top 100 in 5 chartsiOSTop Grossing · News · CA · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · CA · Top Grossing · News · FR · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · FR · +1 more
- 📈NZZ News charting in a new country in 3 chartsiOSCanada · France · Saudi Arabia
- 📈NZZ News entered the top 100 in 3 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · AU · Top Grossing · News · BR · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · BR
- 🆕NZZ News first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidIndia
- 🆕NZZ News first spotted by AppInsideriOS#29 in Top Free · News · Germany
- 📦NZZ News version 14.17.0iOSNo release notes
- 📦NZZ News version 14.17.0AndroidNew in the NZZ App:
* Improvements and bug fixes: General optimizations, stability improvements, and minor fixes across the entire app.
Do you have any feedback or questions for us? Reach out any time at [email protected].
Enjoying the app? Please rate or review us to help others discover quality journalism.… more - 🆕NZZ News released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕NZZ 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.
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingNZZ News at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-27. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A news application from the Swiss publisher Neue Zürcher Zeitung offering independent journalism, international reporting, and subscription-based digital content for readers interested in high-quality German-language news. The app demonstrates strong monetization performance, ranking within the top 10 grossing charts for Magazines & Newspapers in South Africa, Germany, and Brazil, indicating significant revenue traction in these specific markets despite its niche linguistic focus.
Similar apps: Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
NZZ News’s App Store privacy label declares 4 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 4 linked to your identity and 4 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 v14.9.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
NZZ News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Total | 500+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where NZZ 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
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: Subscription-led
How NZZ News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | NZZ Digital Monatsabo subscription | |
| 2 | NZZ Pro subscription | |
| 3 | NZZ-Digital Monatsabo | |
| 4 | NZZ Pro Addon subscription | |
| 5 | NZZ Digital Jahresabo subscription | |
| 6 | NZZ Digital Werbefrei subscription | |
| 7 | NZZ Pro Addon subscription | |
| 8 | NZZ Pro subscription | |
| 9 | NZZ Digital Monatsabo subscription | |
| 10 | NZZ Pro 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 | #8 Magazines & Newspapers Grossing | 6 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #10 News & Magazines Grossing | 12 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 | 4.7 ★ | 379 |
| Google Play | 4.2 ★ | 15k 99 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.2 ★ weighted by ratings | 16k |
What users say about NZZ News
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users consistently praise the high-quality journalism and content of the NZZ newspaper but express severe frustration with the app's technical instability. Recent reviews highlight critical failures such as blank screens, login loops, crashes on specific devices, and a lack of basic features like dark mode or iPad optimization.
Mixed but leaning positive (58% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and its design. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “Love the App and the content, but”
- Design: “Uncluttered clean layout, easy to navigate”
- Ease of use: “User friendly and functional app”
- Crashes & bugs: “Nothing overly impressive about the app, it usually works and has not " crashed" recently”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “Downloading content (over Wifi) takes forever - at best”
- Price & subscription: “I canceled my subscription”
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn’t work on iPhone 12 Pro Max”
- Login & account: “Nothing happens you can not login nor does any content come up”
About NZZ News
The NZZ provides current news from Switzerland as well as first-hand international reports: With more than 40 correspondents around the world, the newspaper has one of the largest journalistic networks in the German-speaking region.
With the "NZZ Digital" subscription, you receive access to all digital content (excluding Pro articles) as well as an extensive range of information: Newsletters such as "NZZ Briefing" and "The Other View" (Der andere Blick), thematic newsletters, podcasts, videos, and infographics that convey complex issues in an easily understandable way.
You can enjoy an advertising-free reading experience as well as in-depth Pro articles with a focus on geopolitics & the global economy with "NZZ Pro."
Your benefits with the NZZ app:
• News, reports, and analyses from all departments – anywhere and at any time.
• Read digital editions of our printed newspapers offline, optimized for your smartphone or tablet.
• Display personalized content based on your interests and never miss relevant news again – with newsfeed, watch list, collections, and follow function.
• Copy articles or share them with other subscribers on various channels.
• Listen to articles with the audio function and create your own audio lists.
NZZ News App Store
NZZ News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
NZZ News is #8 in Magazines & Newspapers Grossing in Germany and charting in 6 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Magazines & Newspapers GrossingNZZ News at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-27. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A news application from the Swiss publisher Neue Zürcher Zeitung offering independent journalism, international reporting, and subscription-based digital content for readers interested in high-quality German-language news. The app demonstrates strong monetization performance, ranking within the top 10 grossing charts for Magazines & Newspapers in South Africa, Germany, and Brazil, indicating significant revenue traction in these specific markets despite its niche linguistic focus.
Similar apps: Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung
NZZ News on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
NZZ News’s App Store privacy label declares 4 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 4 linked to your identity and 4 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
NZZ 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 NZZ 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
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in NZZ News before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How NZZ News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | NZZ Digital Monatsabo subscription | |
| 2 | NZZ Pro subscription | |
| 3 | NZZ-Digital Monatsabo | |
| 4 | NZZ Pro Addon subscription | |
| 5 | NZZ Digital Jahresabo subscription | |
| 6 | NZZ Digital Werbefrei subscription | |
| 7 | NZZ Pro Addon subscription | |
| 8 | NZZ Pro subscription | |
| 9 | NZZ Digital Monatsabo subscription | |
| 10 | NZZ Pro subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #8 |
| Germany | NewsGrossing | #9 |
 United Kingdom | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #18 |
| Germany | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #21 |
 South Korea | NewsGrossing | #25 |
| South Korea | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #26 |
| Germany | NewsFree | #33 |
 Brazil | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #27 |
| Brazil | NewsGrossing | #41 |
 Indonesia | NewsGrossing | #85 |
| Indonesia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #96 |
 United Arab Emirates | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #69 |
Apps near NZZ News on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, around #8.
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 NZZ News
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users consistently praise the high-quality journalism and content of the NZZ newspaper but express severe frustration with the app's technical instability. Recent reviews highlight critical failures such as blank screens, login loops, crashes on specific devices, and a lack of basic features like dark mode or iPad optimization.
Mixed but leaning positive (58% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and its design. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and price and subscriptions. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “Love the App and the content, but”
- Design: “Uncluttered clean layout, easy to navigate”
- Ease of use: “User friendly and functional app”
- Crashes & bugs: “Nothing overly impressive about the app, it usually works and has not " crashed" recently”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “Downloading content (over Wifi) takes forever - at best”
- Price & subscription: “I canceled my subscription”
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn’t work on iPhone 12 Pro Max”
- Login & account: “Nothing happens you can not login nor does any content come up”
About NZZ News
The NZZ provides current news from Switzerland as well as first-hand international reports: With more than 40 correspondents around the world, the newspaper has one of the largest journalistic networks in the German-speaking region.
With the "NZZ Digital" subscription, you receive access to all digital content (excluding Pro articles) as well as an extensive range of information: Newsletters such as "NZZ Briefing" and "The Other View" (Der andere Blick), thematic newsletters, podcasts, videos, and infographics that convey complex issues in an easily understandable way.
You can enjoy an advertising-free reading experience as well as in-depth Pro articles with a focus on geopolitics & the global economy with "NZZ Pro."
Your benefits with the NZZ app:
• News, reports, and analyses from all departments – anywhere and at any time.
• Read digital editions of our printed newspapers offline, optimized for your smartphone or tablet.
• Display personalized content based on your interests and never miss relevant news again – with newsfeed, watch list, collections, and follow function.
• Copy articles or share them with other subscribers on various channels.
• Listen to articles with the audio function and create your own audio lists.
Latest updates
More from Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG
NZZ News Android
NZZ News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
NZZ News is #10 in News & Magazines Grossing on Google Play in Germany and charting in 12 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
News & Magazines GrossingNZZ News on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v14.9.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
NZZ 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 NZZ 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
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in NZZ News before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How NZZ News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | NZZ Digital Monatsabo subscription | |
| 2 | NZZ Pro subscription | |
| 3 | NZZ-Digital Monatsabo | |
| 4 | NZZ Pro Addon subscription | |
| 5 | NZZ Digital Jahresabo subscription | |
| 6 | NZZ Digital Werbefrei subscription | |
| 7 | NZZ Pro Addon subscription | |
| 8 | NZZ Pro subscription | |
| 9 | NZZ Digital Monatsabo subscription | |
| 10 | NZZ Pro subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | News & MagazinesGrossing | #10 |
| Germany | News & MagazinesFree | #29 |
 India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #24 |
| Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #20 |
 Mexico | News & MagazinesGrossing | #23 |
 Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #24 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #23 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #24 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #26 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #24 |
 France | News & MagazinesFree | #117 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #24 |
 Italy | News & MagazinesFree | #99 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesFree | #160 |
| Thailand | News & MagazinesFree | #179 |
Apps near NZZ News on the chart
News & Magazines Grossing, around #10.
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 NZZ News
From the 60 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users report severe technical instability, including frequent crashes, slow loading times, and broken push notification links following recent updates. Paying subscribers are particularly frustrated by aggressive advertising that persists despite their subscription status.
Mostly negative (20% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about recent updates, and ads.
Common complaints
- Updates: “Mit jedem Update wird die App schlechter”
- Ads: “Ads are high res pictures”
- Design: “You could have left your (paying) readers the option to choose the interface”
- Features & content: “more content locked under "pro" subscriptions”
About NZZ News
The NZZ provides current news from Switzerland as well as first-hand international reports: With more than 40 correspondents around the world, the newspaper has one of the largest journalistic networks in the German-speaking region.
With the "NZZ Digital" subscription, you receive access to all digital content (excluding Pro articles) as well as an extensive range of information: Newsletters such as "NZZ Briefing" and "The Other View" (Der andere Blick), thematic newsletters, podcasts, videos, and infographics that convey complex issues in an easily understandable way.
You can enjoy an advertising-free reading experience as well as in-depth Pro articles with a focus on geopolitics & the global economy with "NZZ Pro."
Your benefits with the NZZ app:
• News, reports, and analyses from all departments – anywhere and at any time.
• Read digital editions of our printed newspapers offline, optimized for your smartphone or tablet.
• Display personalized content based on your interests and never miss relevant news again – with newsfeed, watch list, collections, and follow function.
• Copy articles or share them with other subscribers on various channels.
• Listen to articles with the audio function and create your own audio lists.
What's new in 14.20.0
* Improvements and bug fixes: General optimizations, stability improvements, and minor fixes across the entire app.
Do you have any feedback or questions for us? Reach out any time at [email protected].
Enjoying the app? Please rate or review us to help others discover quality journalism.