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Scientific American is #50 in Magazines & Newspapers Grossing in China and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperSpringer Nature America, Inc.
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.8 (10k)
Version6.4
Age rating12+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1M+ worldwide
Scientific American update history & changes
Last change · 27 events since 17 Jul 2012Full timeline ↓⭐Passed 10K ratings📈Charting in a new country⭐Passed 10K ratings📈Entered the top 100🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 26 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Scientific American charting in a new countryGermany
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · IT
- 📈Scientific American charting in a new countryFrance
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · IN
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Grossing · News · GB · Top Grossing · News · IN
- 📈Scientific American charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · JP
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · IN
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Grossing · News · BR · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · BR · Top Grossing · News · JP
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · CA
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · JP
- 📈Scientific American charting in a new countryJapan
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Free · News · ID · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · SA
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · AE · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · AU · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · ID
- 📈Scientific American charting in a new country in 3 chartsUnited Arab Emirates · Australia · Indonesia
- 📈Scientific American charting in a new countryItaly
- 📈Scientific American entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Free · Magazines & Newspapers · KR · Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · RU
- 🆕Scientific American first spotted by AppInsider#88 in Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · Saudi Arabia
- 🆕Scientific American released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.8 ★
10k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#50
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
17
▲ +34% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Scientific American on the App Store
App details
App ID
514734550
Publisher
Springer Nature America, Inc.
On the store since
Jul 2012
14 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
2 content notes below
Languages
1
EN
Size
20 MB
Also listed in
Magazines & Newspapers
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
Scientific American 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 Scientific American'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.
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Scientific American makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Scientific American - 1 year Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | 1 Month Subscription subscription | |
| 3 | 1 Year Subscription subscription | |
| 4 | Scientific American issue for November 2014 subscription | |
| 5 | Scientific American September 2013 issue subscription | |
| 6 | Scientific American August 2013 issue subscription | |
| 7 | Scientific American October 2012 issue subscription | |
| 8 | Scientific American January 2014 issue subscription | |
| 9 | Scientific American February 2013 issue subscription | |
| 10 | Scientific American issue for September 2015 subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| China | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #50 |
 United States | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #103 |
 Japan | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #71 |
| China | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #72 |
 India | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #30 |
 South Korea | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #43 |
| India | NewsGrossing | #60 |
| South Korea | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #94 |
 Russia | NewsGrossing | #63 |
| Russia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #72 |
 Canada | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #82 |
 United Kingdom | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #200 |
 Australia | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #99 |
| Saudi Arabia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #92 |
Apps near Scientific American on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, around #50.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
10k ratings
Measured
Ratings
10k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
17
▲ +34% vs the 2 weeks before
Lifetime rating
4.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
80/100
faster than 91% of News apps
Growing fastest in United States ▲ +72%
New ratings by country (3)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 83% | ▲ +72% |
| Canada | 1.2 | 8% | – |
| China | 1.2 | 8% | – |
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.
About Scientific American
Founded in 1845, Scientific American provides expert insights on the most important and awe-inspiring advances in science and technology. With news and commentary about current events and in-depth features by experts, including more than 200 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Scientific American is the essential guide to the modern world. Support Science Journalism. Become a Subscriber.
A subscription to Scientific American is available through iTunes for $49.99 annually and is renewed automatically at the end of the subscription term, until canceled. Individual issues are $9.99 each. Payment for all purchases will be charged to your iTunes account. For more information, please visit iTunes Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/volume/us/terms.html
Founded in 1845, Scientific American provides expert insights on the most important and awe-inspiring advances in science and technology. With news and commentary about current events and in-depth features by experts, including more than 200 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Scientific American is the essential guide to the modern world. Support Science Journalism. Become a Subscriber.
Scientific American Customer Service:
Email: [email protected]
A subscription to Scientific American is available through iTunes for $49.99 annually and is renewed automatically at the end of the subscription term, until canceled. Individual issues are $9.99 each. Payment for all purchases will be charged to your iTunes account. For more information, please visit iTunes Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/volume/us/terms.html
Founded in 1845, Scientific American provides expert insights on the most important and awe-inspiring advances in science and technology. With news and commentary about current events and in-depth features by experts, including more than 200 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Scientific American is the essential guide to the modern world. Support Science Journalism. Become a Subscriber.
Scientific American Customer Service:
Email: [email protected]
Latest updates
6.4
Bug fixes and performance improvements