The Economist Downloads & RevenueThe Economist: News & Analysis · App Store & Google Play
The Economist: News & Analysis gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Economist: News & Analysis by The Economist is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
The Economist: News & Analysis update history & changes
Last change · 106 events since 2 May 2018Full timeline ↓✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: real-world🌟iOSFeatured by Apple🌟iOSFeatured by Apple📈AndroidEntered the top 100📈AndroidCharting in a new country✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: win📦iOSUpdated to version 4.112.0🎉iOSIn-app event: Let teenagers scroll📦AndroidUpdated to version 4.112.0📈iOSHit #1📦iOSUpdated to version 4.110.2🎉iOSIn-app event: The rise of “passport bros”📦AndroidUpdated to version 4.110.0📈iOSHit #1🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play
Full timeline · 106 events
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: real-worldiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, PL, RU, SE
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, PL, RU, SE
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · IT
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis charting in a new countryAndroidItaly
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: winiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, PL, RU, SE
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: timesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, PL, RU, SE
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, PL, RU, SE
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: scroll, yorkiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, PL, RU, SE
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.112.0iOSNew show and episode pages for our podcasts, with a fresh header, cleaner episode cards, easy bookmarking and a clear Play button to get listening faster.
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: hinduiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, PL, RU, SE
- 🎉The Economist: News & Analysis in-app event: Let teenagers scrolliOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 15 Nov
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, PL, RU, SE
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: scrolliOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.112.0AndroidNew show and episode pages for our podcasts, with a fresh header, cleaner episode cards, easy bookmarking and a clear Play button to get listening faster.
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · DE
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: france, groupsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: nytiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · BR
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.110.2iOSWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· US
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · US
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 9 countries
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · 9 countries
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS9 screenshots (was 9) · DE
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CA
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS9 screenshots (was 9) · CA
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· AU
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS9 screenshots (was 9) · AU
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.110.1iOSWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · TR
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· US
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · US
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 9 countries
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS10 screenshots (was 10) · 9 countries
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS9 screenshots (was 8) · DE
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CA
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS9 screenshots (was 8) · CA
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new iPad screenshotsiOS· AU
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS9 screenshots (was 7) · AU
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.110.0iOSWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: süddeutscheiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🎉The Economist: News & Analysis in-app event: The rise of “passport bros”iOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 1 Nov
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: politique, marketiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: tagesschau, financeiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.110.0AndroidWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: markets, worldiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · ES
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis charting in a new countryAndroidSpain
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: businessiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: enhancer, riseiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · NL
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis 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
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidMexico · Thailand · Turkey · Vietnam
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: description updatediOS· 4 countries
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: independent, world, internationaliOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: description updatediOS· 11 countries
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.108.1iOSWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: reportingiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.108.0iOSWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: information, globaliOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🎉The Economist: News & Analysis in-app event: Looking like a trillion bucksiOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 18 Oct
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · RU
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: magazinesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · IN
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: currentiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: finance, willyweatheriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · ID
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.108.0AndroidWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- 🎉The Economist: News & Analysis in-app event: Why corporate lawyers winiOSMAJOR UPDATE · until 15 Oct
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: current, magazines, finance, group +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis: new screenshotsiOS7 screenshots (was 7) · AU
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: magazine, currentiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, SE
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.106.3iOSWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, SE
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · KR
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis charting in a new countryAndroidSouth Korea
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: newspapers, echos, handelsblatt, substack +3 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, SE
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · KR
- ✏️The Economist: News & Analysis added hidden keywords: independent, financial, politics, substack +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, SE
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, SE
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · CA
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · BR · Top Free · News & Magazines · JP
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis charting in a new countryAndroidJapan
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN, SE
- 📈The Economist: News & Analysis hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · AE
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.106.2iOSWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- 🆕The Economist: News & Analysis first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕The Economist: News & Analysis first spotted by AppInsideriOS#69 in Top Free · News · Japan
- 🌟The Economist: News & Analysis featured by AppleiOSapps · IN
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis version 4.106.1iOSNo release notes
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis updated to version 4.104.0AndroidWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- 📦The Economist: News & Analysis version 4.106.0AndroidWe've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
- 🆕The Economist: News & Analysis released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕The Economist: News & Analysis 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
4.8 ★
262k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#1
App Store · 
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
9
both stores, 4-week average
Measured
The Economist: News & Analysis at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The Economist app provides global news analysis, podcasts, and multimedia content to readers seeking in-depth coverage of politics, economics, and business. The app holds the #1 grossing position in Magazines & Newspapers categories in both the UAE and Indonesia, while ranking within the top six for grossing revenue in major markets including the US, UK, and Japan.
Similar apps: Financial Times, Bloomberg: Business News, The New York Times
App Store
App details
App ID
1239397626
Publisher
The Economist Newspaper Group Inc.
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
May 2018
8 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.6+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
1 content note below
Languages
1
EN
Size
137 MB
Also listed in
Magazines & Newspapers
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.economist.lamarr
Publisher
ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER LIMITED(THE)
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Teen
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v4.102.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
9
Permissions
24
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
The Economist: News & Analysis downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 1M+ 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 The Economist: News & Analysis'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: Subscription-led
How The Economist: News & Analysis makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Premium Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | Premium Annual subscription | |
| 3 | Three month subscription subscription | |
| 4 | Podcasts Monthly subscription | |
| 5 | Podcasts Annual subscription | |
| 6 | One year subscription subscription |
Hidden keywords
The Economist: News & Analysis shows up in App Store search (US) for 6 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 | #1 Magazines & Newspapers Grossing | 15 of 30 countries | #24 | #5 |
| Google Play | #10 News & Magazines Grossing | 17 of 23 countries | #85 | #20 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
5
4-week average
Written reviews a week
1.5
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
70/100
faster than 84% of News apps
Google Play
New ratings a week
4
▲ +25% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
2.2★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
53/100
faster than 48% 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 | 4.9 ★ | 182k |
| Google Play | 4.7 ★ | 80k 1.8k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.8 ★ weighted by ratings | 262k |
What users say about The Economist: News & Analysis
From the 60 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong frustration with the app's technical instability, particularly regarding offline access, audio playback bugs, and privacy settings. While the editorial content is generally respected, the user experience is widely criticized as broken, intrusive, and inferior to previous versions.
Mostly negative (17% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “Great content but the app needs work”
- Price & subscription: “This is news and insight worth paying for”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I pay the Economist, they don’t pay me”
- Crashes & bugs: “The app is crashing on iPad”
- Features & content: “Content great but app is trash”
- Updates: “Audio gone from most recent app update”
About The Economist: News & Analysis
The world is complex—and changing fast. A free trial of The Economist in the app offers easy access to independent, global news analysis. With articles, The Economist Insider shows, podcasts, short-form videos, games and more, the app is a simple way for curious, globally minded people to make sense of what today’s world news means for tomorrow.
Start your free trial today for full access. Or you can register to read one free article in the app and one on the web every month.
What does The Economist cover?
The Economist reports on American and world politics, finance, economics, business, science, technology, culture and more.
Why choose The Economist app?
Access The Economist’s fact-checked reporting and analysis, wherever you are. In our app you’ll find daily updates on the most important news stories shaping our world, in the formats that suit you best.
- Read global, fact-checked reporting and analysis—daily
- Watch Insider episodes and concise videos on important news topics
- Listen to award-winning podcasts and narrated news articles
Stay ahead on news stories daily and explore big topics deeply:
- Enjoy early access to The Economist’s weekly edition, ahead of print delivery
- Watch the newsroom debates that shape our reporting on Insider, plus exclusive interviews with global guests from Elon Musk to Mark Carney
- Listen to podcasts on global affairs and news events
- Catch up quickly with The World in Brief
Play news games to test your knowledge:
- Mini crossword
- Dateline history quiz
- News quiz
- Inboxes: how fast can you fill the grid?
Enjoy additional features:
- Bookmark news articles to read later
- Go hands-free with narrated articles
- Create your own audio queue for a custom playlist
- Give articles to friends and family
- Read easily with adjustable text size
- Toggle screen to dark mode to rest your eyes
See what The Economist subscribers say:
“This app is home to the best journalism in the world. If I could only afford to pay for one news source, The Economist would be that source.”
“Great app, excellent journalism! The Economist is wonderful. The content is interesting and relevant and the reporting is superlative. Equally impressive is the drive to stay relevant by presenting media in multiple formats, from print to podcasts and short videos.”
“Impeccable journalism with an app to match. The Economist doesn’t need my endorsement of the quality of their journalism. It speaks for itself. Rather, I’ll comment that their app is well-designed and refreshing to use…I love being able to easily download entire editions, listen to articles with real narrators and search for past articles.”
Full terms of use: https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy: https://www.economist.com/privacy
Register for your free trial in The Economist app now to understand what the latest news developments mean for what’s next—from science and tech to business and finance.
Start your free trial today for full access. Or you can register to read one free article in the app and one on the web every month.
What does The Economist cover?
The Economist reports on American and world politics, finance, economics, business, science, technology, culture and more.
Why choose The Economist app?
Access The Economist’s fact-checked reporting and analysis, wherever you are. In our app you’ll find daily updates on the most important news stories shaping our world, in the formats that suit you best.
- Read global, fact-checked reporting and analysis—daily
- Watch Insider episodes and concise videos on important news topics
- Listen to award-winning podcasts and narrated news articles
Stay ahead on news stories daily and explore big topics deeply:
- Enjoy early access to The Economist’s weekly edition, ahead of print delivery
- Watch the newsroom debates that shape our reporting on Insider, plus exclusive interviews with global guests from Elon Musk to Mark Carney
- Listen to podcasts on global affairs and news events
- Catch up quickly with The World in Brief
Play news games to test your knowledge:
- Mini crossword
- Dateline history quiz
- News quiz
- Inboxes: how fast can you fill the grid?
Enjoy additional features:
- Bookmark news articles to read later
- Go hands-free with narrated articles
- Create your own audio queue for a custom playlist
- Give articles to friends and family
- Read easily with adjustable text size
- Toggle screen to dark mode to rest your eyes
See what The Economist subscribers say:
“This app is home to the best journalism in the world. If I could only afford to pay for one news source, The Economist would be that source.”
“Great app, excellent journalism! The Economist is wonderful. The content is interesting and relevant and the reporting is superlative. Equally impressive is the drive to stay relevant by presenting media in multiple formats, from print to podcasts and short videos.”
“Impeccable journalism with an app to match. The Economist doesn’t need my endorsement of the quality of their journalism. It speaks for itself. Rather, I’ll comment that their app is well-designed and refreshing to use…I love being able to easily download entire editions, listen to articles with real narrators and search for past articles.”
Full terms of use: https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy: https://www.economist.com/privacy
Register for your free trial in The Economist app now to understand what the latest news developments mean for what’s next—from science and tech to business and finance.
The Economist: News & Analysis App Store
The Economist: News & Analysis gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Economist: News & Analysis is #5 in Magazines & Newspapers Grossing in United States and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperThe Economist
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.9 (182k)
Version4.112.0
Age rating12+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Rating
4.9 ★
182k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#5
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
5
App Store, 4-week average
Measured
The Economist: News & Analysis at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The Economist app provides global news analysis, podcasts, and multimedia content to readers seeking in-depth coverage of politics, economics, and business. The app holds the #1 grossing position in Magazines & Newspapers categories in both the UAE and Indonesia, while ranking within the top six for grossing revenue in major markets including the US, UK, and Japan.
Similar apps: Financial Times, Bloomberg: Business News, The New York Times
The Economist: News & Analysis on the App Store
App details
App ID
1239397626
Publisher
The Economist Newspaper Group Inc.
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
May 2018
8 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.6+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
1 content note below
Languages
1
EN
Size
137 MB
Also listed in
Magazines & Newspapers
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
The Economist: News & Analysis 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 The Economist: News & Analysis'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 The Economist: News & Analysis 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: Subscription-led
How The Economist: News & Analysis makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Premium Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | Premium Annual subscription | |
| 3 | Three month subscription subscription | |
| 4 | Podcasts Monthly subscription | |
| 5 | Podcasts Annual subscription | |
| 6 | One year subscription subscription |
Hidden keywords
The Economist: News & Analysis shows up in App Store search (US) for 6 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.
AustraliaApps near The Economist: News & Analysis on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
182k ratings
Measured
Ratings
182k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
5
4-week average
Written reviews a week
1.5
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
70/100
faster than 84% 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 The Economist: News & Analysis
From the 60 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong frustration with the app's technical instability, particularly regarding offline access, audio playback bugs, and privacy settings. While the editorial content is generally respected, the user experience is widely criticized as broken, intrusive, and inferior to previous versions.
Mostly negative (17% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “Great content but the app needs work”
- Price & subscription: “This is news and insight worth paying for”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I pay the Economist, they don’t pay me”
- Crashes & bugs: “The app is crashing on iPad”
- Features & content: “Content great but app is trash”
- Updates: “Audio gone from most recent app update”
About The Economist: News & Analysis
The world is complex—and changing fast. A free trial of The Economist in the app offers easy access to independent, global news analysis. With articles, The Economist Insider shows, podcasts, short-form videos, games and more, the app is a simple way for curious, globally minded people to make sense of what today’s world news means for tomorrow.
Start your free trial today for full access. Or you can register to read one free article in the app and one on the web every month.
What does The Economist cover?
The Economist reports on American and world politics, finance, economics, business, science, technology, culture and more.
Why choose The Economist app?
Access The Economist’s fact-checked reporting and analysis, wherever you are. In our app you’ll find daily updates on the most important news stories shaping our world, in the formats that suit you best.
- Read global, fact-checked reporting and analysis—daily
- Watch Insider episodes and concise videos on important news topics
- Listen to award-winning podcasts and narrated news articles
Stay ahead on news stories daily and explore big topics deeply:
- Enjoy early access to The Economist’s weekly edition, ahead of print delivery
- Watch the newsroom debates that shape our reporting on Insider, plus exclusive interviews with global guests from Elon Musk to Mark Carney
- Listen to podcasts on global affairs and news events
- Catch up quickly with The World in Brief
Play news games to test your knowledge:
- Mini crossword
- Dateline history quiz
- News quiz
- Inboxes: how fast can you fill the grid?
Enjoy additional features:
- Bookmark news articles to read later
- Go hands-free with narrated articles
- Create your own audio queue for a custom playlist
- Give articles to friends and family
- Read easily with adjustable text size
- Toggle screen to dark mode to rest your eyes
See what The Economist subscribers say:
“This app is home to the best journalism in the world. If I could only afford to pay for one news source, The Economist would be that source.”
“Great app, excellent journalism! The Economist is wonderful. The content is interesting and relevant and the reporting is superlative. Equally impressive is the drive to stay relevant by presenting media in multiple formats, from print to podcasts and short videos.”
“Impeccable journalism with an app to match. The Economist doesn’t need my endorsement of the quality of their journalism. It speaks for itself. Rather, I’ll comment that their app is well-designed and refreshing to use…I love being able to easily download entire editions, listen to articles with real narrators and search for past articles.”
Full terms of use: https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy: https://www.economist.com/privacy
Register for your free trial in The Economist app now to understand what the latest news developments mean for what’s next—from science and tech to business and finance.
Start your free trial today for full access. Or you can register to read one free article in the app and one on the web every month.
What does The Economist cover?
The Economist reports on American and world politics, finance, economics, business, science, technology, culture and more.
Why choose The Economist app?
Access The Economist’s fact-checked reporting and analysis, wherever you are. In our app you’ll find daily updates on the most important news stories shaping our world, in the formats that suit you best.
- Read global, fact-checked reporting and analysis—daily
- Watch Insider episodes and concise videos on important news topics
- Listen to award-winning podcasts and narrated news articles
Stay ahead on news stories daily and explore big topics deeply:
- Enjoy early access to The Economist’s weekly edition, ahead of print delivery
- Watch the newsroom debates that shape our reporting on Insider, plus exclusive interviews with global guests from Elon Musk to Mark Carney
- Listen to podcasts on global affairs and news events
- Catch up quickly with The World in Brief
Play news games to test your knowledge:
- Mini crossword
- Dateline history quiz
- News quiz
- Inboxes: how fast can you fill the grid?
Enjoy additional features:
- Bookmark news articles to read later
- Go hands-free with narrated articles
- Create your own audio queue for a custom playlist
- Give articles to friends and family
- Read easily with adjustable text size
- Toggle screen to dark mode to rest your eyes
See what The Economist subscribers say:
“This app is home to the best journalism in the world. If I could only afford to pay for one news source, The Economist would be that source.”
“Great app, excellent journalism! The Economist is wonderful. The content is interesting and relevant and the reporting is superlative. Equally impressive is the drive to stay relevant by presenting media in multiple formats, from print to podcasts and short videos.”
“Impeccable journalism with an app to match. The Economist doesn’t need my endorsement of the quality of their journalism. It speaks for itself. Rather, I’ll comment that their app is well-designed and refreshing to use…I love being able to easily download entire editions, listen to articles with real narrators and search for past articles.”
Full terms of use: https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy: https://www.economist.com/privacy
Register for your free trial in The Economist app now to understand what the latest news developments mean for what’s next—from science and tech to business and finance.
Latest updates
4.112.0
New show and episode pages for our podcasts, with a fresh header, cleaner episode cards, easy bookmarking and a clear Play button to get listening faster.
4.110.2
We've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
4.110.1
We've made general improvements and fixed bugs for a smoother experience.
Store changes
What The Economist: News & Analysis changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
10 screenshots (was 10)
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More from The Economist
The Economist - World News Android
The Economist - World News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Economist - World News is #20 in News & Magazines Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 17 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperThe Economist Newspaper
CategoryNews & Magazines
PriceFree
Released
Installs1M+
Rating★ 4.7 (80k)
Updated
Content ratingTeen
Rating
4.7 ★
80k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#20
News & Magazines GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
4
▲ +25% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
The Economist - World News on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.economist.lamarr
Publisher
ECONOMIST NEWSPAPER LIMITED(THE)
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Teen
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v4.102.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
9
Permissions
24
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
The Economist - World 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
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 The Economist - World 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 The Economist - World 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: Subscription-led
How The Economist - World News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Premium Monthly subscription | |
| 2 | Premium Annual subscription | |
| 3 | Three month subscription subscription | |
| 4 | Podcasts Monthly subscription | |
| 5 | Podcasts Annual subscription | |
| 6 | One year subscription subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | News & MagazinesGrossing | #20 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesGrossing | #10 |
| India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #16 |
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #85 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #34 |
 Mexico | News & MagazinesGrossing | #15 |
| Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #15 |
| Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #16 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #15 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #17 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #17 |
 Canada | News & MagazinesFree | #47 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #15 |
| South Korea | News & MagazinesFree | #75 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #15 |
| Brazil | News & MagazinesFree | #85 |
 Germany | News & MagazinesFree | #169 |
 France | News & MagazinesFree | #134 |
 Italy | News & MagazinesFree | #97 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesFree | #150 |
| Thailand | News & MagazinesFree | #156 |
Apps near The Economist - World News on the chart
News & Magazines Grossing, around #20.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
80k ratings
Measured
Ratings
80k
Measured
Written reviews
1.8k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
4
▲ +25% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
2.2★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
53/100
faster than 48% 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 The Economist - World News
From the 114 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users praise the high-quality journalism but heavily criticize the Android app for severe technical bugs, including crashes, connectivity errors, and broken audio features. Many reviewers express frustration with intrusive autoplay videos, excessive ads for paid subscribers, and difficult subscription cancellation processes.
Mixed (32% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and speed. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “Please keep this feature!”
- Speed & performance: “Opening the app and getting articles is fast”
- Updates: “prev app was poor, updated version is great”
- Price & subscription: “Not renewing my subscription”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “I canceled my subscription via this app”
- Crashes & bugs: “The app has been getting buggy lately”
- Features & content: “5 stars for content, but 1 star for the application”
- Updates: “downloaded update and can no longer open”
About The Economist - World News
The world is complex—and changing fast. The Economist app unlocks independent reporting and news analysis from correspondents across the globe. Offering articles, podcasts, short-form videos and more, our app is a simple way to make sense of big news on the go. In a constantly changing landscape, know which way is up with The Economist’s smart takes on the latest world news.
What does The Economist report on?
With expert journalists around the world, The Economist reports on US and world politics, economics, business, science, technology news and more. We go beyond the headlines, connecting the dots to explain the news today and implications for tomorrow.
Why choose The Economist app?
Get unlimited access to The Economist’s trusted, fact-checked reporting and analysis of the news, wherever you are. Our app gives you daily updates on the most important news stories shaping our world. Slightly irreverent and always sharp, our reporting has been forward-looking since 1843—and now it’s even easier to decode daily news developments with The Economist app. Install intelligence in a few taps. It’s more than just a news app—decode daily news developments in the format that suits you.
- Read global, fact-checked reporting and analysis of the news—daily
- Listen to award-winning podcasts and audio news articles
- Watch concise videos on important news topics
Get access to trusted news reporting, wherever you are:
- Download the weekly edition for offline reading—and listen with narrated articles
- Bookmark news articles to read later
- Listen to articles and podcasts to keep up with news stories on the go
Stay ahead on news stories daily and explore big topics deeply:
- Enjoy early access to The Economist’s weekly edition, ahead of print delivery
- Catch up quickly with The World in Brief for short news updates
- Explore short videos that distill big news topics
Listen to crucial reporting on news topics:
- Get ad-free podcasts on global issues and news events
- Go hands-free with professionally narrated articles
- Create an audio queue for a custom playlist of news analysis
Play news games to test your knowledge:
- Mini crossword: The Economist’s wordplay news puzzle
- Dateline history quiz: guess when news extracts were published in The Economist
- Pint-sized news quiz: have you been following the latest news headlines?
Enjoy additional features:
- Give articles to friends and family
- Read news analysis easily with adjustable text size
- Toggle dark mode
What does The Economist report on?
With expert journalists around the world, The Economist reports on US and world politics, economics, business, science, technology news and more. We go beyond the headlines, connecting the dots to explain the news today and implications for tomorrow.
Why choose The Economist app?
Get unlimited access to The Economist’s trusted, fact-checked reporting and analysis of the news, wherever you are. Our app gives you daily updates on the most important news stories shaping our world. Slightly irreverent and always sharp, our reporting has been forward-looking since 1843—and now it’s even easier to decode daily news developments with The Economist app. Install intelligence in a few taps. It’s more than just a news app—decode daily news developments in the format that suits you.
- Read global, fact-checked reporting and analysis of the news—daily
- Listen to award-winning podcasts and audio news articles
- Watch concise videos on important news topics
Get access to trusted news reporting, wherever you are:
- Download the weekly edition for offline reading—and listen with narrated articles
- Bookmark news articles to read later
- Listen to articles and podcasts to keep up with news stories on the go
Stay ahead on news stories daily and explore big topics deeply:
- Enjoy early access to The Economist’s weekly edition, ahead of print delivery
- Catch up quickly with The World in Brief for short news updates
- Explore short videos that distill big news topics
Listen to crucial reporting on news topics:
- Get ad-free podcasts on global issues and news events
- Go hands-free with professionally narrated articles
- Create an audio queue for a custom playlist of news analysis
Play news games to test your knowledge:
- Mini crossword: The Economist’s wordplay news puzzle
- Dateline history quiz: guess when news extracts were published in The Economist
- Pint-sized news quiz: have you been following the latest news headlines?
Enjoy additional features:
- Give articles to friends and family
- Read news analysis easily with adjustable text size
- Toggle dark mode
What's new in 4.112.0
New show and episode pages for our podcasts, with a fresh header, cleaner episode cards, easy bookmarking and a clear Play button to get listening faster.
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