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The Irish Times is #26 in Magazines & Newspapers Grossing in China and charting in 8 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 19 events
- 📈The Irish Times charting in a new countrySouth Korea
- 🚀The Irish Times: now shown next to Irish Independent News, RTÉ News, TheJournal.ie News +5 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈The Irish Times entered the top 10Top Grossing · News · AE
- 📈The Irish Times entered the top 100Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · GB
- 📈The Irish Times entered the top 100Top Grossing · News · IT
- 📈The Irish Times entered the top 100Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · IT
- 📈The Irish Times charting in a new countryItaly
- 📈The Irish Times entered the top 10Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · AE
- 📈The Irish Times entered the top 100Top Free · Magazines & Newspapers · RU
- 📈The Irish Times entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Grossing · News · BR · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · BR
- 📦The Irish Times updated to version 7.1.5Minor fixes and improvements
- 📈The Irish Times charting in a new countryBrazil
- 📈The Irish Times entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Grossing · News · JP · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · JP
- 📈The Irish Times charting in a new countryJapan
- 📈The Irish Times entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · CN · Top Grossing · News · DE · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · DE
- 📈The Irish Times charting in a new country in 2 chartsChina · Germany
- 🆕The Irish Times first spotted by AppInsider#82 in Top Grossing · News · United States
- 📦The Irish Times version 7.1.4No release notes
- 🆕The Irish Times released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingThe Irish Times at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-02. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The Irish Times app provides news, analysis, podcasts, and puzzles from Ireland's leading newspaper to readers seeking trusted journalism. It ranks #4 in UAE Magazines & Newspapers Grossing and #9 in UAE News Grossing, indicating strong monetization performance in the Middle East relative to its presence in other major markets like the US and UK.
Similar apps: The Guardian, BBC News, The New York Times
The Irish Times on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
The Irish Times’s App Store privacy label declares 2 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 2 linked to your identity and 3 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
The Irish Times downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in The Irish Times before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How The Irish Times makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Standard Digital Subscription subscription | |
| 2 | Premium Digital Subscription subscription | |
| 3 | Annual Standard Digital subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| China | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #26 |
 United Kingdom | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #17 |
| United States | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #61 |
| United Kingdom | NewsGrossing | #24 |
| United States | NewsGrossing | #82 |
 Brazil | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #36 |
| Brazil | NewsGrossing | #37 |
 Germany | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #98 |
 Australia | NewsGrossing | #63 |
| Australia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #66 |
 Saudi Arabia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #75 |
 United Arab Emirates | NewsGrossing | #52 |
| United Arab Emirates | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #54 |
Apps near The Irish Times on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, around #26.
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 The Irish Times
From the 28 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users report severe technical failures including frequent crashes, freezing, and inability to open the app after recent updates. Complaints also focus on poor user experience issues such as repetitive content, excessive cookie prompts, and intrusive notifications.
Mostly negative (14% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates.
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Constantly crashes when I open an article”
- Updates: “New update cripples home page”
- Price & subscription: “I cancelled subscription and hope they can improve it”
- Features & content: “This app has limited features and fails frequently in its only purpose __ displaying articles”
About The Irish Times
Download the app to enjoy everything The Irish Times offers: breaking news, in-depth reporting, opinion and culture, podcasts, games and more, wherever you are.
BREAKING NEWS AND LIVE UPDATES
- Get the latest headlines from Ireland and around the world as stories develop
- Stay informed with push notifications and customised alerts for news, business, sport and more
- Your daily news app for trusted, independent journalism
ORIGINAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS
- Read in-depth reporting, investigations and commentary from Ireland’s leading journalists
- Follow expert analysis across politics, business, society and culture
- Explore complex stories through thoughtful writing, data and visual journalism
LISTEN: AUDIO JOURNALISM
- Listen to audio versions of almost every Irish Times article
- Enjoy our award-winning podcasts, including In the News, Inside Politics, Inside Business, The Women’s Podcast and Ross O’Carroll-Kelly
- Stay informed on the go with narrated columns and features
VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHY AND MULTIMEDIA
- Watch videos that add context and perspective to top stories
- Experience powerful visual storytelling through award-winning Irish Times photography
- Discover journalism brought to life across formats
BUSINESS, SPORT, ARTS AND LIFESTYLE
- Follow comprehensive coverage of Irish and international business
- Keep up with sport, culture, arts, science, technology and lifestyle reporting
- Read reviews, criticism and commentary from Ireland’s leading voices
SAVE, SEARCH AND ARCHIVE
- Bookmark articles to read later
- Search the full archive of irishtimes.com within the app
- Quickly find what matters to you with improved navigation
CROSSWORDS AND PUZZLES
- Take a break with Simplex, Crosaire, Sudoku, News Quiz
- Access over 10,000 archived editions
DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Enjoy everything The Irish Times has to offer with a digital subscription, which includes unlimited access to:
- Breaking news, stories, and articles in-app and on IrishTimes.com
- The Irish Times Digital Archive, with over 165 years of journalism to search.
- Over 10,000 crosswords and puzzles
- Exclusive subscriber-only newsletters
- Subscriber Rewards, including competitions and invitations to special events
Subscribe now and enjoy your first week free. Promotional offers apply to new subscribers only.
Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time through your iTunes account settings.
Privacy Policy:
http://www.irishtimes.com/policy-and-terms/privacy-policy
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