Flipboard: The Social Magazine: iPhone vs Android
Flipboard: The Social Magazine gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Flipboard: The Social Magazine by Flipboard Inc. is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Rating
4.1 ★
1.7M ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#32
iPhone · 
News Free
News FreeMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
358801284
Publisher
Flipboard, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jul 2010
16 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
6 content notes below
Languages
11
NL EN FR DE IT JA KO PT RU ES TR
Size
178 MB
Also listed in
Social Networking
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumorInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
Google Play
App details
App ID
flipboard.app
Publisher
Flipboard, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Flipboard: The Social Magazine downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 1k+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 5k+ | 500M+ Measured |
| Total | 5k+ Confidence | 500M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
iPhone: 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 Flipboard: The Social Magazine'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: Ad-led
How Flipboard: The Social Magazine makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 38 ad networks
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 329k |
| Google Play | 4.0 ★ | 1.4M 135k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.1 ★ weighted by ratings | 1.7M |
About Flipboard: The Social Magazine
Get the day's headlines, deep dives and trending stories with the award-winning Flipboard app. Curated from world-renowned publishers, local outlets and creators, Flipboard brings you trusted content to jumpstart your day or let you catch-up in the evening. Known for its beautiful layouts and clean designs, download the app and start flipping through the pages of Flipboard.
Pick from hundreds of topics and Flipboard creates a beautiful, always-updated news magazine experience. You can always further personalize by following more topics, Magazines or profiles you discover. If you’re looking for inspiration, browse topics by category in the Explore tab. You’ll find everything from business, health, tech, sports, cooking, travel and more. You can even follow local news and events by selecting ‘add local content’ in your Profile settings.
If you find articles or videos you want to collect, use the + (plus) button on any story in Flipboard to add it to your own Magazine. Make your Magazine public to share ideas and interesting stories with an ever-growing community curating on Flipboard.
USE FLIPBOARD TO:
- Keep up on all your interests with the latest stories from leading national publishers including Associate Press, The Washington Post, ESPN, National Geographic, NPR, TIME, The Atlantic, BBC, CBS, NBC and thousands more.
- Follow your city for local updates, regional news, weather, commute, sports, and dining.
- Curate stories you find informative or inspiring and share with others: Use the + (plus) button on any article to save it to your own Flipboard Magazine.
- Follow other experts and enthusiasts who are curating about topics you love.
- Turn on notifications and use the Flipboard widget to get stories delivered to you everyday.
GET FLIPBOARD IN YOUR INBOX:
Enjoy 10 for Today, our flagship newsletter packed with highlights to inform and inspire your day, plus themed roundups in tech, travel, politics and beyond. Human editors handpick every story, focusing on quality publications and creators.
Browse the full lineup at flipboard.com/newsletters.
KEEP UP WITH FLIPBOARD:
For product updates, the latest from our blog, and tips on how to use Flipboard, follow us on Flipboard and other social platforms:
https://flipboard.com/@flipboard
https://bsky.app/profile/flipboard.com
https://www.threads.com/@flipboard
https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard
https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipboard-inc/
We’d love to hear what you think! Reach out to our support team under Settings > Help & Feedback. For any other technical issues or questions, contact us at http://flip.it/help.
Pick from hundreds of topics and Flipboard creates a beautiful, always-updated news magazine experience. You can always further personalize by following more topics, Magazines or profiles you discover. If you’re looking for inspiration, browse topics by category in the Explore tab. You’ll find everything from business, health, tech, sports, cooking, travel and more. You can even follow local news and events by selecting ‘add local content’ in your Profile settings.
If you find articles or videos you want to collect, use the + (plus) button on any story in Flipboard to add it to your own Magazine. Make your Magazine public to share ideas and interesting stories with an ever-growing community curating on Flipboard.
USE FLIPBOARD TO:
- Keep up on all your interests with the latest stories from leading national publishers including Associate Press, The Washington Post, ESPN, National Geographic, NPR, TIME, The Atlantic, BBC, CBS, NBC and thousands more.
- Follow your city for local updates, regional news, weather, commute, sports, and dining.
- Curate stories you find informative or inspiring and share with others: Use the + (plus) button on any article to save it to your own Flipboard Magazine.
- Follow other experts and enthusiasts who are curating about topics you love.
- Turn on notifications and use the Flipboard widget to get stories delivered to you everyday.
GET FLIPBOARD IN YOUR INBOX:
Enjoy 10 for Today, our flagship newsletter packed with highlights to inform and inspire your day, plus themed roundups in tech, travel, politics and beyond. Human editors handpick every story, focusing on quality publications and creators.
Browse the full lineup at flipboard.com/newsletters.
KEEP UP WITH FLIPBOARD:
For product updates, the latest from our blog, and tips on how to use Flipboard, follow us on Flipboard and other social platforms:
https://flipboard.com/@flipboard
https://bsky.app/profile/flipboard.com
https://www.threads.com/@flipboard
https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard
https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipboard-inc/
We’d love to hear what you think! Reach out to our support team under Settings > Help & Feedback. For any other technical issues or questions, contact us at http://flip.it/help.
Flipboard: The Social Magazine iPhone
Flipboard: The Social Magazine gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Flipboard: The Social Magazine is #60 in News Free in United States and charting in 11 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperFlipboard Inc.
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (329k)
Version4.3.73
Age rating17+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
329k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#60
News FreeMeasured
Flipboard: The Social Magazine on the App Store
App details
App ID
358801284
Publisher
Flipboard, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jul 2010
16 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
6 content notes below
Languages
11
NL EN FR DE IT JA KO PT RU ES TR
Size
178 MB
Also listed in
Social Networking
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude HumorInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
Flipboard: The Social Magazine 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. iPhone 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 Flipboard: The Social Magazine'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: Ad-led
How Flipboard: The Social Magazine makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 38 ad networks
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NewsFree | #60 |
 United Kingdom | NewsFree | #97 |
 Brazil | NewsFree | #57 |
| Indonesia | NewsFree | #32 |
 Italy | NewsFree | #47 |
 India | NewsFree | #64 |
 South Korea | NewsFree | #97 |
 Russia | NewsFree | #60 |
 Canada | NewsFree | #88 |
| Saudi Arabia | NewsFree | #58 |
 United Arab Emirates | NewsFree | #64 |
Apps near Flipboard: The Social Magazine on the chart
News Free, around #60.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
329k ratings
Measured
Ratings
329k
Measured
About Flipboard: The Social Magazine
Get the day's headlines, deep dives and trending stories with the award-winning Flipboard app. Curated from world-renowned publishers, local outlets and creators, Flipboard brings you trusted content to jumpstart your day or let you catch-up in the evening. Known for its beautiful layouts and clean designs, download the app and start flipping through the pages of Flipboard.
Pick from hundreds of topics and Flipboard creates a beautiful, always-updated news magazine experience. You can always further personalize by following more topics, Magazines or profiles you discover. If you’re looking for inspiration, browse topics by category in the Explore tab. You’ll find everything from business, health, tech, sports, cooking, travel and more. You can even follow local news and events by selecting ‘add local content’ in your Profile settings.
If you find articles or videos you want to collect, use the + (plus) button on any story in Flipboard to add it to your own Magazine. Make your Magazine public to share ideas and interesting stories with an ever-growing community curating on Flipboard.
USE FLIPBOARD TO:
- Keep up on all your interests with the latest stories from leading national publishers including Associate Press, The Washington Post, ESPN, National Geographic, NPR, TIME, The Atlantic, BBC, CBS, NBC and thousands more.
- Follow your city for local updates, regional news, weather, commute, sports, and dining.
- Curate stories you find informative or inspiring and share with others: Use the + (plus) button on any article to save it to your own Flipboard Magazine.
- Follow other experts and enthusiasts who are curating about topics you love.
- Turn on notifications and use the Flipboard widget to get stories delivered to you everyday.
GET FLIPBOARD IN YOUR INBOX:
Enjoy 10 for Today, our flagship newsletter packed with highlights to inform and inspire your day, plus themed roundups in tech, travel, politics and beyond. Human editors handpick every story, focusing on quality publications and creators.
Browse the full lineup at flipboard.com/newsletters.
KEEP UP WITH FLIPBOARD:
For product updates, the latest from our blog, and tips on how to use Flipboard, follow us on Flipboard and other social platforms:
https://flipboard.com/@flipboard
https://bsky.app/profile/flipboard.com
https://www.threads.com/@flipboard
https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard
https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipboard-inc/
We’d love to hear what you think! Reach out to our support team under Settings > Help & Feedback. For any other technical issues or questions, contact us at http://flip.it/help.
Pick from hundreds of topics and Flipboard creates a beautiful, always-updated news magazine experience. You can always further personalize by following more topics, Magazines or profiles you discover. If you’re looking for inspiration, browse topics by category in the Explore tab. You’ll find everything from business, health, tech, sports, cooking, travel and more. You can even follow local news and events by selecting ‘add local content’ in your Profile settings.
If you find articles or videos you want to collect, use the + (plus) button on any story in Flipboard to add it to your own Magazine. Make your Magazine public to share ideas and interesting stories with an ever-growing community curating on Flipboard.
USE FLIPBOARD TO:
- Keep up on all your interests with the latest stories from leading national publishers including Associate Press, The Washington Post, ESPN, National Geographic, NPR, TIME, The Atlantic, BBC, CBS, NBC and thousands more.
- Follow your city for local updates, regional news, weather, commute, sports, and dining.
- Curate stories you find informative or inspiring and share with others: Use the + (plus) button on any article to save it to your own Flipboard Magazine.
- Follow other experts and enthusiasts who are curating about topics you love.
- Turn on notifications and use the Flipboard widget to get stories delivered to you everyday.
GET FLIPBOARD IN YOUR INBOX:
Enjoy 10 for Today, our flagship newsletter packed with highlights to inform and inspire your day, plus themed roundups in tech, travel, politics and beyond. Human editors handpick every story, focusing on quality publications and creators.
Browse the full lineup at flipboard.com/newsletters.
KEEP UP WITH FLIPBOARD:
For product updates, the latest from our blog, and tips on how to use Flipboard, follow us on Flipboard and other social platforms:
https://flipboard.com/@flipboard
https://bsky.app/profile/flipboard.com
https://www.threads.com/@flipboard
https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard
https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipboard-inc/
We’d love to hear what you think! Reach out to our support team under Settings > Help & Feedback. For any other technical issues or questions, contact us at http://flip.it/help.
Latest updates
4.3.73
- Now available on iPhone Duo! Stories unfold across the screen with full-bleed imagery, dual-pane layouts and continuous flow transitions. The joy of the flip, reimagined.
- Open Explore to find publications and collections to follow across news, tech, business, science, travel, style and more.
- Tap the tune icon at the top right of For You to personalize your feed.
4.3.72
- iPhone Duo support
4.3.71
- Follow people posting on Threads, Mastodon and other fediverse services and see what they are sharing in your For You feed.
- Use Search to discover fediverse accounts that can now be followed on Flipboard
- See all accounts you follow, including fediverse accounts, in the Following tab
Store changes
What Flipboard: The Social Magazine changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated
Description updated
Flipboard:Your Social Magazine Android
Flipboard:Your Social Magazine gets 5k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Flipboard:Your Social Magazine is #108 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 11 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperFlipboard
CategoryNews & Magazines
PriceFree
Released
Installs500M+
Rating★ 4.0 (1.4M)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone 10+
Rating
4.0 ★
1.4M ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#108
News & Magazines FreeMeasured
Flipboard:Your Social Magazine on Google Play
App details
App ID
flipboard.app
Publisher
Flipboard, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Flipboard:Your Social Magazine 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 Flipboard:Your Social Magazine'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: Ad-led
How Flipboard:Your Social Magazine makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 38 ad networks
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #108 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #68 |
| Brazil | News & MagazinesFree | #50 |
| Russia | News & MagazinesFree | #51 |
| Indonesia | News & MagazinesFree | #40 |
 France | News & MagazinesFree | #120 |
| Italy | News & MagazinesFree | #79 |
| India | News & MagazinesFree | #119 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesFree | #54 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesFree | #123 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesFree | #123 |
Apps near Flipboard:Your Social Magazine on the chart
News & Magazines Free, around #108.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.0 ★
1.4M ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.4M
Measured
Written reviews
135k
Measured
About Flipboard:Your Social Magazine
Get all the headlines and dive deep into the stories that matter to you with the award-winning Flipboard app. Flipboard is filled with the latest articles, videos and insights, curated by experts, on thousands of topics like business, health, sports, tech and travel.
Personalize Flipboard by selecting topics or following people on federated social networks like Threads and Mastodon to get just the content you care about. You can even follow local news and events. Just enable location services to get a list of towns and cities near you.
Collect stories you like into your own Flipboard Magazine. Use the + (plus) button on any story in Flipboard to add it to your own Magazine. Make your Magazine public to share ideas and insights with an ever-growing community of enthusiasts curating on Flipboard.
USE FLIPBOARD TO:
• Keep up on all your interests with the latest stories from leading national publishers including Associate Press, The Washington Post, ESPN, National Geographic, NPR, TIME, The Atlantic, BBC, CBS, NBC and thousands more.
• Follow your city for local updates on COVID-19 as well as other regional news, weather, commute, sports, and dining.
• Curate stories you find informative or inspiring and share with others: Use the + (plus) button on any article to save it to your own Flipboard Magazine.
• Follow other experts and enthusiasts who are curating about topics you love.
• Turn on notifications and use the Flipboard widget to get stories delivered to you everyday.
GET FLIPBOARD IN YOUR INBOX:
Get the amazing content and curation on Flipboard delivered to your Inbox. There’s a Flipboard Newsletter for all of our most popular topics. Sign up for The Tastiest for foodies, the Tech Briefing for tech enthusiasts, the Climate Briefing for environmental news, Wanderlust for travelers, The Shot for photographers and many more.
Visit flipboard.com/newsletters to view and subscribe to all of the Flipboard Newsletters.
KEEP UP WITH FLIPBOARD:
For product updates, the latest from our blog, and tips on how to use Flipboard, follow us on Flipboard and other social platforms:
https://flipboard.com/@flipboard
www.twitter.com/@flipboard
www.facebook.com/Flipboard
https://www.instagram.com/flipboard/
We’d love to hear what you think! Reach out to our support team under Settings > Help & Feedback. For any other technical issues or questions, contact us at http://flip.it/help .
Personalize Flipboard by selecting topics or following people on federated social networks like Threads and Mastodon to get just the content you care about. You can even follow local news and events. Just enable location services to get a list of towns and cities near you.
Collect stories you like into your own Flipboard Magazine. Use the + (plus) button on any story in Flipboard to add it to your own Magazine. Make your Magazine public to share ideas and insights with an ever-growing community of enthusiasts curating on Flipboard.
USE FLIPBOARD TO:
• Keep up on all your interests with the latest stories from leading national publishers including Associate Press, The Washington Post, ESPN, National Geographic, NPR, TIME, The Atlantic, BBC, CBS, NBC and thousands more.
• Follow your city for local updates on COVID-19 as well as other regional news, weather, commute, sports, and dining.
• Curate stories you find informative or inspiring and share with others: Use the + (plus) button on any article to save it to your own Flipboard Magazine.
• Follow other experts and enthusiasts who are curating about topics you love.
• Turn on notifications and use the Flipboard widget to get stories delivered to you everyday.
GET FLIPBOARD IN YOUR INBOX:
Get the amazing content and curation on Flipboard delivered to your Inbox. There’s a Flipboard Newsletter for all of our most popular topics. Sign up for The Tastiest for foodies, the Tech Briefing for tech enthusiasts, the Climate Briefing for environmental news, Wanderlust for travelers, The Shot for photographers and many more.
Visit flipboard.com/newsletters to view and subscribe to all of the Flipboard Newsletters.
KEEP UP WITH FLIPBOARD:
For product updates, the latest from our blog, and tips on how to use Flipboard, follow us on Flipboard and other social platforms:
https://flipboard.com/@flipboard
www.twitter.com/@flipboard
www.facebook.com/Flipboard
https://www.instagram.com/flipboard/
We’d love to hear what you think! Reach out to our support team under Settings > Help & Feedback. For any other technical issues or questions, contact us at http://flip.it/help .
What's new in 4.3.67
• Follow people on Threads, Mastodon and other fediverse services and see what they’re posting in the new Fediverse Activity carousel in your For You feed.
• Use Search to discover fediverse accounts that can be followed now on Flipboard.
• See all accounts you follow, including fediverse accounts, in the Following tab.
• Use Search to discover fediverse accounts that can be followed now on Flipboard.
• See all accounts you follow, including fediverse accounts, in the Following tab.