New Scientist: iPhone vs Android
New Scientist gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
New Scientist by New Scientist Ltd 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
4.2 ★
7.1k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#26
Android · 
News & Magazines Grossing
News & Magazines GrossingMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
671845403
Publisher
New Scientist Ltd
Content rating
12+
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.newscientist.mobile
Publisher
New Scientist
Content rating
Everyone 10+
New Scientist downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 100+ | – |
| Google Play | 100+ | 500k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 500k+ 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 New Scientist'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
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: Ad-led
How New Scientist makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingRatings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 49 |
| Google Play | 4.2 ★ | 7.1k 399 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.2 ★ weighted by ratings | 7.1k |
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