Sky News: Breaking, UK & World: iPhone vs Android
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World by Sky UK Limited 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
4.6 ★
58k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#8
iPhone · 
News Free
News FreeMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
316391924
Publisher
Sky UK Limited
Content rating
12+
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.bskyb.skynews.android
Publisher
Sky UK Limited
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Sky News: Breaking, UK & World 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 | 1k+ | 5M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 10M+ 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 Sky News: Breaking, UK & World'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 Sky News: Breaking, UK & World makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 45 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 ★ | 487 |
| Google Play | 4.6 ★ | 58k 894 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 58k |
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Download our app for award-winning journalism and breaking news stories from the UK and around the world.
At Sky News, our mission is to give you the full story, first, wherever you get your news. Because when you've got the full story, you can make up your own mind. We believe this has never mattered more.
We give you the full story, first:
- Taking you there, 24:7. So you can see what's really happening.
- Asking the big questions. So you can find out what matters.
- Through bold and independent reporting. Giving you a fresh perspective.
Key features:
- Breaking news notifications - be the first to find out about major developing stories
- Watch Sky News Live 24/7, with multiple livestreams often available
- Listen to our podcasts including Electoral Dysfunction, Cheat Sheet, Politics at Sam and Anne's, and more
- Easy navigation to see headlines on multiple topics from politics to entertainment.
- Supports your device settings, including font size and dark mode
- Challenge yourself with our dedicated puzzles section, featuring Sudoku, Totalize and more
Please note: Watching video may incur additional mobile network and/or Wifi charges.