South China Morning Post: News: iPhone vs Android
South China Morning Post: News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
South China Morning Post: News by South China Morning Post Publishers 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 ★
8.6k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#5
iPhone · 
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingMeasured
App Store
App details
App ID
623201967
Publisher
South China Morning Post Publishers Limited
Publisher country
Hong Kong
Minimum OS
iOS 16.6+
Content rating
17+
Languages
1
EN
Size
144 MB
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.scmp.newspulse
Publisher
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST PUBLISHERS LIMITED
Publisher country
Hong Kong
Content rating
Everyone
South China Morning Post: News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 100+ | 100k+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 500k+ Measured |
| Total | 500+ Confidence | 1M+ 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 South China Morning Post: 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 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 South China Morning Post: News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 9 ad networks
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
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 | 4.6 ★ | 2.2k |
| Google Play | 4.5 ★ | 6.4k 281 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.6 ★ weighted by ratings | 8.6k |
About South China Morning Post: News
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) has been the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. As Hong Kong’s English-language newspaper of record, our international team of Asia experts, reporters, journalists, photographers and filmmakers are dedicated to providing breaking news and analysis from Hong Kong, China and beyond.
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
Listen-to-article feature so you can listen to stories on the go (subscriber-only)
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues w
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
Listen-to-article feature so you can listen to stories on the go (subscriber-only)
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues w
South China Morning Post: News iPhone
South China Morning Post: News gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
South China Morning Post: News is #5 in Magazines & Newspapers Grossing in China and charting in 14 of 24 countries we track.
Updated 27 Sep 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.6 (2.2k)
Version7.2.6
Age rating17+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100k+ worldwide
Rating
4.6 ★
2.2k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#5
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingMeasured
South China Morning Post: News on the App Store
App details
App ID
623201967
Publisher
South China Morning Post Publishers Limited
Publisher country
Hong Kong
Minimum OS
iOS 16.6+
Content rating
17+
Languages
1
EN
Size
144 MB
South China Morning Post: 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
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 South China Morning Post: 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 South China Morning Post: 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: Ad-led
How South China Morning Post: News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 9 ad networks
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 24 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| China | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #5 |
| China | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #42 |
 Russia | NewsGrossing | #12 |
| United States | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #88 |
 Japan | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #67 |
| Japan | NewsGrossing | #68 |
| Russia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #17 |
 United Kingdom | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #55 |
| United Kingdom | NewsGrossing | #59 |
 South Korea | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #43 |
| South Korea | NewsGrossing | #49 |
 Indonesia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #32 |
 Canada | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #60 |
| Indonesia | NewsGrossing | #36 |
| South Korea | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #91 |
 Australia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #72 |
| Australia | NewsGrossing | #74 |
| Canada | NewsGrossing | #75 |
| Indonesia | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #40 |
| Indonesia | NewsFree | #60 |
 Saudi Arabia | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #72 |
 France | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #149 |
| Saudi Arabia | NewsGrossing | #98 |
 United Arab Emirates | Magazines & NewspapersGrossing | #65 |
 Brazil | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #153 |
 Italy | Magazines & NewspapersFree | #128 |
Apps near South China Morning Post: News on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
2.2k ratings
Measured
Ratings
2.2k
Measured
About South China Morning Post: News
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) has been the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. As Hong Kong’s English-language newspaper of record, our international team of Asia experts, reporters, journalists, photographers and filmmakers are dedicated to providing breaking news and analysis from Hong Kong, China and beyond.
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
Listen-to-article feature so you can listen to stories on the go (subscriber-only)
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues w
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
Listen-to-article feature so you can listen to stories on the go (subscriber-only)
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues w
Latest updates
7.2.6
South China Morning Post Android
South China Morning Post gets 500+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, September 2026, rounded down to a band).
South China Morning Post is #172 in News & Magazines Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 5 of 15 countries we track.
Updated 27 Sep 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperSCMP Publishers Limited
CategoryNews & Magazines
PriceFree
Released
Installs500k+
Rating★ 4.5 (6.4k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.5 ★
6.4k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#172
News & Magazines FreeMeasured
South China Morning Post on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.scmp.newspulse
Publisher
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST PUBLISHERS LIMITED
Publisher country
Hong Kong
Content rating
Everyone
South China Morning Post 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 South China Morning Post'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 South China Morning Post 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: Ad-led
How South China Morning Post makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
In-app purchasesAds · 9 ad networks
One-off purchases
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 15 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #172 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #76 |
| Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #67 |
| Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #73 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #67 |
Apps near South China Morning Post on the chart
News & Magazines Free, around #172.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.5 ★
6.4k ratings
Measured
Ratings
6.4k
Measured
Written reviews
281
Measured
About South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) has been the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. As Hong Kong’s English-language newspaper of record, our international team of Asia experts, reporters, journalists, photographers and filmmakers are dedicated to providing breaking news and analysis from Hong Kong, China and beyond.
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues with SCMP Films, SCMP Spotlight and SCMP Podcasts, plus video, infographics, picture
Our unique home base of Hong Kong allows us to have in-depth understanding of the China story from an insider’s perspective, while enjoying a high level of press freedom and independence granted by the city’s special constitutional principle of “One country, two systems”. Today, our dedication to representing the region with our editorial motto, “truth and fairness” is more relevant than ever before.
Our new app is our biggest app update ever. The update lets you explore curated content tailored to your news interests with My News, and informs you on the stories that matter to you with the redesigned top menu that allows you customise your reading preferences.
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM
Download the South China Morning Post app and receive instant access to the SCMP’s award-winning journalism including coverage of the latest breaking news, both regionally and globally, including: US-China trade war and tech war, Trump vs Xi Jinping, the Hong Kong National Security law, Hong Kong protests and electoral changes, China military, South China Sea news, China’s relations with the EU, India and Australia, health and wellness, fashion and lifestyle updates, climate change and much much more.
KEY FEATURES
Breaking news alerts, tailored to your interests, including exclusives, explainers, live coverage and developing stories
Focus View, a personalised content discovery feature that keeps you informed on what matters to you
Article bookmarking to save your favourite features and articles
Follow your favourite topic/author with myNEWS and get five daily stories curated for you, plus a personalised feed of our most popular content
Customisable bottom navigation, so you can add, remove and rearrange your favourite sections with ease
Tailored top menu for seamless browsing of your preferred topics
CONTENT AND COVERAGE
Keep informed with the latest Hong Kong and China headlines, opinion pieces, plus stories from the rest of the world
Full access to all SCMP content, including publications such as Post Magazine, This Week in Asia and Style
Full access to SCMP’s award-winning journalism including Hong Kong news, China news, Asia news, Business, Politics, Economy, Lifestyle, Tech, Health, and Sports
Wide-range of regional topics from our Asia experts including North Korea, South China Sea tensions, China’s Economy, Belt and Road, K-pop, as-well-as a spotlight on China’s tech-giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Bytedance, and Alibaba, Huawei and Xiaomi
Explore new ways to discover our insightful, unique content and current issues with SCMP Films, SCMP Spotlight and SCMP Podcasts, plus video, infographics, picture
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