The Wall Street Journal News Downloads & RevenueThe Wall Street Journal News · App Store & Google Play
The Wall Street Journal News gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Wall Street Journal News by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
The Wall Street Journal News update history & changes
Last change · 96 events since 1 Apr 2010Full timeline ↓🌟iOSFeatured by Apple✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: gives🌟iOSFeatured by Apple✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: real-world📈iOSHit #1📦iOSUpdated to version 15.13.0📈AndroidEntered the top 100📦iOSUpdated to version 15.12.3📈AndroidCharting in a new country🎉iOSIn-app event: Follow the 2026 Midterms📣iOSStarted a new ad📈iOSEntered the top 10📦AndroidUpdated to version 15.12.0.42675📦AndroidNow updating weekly✏️AndroidDescription updated✏️AndroidShort description updated🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play
Full timeline · 96 events
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: givesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: real-worldiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN, US
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News hit #1iOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · IN
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.13.0iOS-Bugfixes
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN, US
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN, US
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN, US
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: resultsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: exclusiveiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · BR
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.12.3iOSBugfixes.
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News charting in a new countryAndroidBrazil
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News new best rank in the overall chart: #110AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · US
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · GB
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.12.2iOSBugfixes.
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: stockiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: economist, stockiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🎉The Wall Street Journal News in-app event: Follow the 2026 MidtermsiOSLIVE EVENT · until 6 Nov
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.12.1iOSBug Fixes and Improvements
- 📣The Wall Street Journal News started a new adiOS3
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 10iOSTop Free · News · CA
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.12.0.42675AndroidNo release notes
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News: now updating weeklyAndroid4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · TH
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: changesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.12.0iOS- Bug fixes
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: navigatoriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: headlinesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🆕The Wall Street Journal News: its developer released another app: DJ 読売 ProiOS
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: financeiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 16 countries
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · 16 countries
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: description updatedAndroid· US
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: short description updatedAndroid· US
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: new screenshotsAndroid9 screenshots (was 9) · US
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: renamedAndroidThe Wall Street Journal. News → The Wall Street Journal · US
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.11.0.42207AndroidBugfixes and minor improvements.
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News new best rank in the overall chart: #111AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · US
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.11.1iOS- Bug fixes
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · NL
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News new best rank in the overall chart: #112AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · US
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News charting in a new countryAndroidNetherlands
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: businessiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.10.2.41973AndroidBugfixes and minor improvements.
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: keywords changediOS· US
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 10 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · MX · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · TH · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · TR · Top Grossing · News & Magazines · VN
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidMexico · Thailand · Turkey · Vietnam
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: substackiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: financialiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: description updatediOS· 16 countries
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 16 countries
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · 16 countries
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News: renamediOSThe Wall Street Journal. News → The Wall Street Journal News · 16 countries
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · DE
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News charting in a new countryAndroidGermany
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.11.0iOS- Bug fixes
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: stockiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🎉The Wall Street Journal News in-app event: Navigate the World of WellnessiOSSPECIAL EVENT · until 6 Nov
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: substackiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · News & Magazines · AE
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: financeiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: exclusivesiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎The Wall Street Journal News reached Top 10 for “news”iOS#9 in Saudi Arabia search · popularity 63
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: finance, stocks, magazineiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.10.1.41309AndroidNo release notes
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: nytiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News hit #1 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · RU · Top Grossing · Magazines & Newspapers · SA
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · JP
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News new best rank in the overall chart: #114AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · US
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News hit #1iOSTop Grossing · News · RU
- 📈The Wall Street Journal News entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · News & Magazines · CA
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: newspapers, finance, handelsblattiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- ✏️The Wall Street Journal News added hidden keywords: australian, economist, financialiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News updated to version 15.10.0iOS- Bug fixes
- 🆕The Wall Street Journal News first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕The Wall Street Journal News first spotted by AppInsideriOS#57 in Top Free · News · Japan
- 🌟The Wall Street Journal News featured by AppleiOSapps · GB, IN
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News version 15.9.0.40343AndroidBugfixes and minor improvements.
- 📦The Wall Street Journal News version 15.9.0iOSNo release notes
- 🎉The Wall Street Journal News in-app event: Play Your Daily PuzzlesiOSAppEvent.Type.Label.MajorUpdate · until 3 Oct
- 🆕The Wall Street Journal News released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕The Wall Street Journal News released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
638k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#2
App Store · 
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingMeasured
The Wall Street Journal News at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-09. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The Wall Street Journal News is a free mobile application by Dow Jones & Company that provides breaking business news, market data, and in-depth analysis to professionals and decision-makers. The app consistently ranks in the top 10 for grossing revenue in the Magazines & Newspapers category across major markets including the US, UAE, China, and Saudi Arabia, indicating strong monetization despite its free download model.
Similar apps: Bloomberg: Business News, Financial Times, Reuters
App Store
App details
App ID
364387007
Publisher
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Apr 2010
16 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
5 content notes below
Languages
2
EN JA
Size
197 MB
Also listed in
Magazines & Newspapers
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild ContestsFrequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
Google Play
App details
App ID
wsj.reader_sp
Publisher
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v15.7.0.37994, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
13
Permissions
22
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
The Wall Street Journal News downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 100+ | 10M+ |
| Google Play | 500+ | 5M+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 10M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: 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 The Wall Street Journal 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: Subscription-led
How The Wall Street Journal News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 18 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 2 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 3 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 4 | WSJ Twelve Month Subscription subscription | |
| 5 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 6 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 7 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 8 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 9 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 10 | The Wall Street Journal subscription |
Hidden keywords
The Wall Street Journal News shows up in App Store search (US) for 4 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #2 Magazines & Newspapers Grossing | 16 of 30 countries | #7 | #2 |
| Google Play | #3 News & Magazines Grossing | 15 of 23 countries | #35 | #3 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
–
Apple's rating count fell over the last 4 weeks: it removed more ratings than came in (spam clean-ups, deleted accounts), so the pace can't be read right now
Written reviews a week
3.2
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
1.9★
people who write skew negative
Google Play
New ratings a week
–
Google Play's rating count fell over the last 4 weeks: it removed more ratings than came in (spam clean-ups, deleted accounts), so the pace can't be read right now
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.2★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review 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.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 552k |
| Google Play | 4.4 ★ | 86k 22k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 638k |
What users say about The Wall Street Journal News
From the 72 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are overwhelmingly frustrated by intrusive autoplay videos with sound and ads that persist despite paid subscriptions. Critical functionality issues, such as broken offline access and login failures, have led many to threaten cancellation.
Mostly negative (10% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Subscription charged as in-app purchases”
- Ads: “Too many mobile ads make for poor user experience”
- Updates: “Horrible update to iPad app”
- Crashes & bugs: “Download editions only to get a no connection error when trying to read an article on a plane with no WiFi”
About The Wall Street Journal News
**By downloading the app, you agree to Dow Jones Terms of Use, Privacy Notice and Cookie Notice**
People who get ahead are the ones who know first. The WSJ app is built for them––the ambitious, the curious, the ones who treat being informed as a competitive edge. More than a place to catch up on headlines, The Wall Street Journal is your daily source of trusted insights and in-depth analysis that decision-makers around the world have relied on since 1889.
Download the WSJ app and get instant access to breaking news, daily headlines and award-winning journalism that moves the market, shapes business and drives the economy—so you're never the last to know.
Simple and easy to use, the WSJ app puts trusted information at your fingertips wherever and whenever you need it—from live stock market insights and stories making national headlines to global market data and updates on major world events. Receive personalized alerts and notifications with breaking news developments and updates from around the world—from the United States and Canada to Europe, Asia and more.
Plus, explore a wide range of dedicated sections with insightful articles, including: Politics, Opinion, World News, Lifestyle, U.S. News, Technology, Economy and more.
Key benefits include:
(+) Full access to the WSJ app, WSJ.com and WSJ. Magazine—our award-winning lifestyle publication.
(+) New feature: Read to Me—listen to WSJ articles anywhere, anytime, so you can stay sharp on your commute, at the gym or between meetings.
(+) New feature: Puzzles—take a smart break with the WSJ's daily crossword and sudoku, right from your phone or tablet.
(+) Multiple ways to read the newspaper, including access to global digital editions of The Wall Street Journal—U.S., Europe and Asia.
(+) Trusted insights from a world-renowned US newspaper, with over 125 years of peerless reporting and award-winning journalism.
(+) Breaking news coverage and real-time market quotes, along with expert analysis, in-depth reporting and commentary that helps you stay ahead, not just informed.
(+) Offline reading, so you never lose momentum, wherever you are.
(+) World-renowned business and finance news with insights and opinion on the economy, global markets, and world finance—plus real-time stock quotes, Dow futures and the latest on mergers and acquisitions.
(+) What's News feed: A real-time feed curated by WSJ's award-winning journalists, featuring the must-know global news across business, finance, politics and the economy throughout the day.
(+) Ability to print out articles directly from your mobile device.
(+) Save and share articles to read later in the MyWSJ feed.
(+) News alerts and notifications for breaking news, headlines, developing stories and live updates—including the ability to follow your favorite journalists.
(+) Seamlessly integrated market data within articles, including real-time stock quotes, index performance, company-specific metrics, historical charts and more.
(+) Personal
People who get ahead are the ones who know first. The WSJ app is built for them––the ambitious, the curious, the ones who treat being informed as a competitive edge. More than a place to catch up on headlines, The Wall Street Journal is your daily source of trusted insights and in-depth analysis that decision-makers around the world have relied on since 1889.
Download the WSJ app and get instant access to breaking news, daily headlines and award-winning journalism that moves the market, shapes business and drives the economy—so you're never the last to know.
Simple and easy to use, the WSJ app puts trusted information at your fingertips wherever and whenever you need it—from live stock market insights and stories making national headlines to global market data and updates on major world events. Receive personalized alerts and notifications with breaking news developments and updates from around the world—from the United States and Canada to Europe, Asia and more.
Plus, explore a wide range of dedicated sections with insightful articles, including: Politics, Opinion, World News, Lifestyle, U.S. News, Technology, Economy and more.
Key benefits include:
(+) Full access to the WSJ app, WSJ.com and WSJ. Magazine—our award-winning lifestyle publication.
(+) New feature: Read to Me—listen to WSJ articles anywhere, anytime, so you can stay sharp on your commute, at the gym or between meetings.
(+) New feature: Puzzles—take a smart break with the WSJ's daily crossword and sudoku, right from your phone or tablet.
(+) Multiple ways to read the newspaper, including access to global digital editions of The Wall Street Journal—U.S., Europe and Asia.
(+) Trusted insights from a world-renowned US newspaper, with over 125 years of peerless reporting and award-winning journalism.
(+) Breaking news coverage and real-time market quotes, along with expert analysis, in-depth reporting and commentary that helps you stay ahead, not just informed.
(+) Offline reading, so you never lose momentum, wherever you are.
(+) World-renowned business and finance news with insights and opinion on the economy, global markets, and world finance—plus real-time stock quotes, Dow futures and the latest on mergers and acquisitions.
(+) What's News feed: A real-time feed curated by WSJ's award-winning journalists, featuring the must-know global news across business, finance, politics and the economy throughout the day.
(+) Ability to print out articles directly from your mobile device.
(+) Save and share articles to read later in the MyWSJ feed.
(+) News alerts and notifications for breaking news, headlines, developing stories and live updates—including the ability to follow your favorite journalists.
(+) Seamlessly integrated market data within articles, including real-time stock quotes, index performance, company-specific metrics, historical charts and more.
(+) Personal
The Wall Street Journal News App Store
The Wall Street Journal News gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Wall Street Journal News is #2 in Magazines & Newspapers Grossing in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
CategoryNews
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (552k)
Version15.13.0
Age rating17+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10M+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
552k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#2
Magazines & Newspapers GrossingMeasured
The Wall Street Journal News at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-09. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The Wall Street Journal News is a free mobile application by Dow Jones & Company that provides breaking business news, market data, and in-depth analysis to professionals and decision-makers. The app consistently ranks in the top 10 for grossing revenue in the Magazines & Newspapers category across major markets including the US, UAE, China, and Saudi Arabia, indicating strong monetization despite its free download model.
Similar apps: Bloomberg: Business News, Financial Times, Reuters
The Wall Street Journal News on the App Store
App details
App ID
364387007
Publisher
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Apr 2010
16 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
17+
5 content notes below
Languages
2
EN JA
Size
197 MB
Also listed in
Magazines & Newspapers
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment InformationInfrequent/Mild ContestsFrequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive ThemesInfrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or ReferencesInfrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
The Wall Street Journal 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. App Store 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 The Wall Street Journal 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 The Wall Street Journal News before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: Subscription-led
How The Wall Street Journal News makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 18 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 2 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 3 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 4 | WSJ Twelve Month Subscription subscription | |
| 5 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 6 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 7 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 8 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 9 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 10 | The Wall Street Journal subscription |
Hidden keywords
The Wall Street Journal News shows up in App Store search (US) for 4 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
Apps near The Wall Street Journal News on the chart
Magazines & Newspapers Grossing, around #2.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
552k ratings
Measured
Ratings
552k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
–
Apple's rating count fell over the last 4 weeks: it removed more ratings than came in (spam clean-ups, deleted accounts), so the pace can't be read right now
Written reviews a week
3.2
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
1.9★
people who write skew negative
Review 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 Wall Street Journal News
From the 72 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are overwhelmingly frustrated by intrusive autoplay videos with sound and ads that persist despite paid subscriptions. Critical functionality issues, such as broken offline access and login failures, have led many to threaten cancellation.
Mostly negative (10% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Subscription charged as in-app purchases”
- Ads: “Too many mobile ads make for poor user experience”
- Updates: “Horrible update to iPad app”
- Crashes & bugs: “Download editions only to get a no connection error when trying to read an article on a plane with no WiFi”
About The Wall Street Journal News
**By downloading the app, you agree to Dow Jones Terms of Use, Privacy Notice and Cookie Notice**
People who get ahead are the ones who know first. The WSJ app is built for them––the ambitious, the curious, the ones who treat being informed as a competitive edge. More than a place to catch up on headlines, The Wall Street Journal is your daily source of trusted insights and in-depth analysis that decision-makers around the world have relied on since 1889.
Download the WSJ app and get instant access to breaking news, daily headlines and award-winning journalism that moves the market, shapes business and drives the economy—so you're never the last to know.
Simple and easy to use, the WSJ app puts trusted information at your fingertips wherever and whenever you need it—from live stock market insights and stories making national headlines to global market data and updates on major world events. Receive personalized alerts and notifications with breaking news developments and updates from around the world—from the United States and Canada to Europe, Asia and more.
Plus, explore a wide range of dedicated sections with insightful articles, including: Politics, Opinion, World News, Lifestyle, U.S. News, Technology, Economy and more.
Key benefits include:
(+) Full access to the WSJ app, WSJ.com and WSJ. Magazine—our award-winning lifestyle publication.
(+) New feature: Read to Me—listen to WSJ articles anywhere, anytime, so you can stay sharp on your commute, at the gym or between meetings.
(+) New feature: Puzzles—take a smart break with the WSJ's daily crossword and sudoku, right from your phone or tablet.
(+) Multiple ways to read the newspaper, including access to global digital editions of The Wall Street Journal—U.S., Europe and Asia.
(+) Trusted insights from a world-renowned US newspaper, with over 125 years of peerless reporting and award-winning journalism.
(+) Breaking news coverage and real-time market quotes, along with expert analysis, in-depth reporting and commentary that helps you stay ahead, not just informed.
(+) Offline reading, so you never lose momentum, wherever you are.
(+) World-renowned business and finance news with insights and opinion on the economy, global markets, and world finance—plus real-time stock quotes, Dow futures and the latest on mergers and acquisitions.
(+) What's News feed: A real-time feed curated by WSJ's award-winning journalists, featuring the must-know global news across business, finance, politics and the economy throughout the day.
(+) Ability to print out articles directly from your mobile device.
(+) Save and share articles to read later in the MyWSJ feed.
(+) News alerts and notifications for breaking news, headlines, developing stories and live updates—including the ability to follow your favorite journalists.
(+) Seamlessly integrated market data within articles, including real-time stock quotes, index performance, company-specific metrics, historical charts and more.
(+) Personal
People who get ahead are the ones who know first. The WSJ app is built for them––the ambitious, the curious, the ones who treat being informed as a competitive edge. More than a place to catch up on headlines, The Wall Street Journal is your daily source of trusted insights and in-depth analysis that decision-makers around the world have relied on since 1889.
Download the WSJ app and get instant access to breaking news, daily headlines and award-winning journalism that moves the market, shapes business and drives the economy—so you're never the last to know.
Simple and easy to use, the WSJ app puts trusted information at your fingertips wherever and whenever you need it—from live stock market insights and stories making national headlines to global market data and updates on major world events. Receive personalized alerts and notifications with breaking news developments and updates from around the world—from the United States and Canada to Europe, Asia and more.
Plus, explore a wide range of dedicated sections with insightful articles, including: Politics, Opinion, World News, Lifestyle, U.S. News, Technology, Economy and more.
Key benefits include:
(+) Full access to the WSJ app, WSJ.com and WSJ. Magazine—our award-winning lifestyle publication.
(+) New feature: Read to Me—listen to WSJ articles anywhere, anytime, so you can stay sharp on your commute, at the gym or between meetings.
(+) New feature: Puzzles—take a smart break with the WSJ's daily crossword and sudoku, right from your phone or tablet.
(+) Multiple ways to read the newspaper, including access to global digital editions of The Wall Street Journal—U.S., Europe and Asia.
(+) Trusted insights from a world-renowned US newspaper, with over 125 years of peerless reporting and award-winning journalism.
(+) Breaking news coverage and real-time market quotes, along with expert analysis, in-depth reporting and commentary that helps you stay ahead, not just informed.
(+) Offline reading, so you never lose momentum, wherever you are.
(+) World-renowned business and finance news with insights and opinion on the economy, global markets, and world finance—plus real-time stock quotes, Dow futures and the latest on mergers and acquisitions.
(+) What's News feed: A real-time feed curated by WSJ's award-winning journalists, featuring the must-know global news across business, finance, politics and the economy throughout the day.
(+) Ability to print out articles directly from your mobile device.
(+) Save and share articles to read later in the MyWSJ feed.
(+) News alerts and notifications for breaking news, headlines, developing stories and live updates—including the ability to follow your favorite journalists.
(+) Seamlessly integrated market data within articles, including real-time stock quotes, index performance, company-specific metrics, historical charts and more.
(+) Personal
Latest updates
15.13.0
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15.12.3
Bugfixes.
15.12.2
Bugfixes.
Store changes
What The Wall Street Journal News changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
6 screenshots (was 6)
Keywords changed
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The Wall Street Journal Android
The Wall Street Journal gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
The Wall Street Journal is #3 in News & Magazines Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 15 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperDow Jones & Company, Inc.
CategoryNews & Magazines
PriceFree
Released
Installs5M+
Rating★ 4.4 (86k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone 10+
Rating
4.4 ★
86k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#3
News & Magazines GrossingMeasured
The Wall Street Journal at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The Wall Street Journal app provides business and financial news, market data, and analysis to professionals and investors. It ranks #3 in US News & Magazines Grossing charts, indicating strong monetization relative to free alternatives.
Similar apps: Bloomberg, Financial Times, Reuters
The Wall Street Journal on Google Play
App details
App ID
wsj.reader_sp
Publisher
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone 10+
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v15.7.0.37994, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
13
Permissions
22
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
The Wall Street Journal 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 The Wall Street Journal'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 The Wall Street Journal before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: Subscription-led
How The Wall Street Journal makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 18 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 2 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 3 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 4 | WSJ Twelve Month Subscription subscription | |
| 5 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 6 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 7 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 8 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 9 | The Wall Street Journal subscription | |
| 10 | The Wall Street Journal subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | News & MagazinesGrossing | #3 |
| India | News & MagazinesGrossing | #6 |
| United States | News & MagazinesFree | #35 |
| United States | All AppsGrossing | #120 |
 Mexico | News & MagazinesGrossing | #6 |
| Saudi Arabia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #6 |
| Indonesia | News & MagazinesGrossing | #6 |
| Canada | News & MagazinesGrossing | #11 |
 Netherlands | News & MagazinesGrossing | #6 |
 Turkey | News & MagazinesGrossing | #6 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesGrossing | #6 |
| Japan | News & MagazinesFree | #59 |
 Thailand | News & MagazinesGrossing | #6 |
 Vietnam | News & MagazinesGrossing | #6 |
| United Kingdom | News & MagazinesFree | #67 |
| South Korea | News & MagazinesFree | #66 |
| Canada | News & MagazinesFree | #50 |
| Germany | News & MagazinesFree | #171 |
| India | News & MagazinesFree | #186 |
| United Arab Emirates | News & MagazinesFree | #87 |
| Thailand | News & MagazinesFree | #106 |
Apps near The Wall Street Journal on the chart
News & Magazines Grossing, around #3.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.4 ★
86k ratings
Measured
Ratings
86k
Measured
Written reviews
22k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
–
Google Play's rating count fell over the last 4 weeks: it removed more ratings than came in (spam clean-ups, deleted accounts), so the pace can't be read right now
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.2★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review 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 Wall Street Journal
From the 110 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users frequently report critical bugs including broken comment sections, inconsistent dark mode, and articles opening in external browsers instead of the app. Subscription management issues via Google Play and the inability to adjust font size independently of system settings are major pain points.
Mostly negative (23% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for easy sign-in, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and login and account problems. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Login & account: “Google Play login doesn't work”
- Ease of use: “Delivers the headlines in a convenient way”
- Useful: “Works Great Samsung Fold Seven”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “cancelled my subscription”
- Login & account: “How many times do I need to login?”
- Crashes & bugs: “crashes everyday on my pixel 8”
- Features & content: “I do love the content though”
About The Wall Street Journal
**By downloading the app, you agree to Dow Jones Terms of Use, Privacy Notice and Cookie Notice**
People who get ahead are the ones who know first. The WSJ app is built for them––the ambitious, the curious, the ones who treat being informed as a competitive edge. More than a place to catch up on headlines, The Wall Street Journal is your daily source of trusted insights and in-depth analysis that decision-makers around the world have relied on since 1889.
Download the WSJ app and get instant access to breaking news, daily headlines and award-winning journalism that moves the market, shapes business and drives the economy—so you're never the last to know.
Simple and easy to use, the WSJ app puts trusted information at your fingertips wherever and whenever you need it—from live stock market insights and stories making national headlines to global market data and updates on major world events. Receive personalized alerts and notifications with breaking news developments and updates from around the world—from the United States and Canada to Europe, Asia and more.
Plus, explore a wide range of dedicated sections with insightful articles, including: Politics, Opinion, World News, Lifestyle, U.S. News, Technology, Economy and more.
Key benefits include:
(+) Full access to the WSJ app, WSJ.com and WSJ. Magazine—our award-winning lifestyle publication.
(+) New feature: Read to Me—listen to WSJ articles anywhere, anytime, so you can stay sharp on your commute, at the gym or between meetings.
(+) New feature: Puzzles—take a smart break with the WSJ's daily crossword and sudoku, right from your phone or tablet.
(+) Multiple ways to read the newspaper, including access to global digital editions of The Wall Street Journal—U.S., Europe and Asia.
(+) Trusted insights from a world-renowned US newspaper, with over 125 years of peerless reporting and award-winning journalism.
(+) Breaking news coverage and real-time market quotes, along with expert analysis, in-depth reporting and commentary that helps you stay ahead, not just informed.
(+) Offline reading, so you never lose momentum, wherever you are.
(+) World-renowned business and finance news with insights and opinion on the economy, global markets, and world finance—plus real-time stock quotes, Dow futures and the latest on mergers and acquisitions.
(+) What's News feed: A real-time feed curated by WSJ's award-winning journalists, featuring the must-know global news across business, finance, politics and the economy throughout the day.
(+) Ability to print out articles directly from your mobile device.
(+) Save and share articles to read later in the MyWSJ feed.
(+) News alerts and notifications for breaking news, headlines, developing stories and live updates—including the ability to follow your favorite journalists.
(+) Seamlessly integrated market data within articles, including real-time stock quotes, index performance, company-specific metrics, historical charts and more.
(+) Personalized news alerts
People who get ahead are the ones who know first. The WSJ app is built for them––the ambitious, the curious, the ones who treat being informed as a competitive edge. More than a place to catch up on headlines, The Wall Street Journal is your daily source of trusted insights and in-depth analysis that decision-makers around the world have relied on since 1889.
Download the WSJ app and get instant access to breaking news, daily headlines and award-winning journalism that moves the market, shapes business and drives the economy—so you're never the last to know.
Simple and easy to use, the WSJ app puts trusted information at your fingertips wherever and whenever you need it—from live stock market insights and stories making national headlines to global market data and updates on major world events. Receive personalized alerts and notifications with breaking news developments and updates from around the world—from the United States and Canada to Europe, Asia and more.
Plus, explore a wide range of dedicated sections with insightful articles, including: Politics, Opinion, World News, Lifestyle, U.S. News, Technology, Economy and more.
Key benefits include:
(+) Full access to the WSJ app, WSJ.com and WSJ. Magazine—our award-winning lifestyle publication.
(+) New feature: Read to Me—listen to WSJ articles anywhere, anytime, so you can stay sharp on your commute, at the gym or between meetings.
(+) New feature: Puzzles—take a smart break with the WSJ's daily crossword and sudoku, right from your phone or tablet.
(+) Multiple ways to read the newspaper, including access to global digital editions of The Wall Street Journal—U.S., Europe and Asia.
(+) Trusted insights from a world-renowned US newspaper, with over 125 years of peerless reporting and award-winning journalism.
(+) Breaking news coverage and real-time market quotes, along with expert analysis, in-depth reporting and commentary that helps you stay ahead, not just informed.
(+) Offline reading, so you never lose momentum, wherever you are.
(+) World-renowned business and finance news with insights and opinion on the economy, global markets, and world finance—plus real-time stock quotes, Dow futures and the latest on mergers and acquisitions.
(+) What's News feed: A real-time feed curated by WSJ's award-winning journalists, featuring the must-know global news across business, finance, politics and the economy throughout the day.
(+) Ability to print out articles directly from your mobile device.
(+) Save and share articles to read later in the MyWSJ feed.
(+) News alerts and notifications for breaking news, headlines, developing stories and live updates—including the ability to follow your favorite journalists.
(+) Seamlessly integrated market data within articles, including real-time stock quotes, index performance, company-specific metrics, historical charts and more.
(+) Personalized news alerts
Store changes
What The Wall Street Journal changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated
Short description updated
New screenshots
9 screenshots (was 9)
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