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News · Ranking board

Best Free in News

The finest things in News that cost nothing at all.

Apps considered
1,031
Qualifying rule

A free News app with at least 500 ratings.

Recomputed

15 Nov 2026

Confidence

Medium · computed proxy

The board

Ranked by average
  1. 1 Local Matters: Where You Live Life Agents, LLC 4.9 average
  2. 2 The Babylon Bee The Babylon Bee, LLC 4.9 average
  3. 3 Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc. 4.9 average
  4. 4 Neo Mambí Orelvis Lago Vasallo 4.9 average
  5. 5 The Atlantic Magazine The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC 4.9 average
  6. 6 TrueShort - Stream True Crime Humans Anonymous, Inc 4.9 average
  7. 7 AJN LIVE BiglyWellness 4.9 average
  8. 8 Aquí.PR: Noticias Puerto Rico Blimp 4.9 average
  9. 9 Podcast App & Player - Castbox Guru Network Limited 4.9 average
  10. 10 Church News Deseret News Publishing Company 4.9 average
  11. 11 CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio Scoopz Inc. 4.9 average
  12. 12 The White House The Official White House 4.9 average
  13. 13 KQED: Bay Area Culture & News KQED Inc. 4.9 average
  14. 14 The Bulwark Center Enterprises, Inc. 4.9 average
  15. 15 Trump Tracker: News & Politics SunFuture Inc. 4.9 average
  16. 16 ACLJ The American Center for Law and Justice 4.9 average
  17. 17 Funker530 Funker530 4.9 average
  18. 18 Automotive News Crain Communications, Inc. 4.9 average
  19. 19 This is Tucson Star Publishing Company 4.9 average
  20. 20 The Free Press Runaway Media Inc. 4.9 average
  21. 21 Alpha News MN Alpha News (MN) 4.9 average
  22. 22 RocaNews: Unbiased & fun news RocaNews 4.9 average
  23. 23 WHYY Listen: News & Podcasts WHYY, Inc. 4.9 average
  24. 24 California Post NYP Holdings, Inc. 4.9 average
  25. 25 Feedc - Local news Feedc 4.9 average
  26. 26 Substack Substack, Inc. 4.9 average
  27. 27 The Economist: News & Analysis The Economist 4.9 average
  28. 28 RSBN Right Side Broadcasting Network, LLC 4.9 average
  29. 29 Next Spaceflight NASASpaceflight LLC 4.9 average
  30. 30 HYPE by Hypebeast Hypebeast Hong Kong Limited 4.9 average
  31. 31 The Guardian - US & World News Guardian News and Media Limited 4.9 average
  32. 32 The Atlas News Atlas News, LLC 4.9 average
  33. 33 BenCast: News Commentary Linh Huynh Lam 4.9 average
  34. 34 Epoch Times: Live & Breaking Epoch Usa Inc 4.9 average
  35. 35 TODAY Show NBC News Digital, LLC 4.9 average
  36. 36 Espresso: World news in a shot The Economist 4.9 average
  37. 37 WBUR 90.9 WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station 4.9 average
  38. 38 The Pour Over The Pour Over 4.9 average
  39. 39 Tijuana Good News Axel Ramirez 4.9 average
  40. 40 WHOG 95.7FM - The Hog SOUTHERN STONE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 4.9 average
  41. 41 MINGHUI Minghui Center Corp 4.9 average
  42. 42 TMZ Ehm Productions, Inc. 4.8 average
  43. 43 Spotify for Creators Spotify 4.8 average
  44. 44 Corpus Christi News from KIII Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  45. 45 CryptoPanic CryptoPanic 4.8 average
  46. 46 Epoch TV Epoch Usa Inc 4.8 average
  47. 47 Mississippi Today Deep South Today 4.8 average
  48. 48 Podbean Podcast App & Player Podbean Incorporated 4.8 average
  49. 49 San Antonio News from KENS 5 Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  50. 50 THM News Salem Communications 4.8 average
  51. 51 Real News Now Republican News Real News Now LLC 4.8 average
  52. 52 NTD: Live TV & Breaking News New Tang Dynasty Television 4.8 average
  53. 53 Farda Station - ایستگاه فردا Dayana Networks Ltd 4.8 average
  54. 54 ABC24 - Memphis News Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  55. 55 feeeed: rss reader and more James Parrott 4.8 average
  56. 56 Tide Clock and Tide Times Mark Totzke 4.8 average
  57. 57 Free Speech TV Public Communicators, Inc 4.8 average
  58. 58 Medium: Read & Write Stories A Medium Corporation 4.8 average
  59. 59 Financial Times: Business News Financial Times Ltd. 4.8 average
  60. 60 WSVN - 7 News Miami Sunbeam Television Corp. 4.8 average
  61. 61 Raw Story RawStoryMedia 4.8 average
  62. 62 Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Civil Beat, Inc. 4.8 average
  63. 63 WKRC Local 12 News Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc 4.8 average
  64. 64 Free Beer and Hot Wings Show Townsquare Media, LLC 4.8 average
  65. 65 CBS 12 News Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc 4.8 average
  66. 66 ICI : Radio, TV, Podcast, News Radio France 4.8 average
  67. 67 Washington Post Select The Washington Post 4.8 average
  68. 68 WFAA - News from North Texas Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  69. 69 Houston News from KHOU 11 Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  70. 70 New Orleans News from WWL Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  71. 71 Spreaker Podcasts Spreaker Inc. 4.8 average
  72. 72 WUSA9 News Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  73. 73 Stars & Stripes: Military News Stars and Stripes 4.8 average
  74. 74 The Banner: Maryland News The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism 4.8 average
  75. 75 NewsWest 9 Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  76. 76 FT Digital Edition Financial Times Ltd. 4.8 average
  77. 77 Real Vision Real Vision Television SEZC 4.8 average
  78. 78 Crain's Chicago Business Crain Communications, Inc. 4.8 average
  79. 79 Bridge Michigan The Center for Michigan, Inc 4.8 average
  80. 80 ABC 3340 News Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc 4.8 average
  81. 81 华尔街见闻国际版-财经金融基金证券期货债券汇率头条新闻资讯 上海阿牛信息科技有限公司 4.8 average
  82. 82 Newsmax Newsmax Media, Inc. 4.8 average
  83. 83 Al Jazeera - الجزيرة Al Jazeera Network 4.8 average
  84. 84 Opera News: Breaking & Local Opera Norway AS 4.8 average
  85. 85 Columbia News from WLTX News19 Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  86. 86 10 Tampa Bay Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  87. 87 WSJ Print Edition Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. 4.8 average
  88. 88 Charlotte News from WCNC Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  89. 89 12News Now - KBMT & KJAC Tegna Inc. 4.8 average
  90. 90 New Scientist New Scientist Ltd 4.8 average
  91. 91 NT Deals IRONPAW 4.8 average
  92. 92 Simple Flying - Aviation News Valnet Inc 4.8 average
  93. 93 Military Times Sightline Media Group LLC 4.8 average
  94. 94 Snopes Snopes, Inc. 4.8 average
  95. 95 La Presse La Presse inc. 4.8 average
  96. 96 Onda Cero: Radio FM y Podcast Atresmedia Corporacion de Medios de Comunicacion S.A. 4.8 average
  97. 97 Lookout Eugene-Springfield Lookout Local, INC. 4.8 average
  98. 98 Chamonix COMPAGNIE DU MONT BLANC 4.8 average
  99. 99 Hayti: Black News and Podcasts Hayti LLC 4.8 average
  100. 100 FOX54 WZDX News Huntsville Tegna Inc. 4.8 average

Showing 100 published positions. Boards recompute automatically, so a crown can change hands at any time.

Rewind the board · last 12 snapshots
14 Nov 2026
  1. 1Local Matters: Where You Live
  2. 2The Babylon Bee
  3. 3Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods
  4. 4Neo Mambí
  5. 5The Atlantic Magazine
  6. 6TrueShort - Stream True Crime
Leaders by averagetop 14 of 1,031
1st14th

What the data shows

▲What the data shows

  • Tegna Inc. is the most represented maker here, with 13 apps in the top 100.

How this board is measured

Metric
The best-rated free apps in News with real volume.
Qualifies
A free News app with at least 500 ratings.
Why it matters
The finest things in News that cost nothing at all.
Known limits
Reflects public listing data only; a figure we read, never one we estimate. Listings are read from Apple’s public metadata and are not restricted to a single storefront. Methodology →