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News Kings

The reigning champions of the News category by sheer popularity.

Apps considered
1,109
Qualifying rule

A News app with at least 100 ratings.

Recomputed

9 Aug 2026

Confidence

High · direct measure

The board

Ranked by ratings
  1. 1 X X Corp. 10.9M ratings
  2. 2 Reddit REDDIT, INC. 3.5M ratings
  3. 3 Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network Nextdoor 2.1M ratings
  4. 4 CNN: Live & Breaking News CNN Interactive Group, Inc. 1.7M ratings
  5. 5 NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts Particle Media Inc. 1.4M ratings
  6. 6 SmartNews: Breaking News SmartNews, Inc. 928.7K ratings
  7. 7 BBC News - UK & World Stories BBC Media Applications Technologies Limited 848.4K ratings
  8. 8 Clubhouse Alpha Exploration Co. 790.1K ratings
  9. 9 NYTimes: US and Global News The New York Times Company 741.4K ratings
  10. 10 Washington Post The Washington Post 633.5K ratings
  11. 11 CNBC: Stock Market & Business Versant Media LLC 628.2K ratings
  12. 12 The Wall Street Journal. News Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. 551.9K ratings
  13. 13 Police Scanner Radio & Fire GordonEdwards.net LLC 528.3K ratings
  14. 14 Citizen: Safety & Live Video sp0n, Inc. 511.5K ratings
  15. 15 Substack Substack, Inc. 505.8K ratings
  16. 16 Quora Quora, Inc. 448.3K ratings
  17. 17 FOX News: US & World Headlines Fox News Network, LLC 404.9K ratings
  18. 18 AP News The Associated Press 359.3K ratings
  19. 19 Flipboard: The Social Magazine Flipboard Inc. 328.4K ratings
  20. 20 Podcast App Evolve Global, Inc. 306.9K ratings
  21. 21 Neighbors by Ring Ring.com 305K ratings
  22. 22 Epoch Times: Live & Breaking Epoch Usa Inc 265.8K ratings
  23. 23 USA TODAY: US & Breaking News USA TODAY 241.6K ratings
  24. 24 BuzzFeed - Quiz, Trivia & News BuzzFeed 233.7K ratings
  25. 25 Google News Google 226.2K ratings
  26. 26 TMZ Ehm Productions, Inc. 211.2K ratings
  27. 27 Podcast App & Player - Castbox Guru Network Limited 198.7K ratings
  28. 28 Yahoo! JAPAN Yahoo Japan Corporation 185.8K ratings
  29. 29 The Economist: News & Analysis The Economist 182.2K ratings
  30. 30 auサービスToday-お得な情報満載のポータルアプリ KDDI CORPORATION 180.7K ratings
  31. 31 Apollo for Reddit Christian Selig 180.3K ratings
  32. 32 Newsmax Newsmax Media, Inc. 176.3K ratings
  33. 33 Police Scanner: Fire Radio Guru Network Limited Inc. 164.3K ratings
  34. 34 グノシー -重要ニュースを分かりやすく、楽しくお届け Gunosy Inc. 158.9K ratings
  35. 35 Medium: Read & Write Stories A Medium Corporation 156.6K ratings
  36. 36 Washington Post Select The Washington Post 154.7K ratings
  37. 37 NBC News: Breaking & US News NBC News Digital, LLC 150.7K ratings
  38. 38 The Atlantic Magazine The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC 133.4K ratings
  39. 39 MSN Microsoft Corporation 123.4K ratings
  40. 40 Spotify for Creators Spotify 117.7K ratings
  41. 41 The Guardian - US & World News Guardian News and Media Limited 112.9K ratings
  42. 42 最強の2chまとめ - Marimba2log GarnetStar, Ltd. 101.4K ratings
  43. 43 Police Scanner + Rego Apps 100.9K ratings
  44. 44 5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner Smartest Apps LLC 87.1K ratings
  45. 45 BBC: World News & Stories BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 85.9K ratings
  46. 46 Church News Deseret News Publishing Company 85.2K ratings
  47. 47 Al Jazeera - الجزيرة Al Jazeera Network 83.2K ratings
  48. 48 InYourArea - Local News & Info Trinity Mirror Digital Media Limited 82K ratings
  49. 49 WFAA - News from North Texas Tegna Inc. 74K ratings
  50. 50 6abc Philadelphia Disney 71.7K ratings
  51. 51 NPR: National & Local News NPR 68.8K ratings
  52. 52 Yahoo News: Daily News For You Yahoo 67.9K ratings
  53. 53 dmenuニュース 速報や天気予報、乗換案内が読める 株式会社NTTドコモ 65.4K ratings
  54. 54 Yahoo!ニュース -最新ニュースや防災・天気・ヤフコメも Yahoo Japan Corporation 56.9K ratings
  55. 55 Bloomberg: Business News Daily Bloomberg Finance LP 55K ratings
  56. 56 Podbean Podcast App & Player Podbean Incorporated 53.9K ratings
  57. 57 Denver News from 9News Tegna Inc. 53.3K ratings
  58. 58 Fox Nation Fox News Network, LLC 51.1K ratings
  59. 59 Spectrum News: Local Stories Charter Communications 50.7K ratings
  60. 60 WSB-TV News Cox Media Group 49.2K ratings
  61. 61 ABC13 Houston News & Weather Disney 49.2K ratings
  62. 62 ABC 7 New York Disney 49.1K ratings
  63. 63 POLITICO POLITICO, LLC 49K ratings
  64. 64 E! News Versant Media LLC 48.3K ratings
  65. 65 Trump Tracker: News & Politics SunFuture Inc. 47.8K ratings
  66. 66 BILD News - Live Nachrichten BILD 47.4K ratings
  67. 67 Overcast: Podcast App Overcast Radio, LLC 47.4K ratings
  68. 68 Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc. 46.8K ratings
  69. 69 Ground News Snapwise Inc. 46.7K ratings
  70. 70 FREECABLE TV: News & TV Shows MixerBox Inc. 45K ratings
  71. 71 El Nuevo Día El Nuevo Día 43.3K ratings
  72. 72 The Boston Globe BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC 41.7K ratings
  73. 73 Houston News from KHOU 11 Tegna Inc. 39.3K ratings
  74. 74 ABC7 Los Angeles Disney 39K ratings
  75. 75 New Orleans News from WWL Tegna Inc. 36.9K ratings
  76. 76 RSBN Right Side Broadcasting Network, LLC 36.4K ratings
  77. 77 St. Louis News from KSDK Tegna Inc. 34.3K ratings
  78. 78 KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul Tegna Inc. 34.2K ratings
  79. 79 CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio Scoopz Inc. 31.5K ratings
  80. 80 WNEP The News Station Tegna Inc. 31.5K ratings
  81. 81 Space Launch Now Caleb Jones 31.5K ratings
  82. 82 KING 5 News for Seattle/Tacoma Tegna Inc. 31.5K ratings
  83. 83 Univision Noticias Univision Communications Inc. 31.4K ratings
  84. 84 WINK News Fort Myers Broadcasting Co. 31K ratings
  85. 85 The San Francisco Chronicle Hearst Newspapers 30.7K ratings
  86. 86 TODAY Show NBC News Digital, LLC 29.4K ratings
  87. 87 ABC7 Chicago News & Weather Disney 29.1K ratings
  88. 88 13WMAZ: Central Georgia News Tegna Inc. 28.9K ratings
  89. 89 Opera News: Breaking & Local Opera Norway AS 28.6K ratings
  90. 90 Local 10 - WPLG Miami WPLG, Inc 28.2K ratings
  91. 91 Police Scanner: Crime Radar Sepia Software LLC 28K ratings
  92. 92 Indianapolis News from 13 WTHR Tegna Inc. 27.4K ratings
  93. 93 Daily Mail: Breaking News Live dmg media ltd 27.2K ratings
  94. 94 Next Spaceflight NASASpaceflight LLC 27.1K ratings
  95. 95 Deseret News Deseret News Publishing Company 26.4K ratings
  96. 96 10TV WBNS Columbus, Ohio Tegna Inc. 26.2K ratings
  97. 97 Knoxville News from WBIR Tegna Inc. 26.1K ratings
  98. 98 Feedly - Smart News Reader Feedly Inc. 25.9K ratings
  99. 99 Seattle Times Mobile The Seattle Times 25.6K ratings
  100. 100 NJ.com NJ.com 24.5K ratings

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

Rewind the board · last 12 snapshots
9 Aug 2026
  1. 1X
  2. 2Reddit
  3. 3Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network
  4. 4CNN: Live & Breaking News
  5. 5NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
  6. 6SmartNews: Breaking News
Leaders by ratingstop 14 of 1,109
1st14th

What the data shows

▲What the data shows

  • The leader is a genuine outlier: X posts 152× the ratings of the typical entry on this board (a median of 71.7K ratings).
  • From top to bottom, this top 100 runs from 10.9M down to 24.5K.
  • Tegna Inc. is the most represented maker here, with 12 apps in the top 100.

How this board is measured

Metric
The most-rated apps in News.
Qualifies
A News app with at least 100 ratings.
Why it matters
The reigning champions of the News category by sheer popularity.
Known limits
Reflects public listing data only, U.S. storefront; a figure we read, never one we estimate. Methodology →