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News Kings

The reigning champions of the News category by sheer popularity.

Apps considered
1,856
Qualifying rule

A News app with at least 100 ratings.

Recomputed

8 Sep 2026

Confidence

High · direct measure

The board

Ranked by ratings
  1. 1 X X Corp. 11M ratings
  2. 2 Reddit REDDIT, INC. 3.5M ratings
  3. 3 今日头条 Beijing Douyin Information Service Co., Ltd. 2.8M ratings
  4. 4 Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network Nextdoor 2.1M ratings
  5. 5 CNN: Live & Breaking News CNN Interactive Group, Inc. 1.7M ratings
  6. 6 Apple News Apple 1.6M ratings
  7. 7 NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts Particle Media Inc. 1.4M ratings
  8. 8 SmartNews: Breaking News SmartNews, Inc. 928.8K ratings
  9. 9 BBC News - UK & World Stories BBC Media Applications Technologies Limited 861.3K ratings
  10. 10 Clubhouse Alpha Exploration Co. 790.8K ratings
  11. 11 NYTimes: US and Global News The New York Times Company 773.2K ratings
  12. 12 Washington Post The Washington Post 635.9K ratings
  13. 13 CNBC: Stock Market & Business Versant Media LLC 628.1K ratings
  14. 14 FOX News: US & World Headlines Fox News Network, LLC 569.1K ratings
  15. 15 The Wall Street Journal. News Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. 551.8K ratings
  16. 16 Police Scanner Radio & Fire GordonEdwards.net LLC 531.7K ratings
  17. 17 Substack Substack, Inc. 526.7K ratings
  18. 18 Citizen: Safety & Live Video sp0n, Inc. 516K ratings
  19. 19 Quora Quora, Inc. 450K ratings
  20. 20 AP News The Associated Press 359.2K ratings
  21. 21 Flipboard: The Social Magazine Flipboard Inc. 328.8K ratings
  22. 22 Podcast App Evolve Global, Inc. 308.1K ratings
  23. 23 Neighbors by Ring Ring.com 304.9K ratings
  24. 24 Epoch Times: Live & Breaking Epoch Usa Inc 266.3K ratings
  25. 25 USA TODAY: US & Breaking News USA TODAY 241.6K ratings
  26. 26 BuzzFeed - Quiz, Trivia & News BuzzFeed 233.7K ratings
  27. 27 Google News Google 226.2K ratings
  28. 28 TMZ Ehm Productions, Inc. 212.4K ratings
  29. 29 Podcast App & Player - Castbox Guru Network Limited 198.9K ratings
  30. 30 Yahoo! JAPAN Yahoo Japan Corporation 186.7K ratings
  31. 31 The Economist: News & Analysis The Economist 182.2K ratings
  32. 32 auサービスToday-お得な情報満載のポータルアプリ KDDI CORPORATION 180.8K ratings
  33. 33 Apollo for Reddit Christian Selig 180.3K ratings
  34. 34 Newsmax Newsmax Media, Inc. 176.3K ratings
  35. 35 Police Scanner: Fire Radio Guru Network Limited Inc. 165.4K ratings
  36. 36 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. 160.3K ratings
  37. 37 Medium: Read & Write Stories A Medium Corporation 156.9K ratings
  38. 38 Washington Post Select The Washington Post 154.7K ratings
  39. 39 NBC News: Breaking & US News NBC News Digital, LLC 150.7K ratings
  40. 40 The Atlantic Magazine The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC 136.4K ratings
  41. 41 MSN Microsoft Corporation 123.8K ratings
  42. 42 Spotify for Creators Spotify 117.7K ratings
  43. 43 The Guardian - US & World News Guardian News and Media Limited 113.2K ratings
  44. 44 最強の2chまとめ - Marimba2log GarnetStar, Ltd. 101.5K ratings
  45. 45 Police Scanner + Rego Apps 101.3K ratings
  46. 46 5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner Smartest Apps LLC 88.1K ratings
  47. 47 BBC: World News & Stories BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 86K ratings
  48. 48 Church News Deseret News Publishing Company 85.7K ratings
  49. 49 Al Jazeera - الجزيرة Al Jazeera Network 84.4K ratings
  50. 50 InYourArea - Local News & Info Trinity Mirror Digital Media Limited 82.4K ratings
  51. 51 WFAA - News from North Texas Tegna Inc. 74.8K ratings
  52. 52 6abc Philadelphia Disney 71.7K ratings
  53. 53 NPR: National & Local News NPR 71.3K ratings
  54. 54 Yahoo News: Daily News For You Yahoo 68.4K ratings
  55. 55 BBC World Service Zeno Media LLC 67.6K ratings
  56. 56 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 66.2K ratings
  57. 57 News 12 Mobile NEWS 12 INTERACTIVE, INC. 66K ratings
  58. 58 The Babylon Bee The Babylon Bee, LLC 62.6K ratings
  59. 59 KSL.com News Utah Deseret Digital Media, Inc 58.3K ratings
  60. 60 Yahoo!ニュース -最新ニュースや防災・天気・ヤフコメも Yahoo Japan Corporation 57.1K ratings
  61. 61 Bloomberg: Business News Daily Bloomberg Finance LP 55.1K ratings
  62. 62 Denver News from 9News Tegna Inc. 54K ratings
  63. 63 Podbean Podcast App & Player Podbean Incorporated 53.9K ratings
  64. 64 Spectrum News: Local Stories Charter Communications 51.3K ratings
  65. 65 Fox Nation Fox News Network, LLC 51.2K ratings
  66. 66 Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc. 50.9K ratings
  67. 67 WSB-TV News Cox Media Group 49.5K ratings
  68. 68 ABC13 Houston News & Weather Disney 49.1K ratings
  69. 69 ABC 7 New York Disney 49.1K ratings
  70. 70 POLITICO POLITICO, LLC 49K ratings
  71. 71 E! News Versant Media LLC 48.3K ratings
  72. 72 Trump Tracker: News & Politics SunFuture Inc. 47.8K ratings
  73. 73 Overcast Podcast App Overcast Radio, LLC 47.7K ratings
  74. 74 Ground News Snapwise Inc. 47.6K ratings
  75. 75 BILD News - Live Nachrichten BILD 47.4K ratings
  76. 76 Conservative News NewsLeap 46.3K ratings
  77. 77 FREECABLE TV: News & TV Shows MixerBox Inc. 45K ratings
  78. 78 KPRC 2 News Graham Media Group, Inc 44.1K ratings
  79. 79 El Nuevo Día El Nuevo Día 43.4K ratings
  80. 80 The Boston Globe BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC 41.9K ratings
  81. 81 Houston News from KHOU 11 Tegna Inc. 39.8K ratings
  82. 82 ABC7 Los Angeles Disney 39K ratings
  83. 83 New Orleans News from WWL Tegna Inc. 37.3K ratings
  84. 84 RSBN Right Side Broadcasting Network, LLC 36.5K ratings
  85. 85 CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio Scoopz Inc. 35.9K ratings
  86. 86 St. Louis News from KSDK Tegna Inc. 34.6K ratings
  87. 87 KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul Tegna Inc. 34.5K ratings
  88. 88 ClickOnDetroit - WDIV Local 4 Graham Media Group, Inc 33.5K ratings
  89. 89 KSAT 12 News Graham Media Group, Inc 32.3K ratings
  90. 90 WNEP The News Station Tegna Inc. 31.9K ratings
  91. 91 News4Jax - WJXT Channel 4 Graham Media Group, Inc 31.9K ratings
  92. 92 KING 5 News for Seattle/Tacoma Tegna Inc. 31.8K ratings
  93. 93 Space Launch Now Caleb Jones 31.8K ratings
  94. 94 Univision Noticias Univision Communications Inc. 31.3K ratings
  95. 95 WINK News Fort Myers Broadcasting Co. 31K ratings
  96. 96 The San Francisco Chronicle Hearst Newspapers 30.9K ratings
  97. 97 TODAY Show NBC News Digital, LLC 29.4K ratings
  98. 98 13WMAZ: Central Georgia News Tegna Inc. 29.3K ratings
  99. 99 ABC7 Chicago News & Weather Disney 29.1K ratings
  100. 100 Conservative Talk Radio NewsLeap 29.1K ratings

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

Rewind the board · last 12 snapshots
8 Sep 2026
  1. 1X
  2. 2Reddit
  3. 3今日头条
  4. 4Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network
  5. 5CNN: Live & Breaking News
  6. 6Apple News
Leaders by ratingstop 14 of 1,856
1st14th

What the data shows

▲What the data shows

  • The leader is a genuine outlier: X posts 134× the ratings of the typical entry on this board (a median of 82.4K ratings).
  • From top to bottom, this top 100 runs from 11M down to 29.1K.
  • Tegna Inc. is the most represented maker here, with 9 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; 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 →