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The 98 most downloaded free News apps on the US App Store right now. Updated every 3 hours, last update Oct 26, 2026 12:00 UTC. Arrows show the change since the same time yesterday.
| 1 | — |  X X Corp. · ★ 4.6 · 11,138,828 ratings |
| 2 | — |  Reddit REDDIT, INC. · ★ 4.8 · 3,511,937 ratings |
| 3 | — |  CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio Scoopz Inc. · ★ 4.9 · 44,380 ratings |
| 4 | — |  Substack Substack, Inc. · ★ 4.9 · 558,265 ratings |
| 5 | — |  Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network Nextdoor · ★ 4.7 · 2,167,648 ratings |
| 6 | ▲1 |  NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts Particle Media Inc. · ★ 4.8 · 1,394,000 ratings |
| 7 | ▲1 |  Citizen: Safety & Live Video sp0n, Inc. · ★ 4.7 · 523,493 ratings |
| 8 | ▼2 |  Police Scanner Radio & Fire GordonEdwards.net LLC · ★ 4.6 · 537,055 ratings |
| 9 | — |  Ground News Snapwise Inc. · ★ 4.7 · 48,817 ratings |
| 10 | — |  NYTimes: US and World News The New York Times Company · ★ 4.8 · 802,789 ratings |
| 11 | ▲1 |  Police Scanner: Fire Radio Guru Network Limited Inc. · ★ 4.7 · 166,968 ratings |
| 12 | ▲1 |  Fizz: Your Authentic Community Fizz Social Corp. · ★ 4.7 · 23,758 ratings |
| 13 | ▲3 |  The Pour Over The Pour Over · ★ 4.8 · 2,876 ratings |
| 14 | — |  5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner Smartest Apps LLC · ★ 4.6 · 89,424 ratings |
| 15 | — |  Squawster - Police Scanner RadioReference.com LLC · ★ 4.4 · 154 ratings |
| 16 | ▲14 |  ABC News: Live & Breaking Disney · ★ 4.0 · 6,037 ratings |
| 17 | ▲4 |  The Wall Street Journal News Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. · ★ 4.7 · 551,804 ratings |
| 18 | — |  Crime Radar Muhtadi Muhammad · ★ 4.3 · 81 ratings |
| 19 | ▲4 |  CNN: Live & Breaking News CNN Interactive Group, Inc. · ★ 4.8 · 1,663,944 ratings |
| 20 | ▲2 |  Neighbors by Ring Ring.com · ★ 4.8 · 304,925 ratings |
| 21 | ▼4 |  FOX LOCAL: Live News & Weather Fox Television Stations, Inc. · ★ 4.7 · 18,399 ratings |
| 22 | ▼3 |  Google News Google · ★ 4.6 · 226,164 ratings |
| 23 | ▼12 |  Local 10 + Platinum WPLG, Inc · ★ 4.7 · 463 ratings |
| 24 | ▲1 |  Podcast App & Player - Castbox Guru Network Limited · ★ 4.9 · 200,730 ratings |
| 25 | ▲2 |  MS NOW: Live & Breaking News Versant Media LLC · ★ 4.4 · 47,666 ratings |
| 26 | ▼2 |  BBC: World News & Stories BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. · ★ 4.5 · 88,383 ratings |
| 27 | ▲1 |  NPR: National & Local News NPR · ★ 4.7 · 75,655 ratings |
| 28 | ▲4 |  AP News The Associated Press · ★ 4.6 · 359,194 ratings |
| 29 | ▼3 |  Police Scanner: Crime Radar Sepia Software LLC · ★ 4.6 · 28,372 ratings |
| 30 | ▲1 |  Clubhouse Alpha Exploration Co. · ★ 4.8 · 791,731 ratings |
| 31 | ▲2 |  SmartNews: Breaking News SmartNews, Inc. · ★ 4.6 · 929,049 ratings |
| 32 | ▲4 |  Podcast App Evolve Global, Inc. · ★ 4.8 · 309,836 ratings |
| 33 | ▲4 |  The Atlantic Magazine The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC · ★ 4.9 · 140,731 ratings |
| 34 | — |  Quora Quora, Inc. · ★ 4.7 · 452,637 ratings |
| 35 | ▲5 |  Reuters - Breaking World News Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH · ★ 4.8 · 8,857 ratings |
| 36 | ▲12 |  The New Yorker Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. · ★ 3.9 · 8,136 ratings |
| 37 | ▼2 |  FOX News: US & World Headlines Fox News Network, LLC · ★ 4.5 · 599,849 ratings |
| 38 | ▲3 |  MobilePatrol: Public Safety Equifax · ★ 2.0 · 3,861 ratings |
| 39 | ▼1 |  Daily Wire Daily Wire LLC · ★ 4.5 · 17,436 ratings |
| 40 | ▲7 |  NBC News: Breaking & US News NBC News Digital, LLC · ★ 4.7 · 150,721 ratings |
| 41 | ▲1 |  The Economist: News & Analysis The Economist · ★ 4.9 · 182,192 ratings |
| 42 | ▼3 |  Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc. · ★ 4.9 · 52,532 ratings |
| 43 | — |  The White House The Official White House · ★ 4.9 · 15,231 ratings |
| 44 | — |  Thanh niên Việt Nam Trung uong Doan TNCS Ho Chi Minh · ★ 1.2 · 1,011 ratings |
| 45 | — |  Medium: Read & Write Stories A Medium Corporation · ★ 4.8 · 157,425 ratings |
| 46 | ▼26 |  Fox Nation Fox News Network, LLC · ★ 4.7 · 51,338 ratings |
| 47 | ▲6 |  TrueShort - Stream True Crime Humans Anonymous, Inc · ★ 4.9 · 18,404 ratings |
| 48 | ▼2 |  Enigma: What’s that in the Sky Enigma Labs, LLC · ★ 4.8 · 6,065 ratings |
| 49 | ▲1 |  Newsmax Newsmax Media, Inc. · ★ 4.8 · 176,251 ratings |
| 50 | ▲1 |  Bloomberg: Business News Daily Bloomberg Finance LP · ★ 4.6 · 55,215 ratings |
| 51 | ▲4 |  Narwhal for Reddit robot swingset, llc. · ★ 4.5 · 17,190 ratings |
| 52 | ▼3 |  Police Scanner + Rego Apps · ★ 4.5 · 101,763 ratings |
| 53 | ▲1 |  Spotify for Creators Spotify · ★ 4.8 · 117,753 ratings |
| 54 | ▼2 |  OpenMHz Luke Berndt · ★ 3.9 · 175 ratings |
| 55 | ▲8 |  FREECABLE TV: News & TV Shows MixerBox Inc. · ★ 4.7 · 45,137 ratings |
| 56 | — |  Washington Post: Breaking News The Washington Post · ★ 4.7 · 639,562 ratings |
| 57 | ▲7 |  DarkShort:Dark&Mystery Stories Mobile entertainment srl · ★ 4.3 · 1,002 ratings |
| 58 | ▲4 |  中国领事 Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China · ★ 1.8 · 2,290 ratings |
| 59 | ▲1 |  Podbean Podcast App & Player Podbean Incorporated · ★ 4.8 · 53,954 ratings |
| 60 | ▼31 |  620 WTMJ Radio Good Karma Brands · ★ 4.7 · 1,527 ratings |
| 61 | ▲19 |  Prensa Abierta Acta Diurna · ★ 5.0 · 4 ratings |
| 62 | ▼3 |  TV Club: Movies & Show Tracker TV Show Tracker, LLC · ★ 4.5 · 2,622 ratings |
| 63 | ▲3 |  The Guardian - US & World News Guardian News and Media Limited · ★ 4.9 · 113,494 ratings |
| 64 | ▲1 |  Financial Times: Business News Financial Times Ltd. · ★ 4.8 · 24,512 ratings |
| 65 | ▲23 |  Very Local: News & Weather Hearst Television · ★ 4.6 · 7,660 ratings |
| 66 | ▲17 |  Snopes Snopes, Inc. · ★ 4.8 · 835 ratings |
| 67 | ▼6 |  FEED Mobile The Kroger Co. · ★ 4.5 · 17,783 ratings |
| 68 | ▲2 |  Pocket Casts: Podcast Player Automattic · ★ 4.5 · 16,219 ratings |
| 69 | ▲6 |  CNBC: Stock Market & Business Versant Media LLC · ★ 4.7 · 628,038 ratings |
| 70 | ▲2 |  WIRED Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. · ★ 4.6 · 51 ratings |
| 71 | ▲10 |  Overcast Podcast App Overcast Radio, LLC · ★ 4.5 · 48,032 ratings |
| 72 | ▲5 |  CBS News: Live Breaking News CBS Interactive · ★ 3.7 · 19,646 ratings |
| 73 | ▲6 |  Al Jazeera - الجزيرة Al Jazeera Network · ★ 4.8 · 86,178 ratings |
| 74 | ▼6 |  World Monitor: GlobeAlert APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI · ★ 4.6 · 183 ratings |
| 75 | ▲12 |  Espresso: World news in a shot The Economist · ★ 4.8 · 17,138 ratings |
| 76 | ▲2 |  Tijuana Good News Axel Ramirez · ★ 4.8 · 1,570 ratings |
| 77 | ▼1 |  PressReader: News & Magazines PressReader Inc · ★ 4.7 · 19,085 ratings |
| 78 | ▲6 |  Barron’s - Investing Insights Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. · ★ 4.6 · 12,714 ratings |
| 79 | ▼8 |  Police Scanner App, live radio Dazz Cam · ★ 4.6 · 2,998 ratings |
| 80 | ▼23 |  Flipboard: The Social Magazine Flipboard Inc. · ★ 4.7 · 329,244 ratings |
| 81 | ▼12 |  Blind: Anonymous Work Network Teamblind inc · ★ 4.6 · 13,521 ratings |
| 82 | ▼8 |  Spectrum News: Local Stories Charter Communications · ★ 4.7 · 51,812 ratings |
| 83 | new |  WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News4 Hearst Television · ★ 4.6 · 8,042 ratings |
| 84 | ▲1 |  Kiki: Local Chat & People Near Kikihub · ★ 4.5 · 2,474 ratings |
| 85 | ▲13 |  Stocks.News－Market Alerts IR Agency LLC · ★ 4.7 · 4,960 ratings |
| 86 | — |  The Free Press Runaway Media Inc. · ★ 4.9 · 14,541 ratings |
| 87 | new |  Nesly TV NK Creative Studio · ★ 4.4 · 18 ratings |
| 88 | ▲6 |  FidiKetabi Ali Hassan Samiei · ★ 4.0 · 1,771 ratings |
| 89 | new |  Epoch Times: Live & Breaking Epoch Usa Inc · ★ 4.9 · 267,112 ratings |
| 90 | ▼1 |  The Post: Local News The Los Angeles Post · ★ 4.7 · 12 ratings |
| 91 | new |  KING 5 News for Seattle/Tacoma Tegna Inc. · ★ 4.7 · 32,192 ratings |
| 92 | ▲3 |  Повітряна тривога Ajax Systems Inc · ★ 4.7 · 5,409 ratings |
| 93 | ▼3 |  MSN Microsoft Corporation · ★ 4.6 · 124,313 ratings |
| 94 | ▲3 |  NetNewsWire: RSS Reader Brent Simmons · ★ 4.7 · 889 ratings |
| 95 | new |  LA Times Los Angeles Times Communications LLC · ★ 4.6 · 19,568 ratings |
| 96 | new |  Feedly - Smart News Reader Feedly Inc. · ★ 4.6 · 26,064 ratings |
| 97 | ▼15 |  Houston News from KHOU 11 Tegna Inc. · ★ 4.8 · 40,385 ratings |
| 98 | ▼2 |  Space Coast Launches Brevard County Board of County Commissioners · ★ 2.3 · 235 ratings |
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