Top 5 News and Magazines Apps Performance in Nigeria, Q4 2021

In the fourth quarter of 2021, the top 5 News and Magazines apps in Nigeria showed diverse performance trends on a unified platform. Here's a detailed look at their weekly downloads, revenue, and active user numbers.

Opera News: breaking & local experienced fluctuations in weekly downloads, starting at 18.6K in late September and peaking at 24.7K at the end of October. The app's downloads then declined, stabilizing around 13.2K by the end of December. Active users also varied, beginning at 846.9K and reaching a high of 979.9K in mid-October, before settling at 781.9K in the final week of December.

Opera News Lite - Less Data saw a steady download trend, with numbers fluctuating between 7K and 13.8K. Active users showed a consistent pattern, starting at 253.8K and ending the quarter at 234.1K.

Koo: Know What's Happening! showed a varied download trend, starting at 11.7K in late September and dipping to a low of 1.8K by mid-December, before recovering to 12.1K by the end of the quarter. Active users started at 91.5K and saw a dip in November, but rebounded to 97.6K by the end of December.

Twitter Lite demonstrated strong performance with weekly downloads ranging from 27.9K to 46.5K, peaking in mid-October. Active users began at 1.67M and saw a gradual decline, ending at 1.37M in the last week of December. The app's weekly revenue varied, peaking at $54 in the final week of December.

Scooper News: News Around You had a consistent download trend, with numbers ranging between 4.4K and 8.5K. Active users started at 22.6K and experienced a slow decline, ending at 16.3K by the end of December.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower. For more detailed analytics and trends, visit Sensor Tower's platform.