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STORE INTELLIGENCE · JULIA CHAN · AUGUST 2020

Top News Apps in U.S. for July 2020 by Downloads

See the top news apps in the U.S. for July 2020 by downloads, according to Sensor Tower data.

Top News Apps in the U.S. for July 2020 by Downloads

News Break was the most downloaded news app in the United States for July 2020 with more than 1.4 million installs. The full top 10 ranking of news apps in the U.S. by downloads for July 2020 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.

News Home was the second most installed news app in the U.S. last month with more than 337,000 installs, 12.8 times its downloads in July 2019. SmartNews, Fox News, and US Breaking News rounded out the top five most installed news apps in the U.S. for the month.

Store Intelligence users can see app download estimates for the above apps in addition to historical performance metrics on the Sensor Tower platform. Our estimates include downloads for the App Store and Google Play in the U.S. between July 1, 2019 and July 31, 2020. Apple apps and Google pre-installed apps are excluded. We report unique installs only. Android estimates do not include third-party stores. Figures represent aggregate installs of all app versions, ex: Facebook and Facebook Lite.


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Julia Chan

Written by: Julia Chan, Mobile Insights Analyst

Date: August 2020