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STORE INTELLIGENCE · CRAIG CHAPPLE · JANUARY 2020

Top News Apps Worldwide for December 2019 by Downloads

See the top News apps worldwide for December 2019 by downloads, according to Sensor Tower data.

Top News Apps Worldwide for December 2019 by Downloads

Public was the most downloaded news app worldwide for December 2019 with more than 2.9 million installs. India accounted for most of these with more than 99 percent of the app's total downloads for the month. The full top 10 ranking of news apps worldwide by downloads for December 2019 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower's Store Intelligence platform.

Aaj Tak was the second most installed news app worldwide last month with more than 1.6 million installs, close to 98 percent of which came from India. News Break, Cricbuzz, and Google News rounded out the top five most installed news apps worldwide for the month.

Want to see how the rankings compared to the previous month? Check out the Top News Apps Worldwide for November 2019 by Downloads here.

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 worldwide between December 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019. 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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Craig Chapple

Written by: Craig Chapple, Mobile Insights Strategist, EMEA

Date: January 2020