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STORE INTELLIGENCE · KATIE WILLIAMS · MARCH 2020

Top News Apps Worldwide for February 2020 by Downloads

See the top news apps worldwide for February 2020 by downloads, according to Sensor Tower data.

Top News Apps Worldwide for February 2020 by Downloads

Toutiao was the most downloaded news app worldwide for February 2020 with 2.2 million installs. China, home market of Toutiao parent company ByteDance, accounted for nearly all of the app’s installs for the month. The full top 10 ranking of news apps worldwide by downloads for February 2020 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.

Public was the second most installed news app worldwide last month with about 2 million downloads. The country with the largest number of Public installs was India at almost 99 percent of its total. Aaj Tak, Cricbuzz, and News Break rounded out the top five most downloaded 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 January 2020 by Downloads.

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 February 1, 2020 and February 29, 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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Katie Williams

Written by: Katie Williams, Mobile Insights Strategist

Date: March 2020