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STORE INTELLIGENCE · JULIA CHAN · NOVEMBER 2019

Top News Apps Worldwide for October 2019 by Downloads

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

Top News Apps Worldwide for October 2019 by Downloads

Toutiao was the most downloaded news app worldwide for October 2019 with more than 2.4 million installs. The country with the majority of the installs of the app during this period was China at 99 percent of its total downloads. The full top 10 ranking of news apps worldwide by downloads for October 2019 is above. App download estimates are from Sensor Tower’s Store Intelligence platform.

Dailyhunt was the second most installed news app worldwide last month with close to 2.3 million installs. The country with the largest number of Dailyhunt installs was India at 97 percent. Google News, News Break, and Opera News rounded out the top five most installed news apps worldwide 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 worldwide between October 1, 2019 and October 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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Julia Chan

Written by: Julia Chan, Mobile Insights Analyst

Date: November 2019