Breaking: The News Apps That Grew the Most on Election Day
There's been a lot of talk of people leaving major news outlets for the likes of X and Bluesky, but election week downlo...
Top News Apps Had The Best Quarter of Revenue EVER
Newspapers went through a critical transformation over the last decade that saw physical newspapers go the way of the do...
Bye Bye Artifact - The AI News Feed That Couldn't
Last year, the founders of Instagram - yes, the Instagram - launched a brand new social app. Didn't hear about it? Well,...
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This Week in Apps - Business Booms
#169 - Apple's classical app underperforms on Android; Casino apps' revenue soars; News apps see revenue surge; HBO Max rebrand mildly impacts earnings.
Monetizing the News is (Finally) Working - App Store Revenue Up 370%
The newspaper business has been in financial trouble for a long time now thanks to the internet and social media. On mo...
This Week in Apps - Not the Best Time for That...
#153 - Authenticator apps are all the rage right now, news fatigue is real, Apple Search Ads is responsible for the top apps, and more!
Demand for News Aggregation Apps Drops to its Lowest Since 2018
The last few years have been... busy. The kind of busy you'd read about in the news, which is why demand for new aggre...
This Week in Apps #129 - Twitter's Finally Growing (its Revenue)
Twitter's in-app revenue grew a lot in August, how many downloads is an Elon Musk tweet worth? Location tracking, banks, and more.
This Week in Apps #109 - Off to a Weird Start...
CNN Joins the streaming race, the new (old) widget that's taking over the App Store, the highest earning apps and games, and more.
This Week in Apps #105 - Where's the Money?
How much revenue can you expect from Apple vs. Google? Starlink, the highest-earning apps, and more!
Private Messaging App Signal Grows 782% in Russia
I've worked with a few journalists this week to help them with content for their stories, which meant keeping my mind ...
Starlink is the Most Downloaded App in Ukraine Right now
I've been looking at apps in Russia a lot lately, but this week I want to bring your attention back to Ukraine, where ...
VPN Apps Save Millions from Censorship in Russia
Demand for VPN apps is skyrocketing in Russia right now as the government tightens censorship
Reface Takes a Stand and Gets a Standing Ovation
This week Reface, an app that shapeshifts faces using AI to look like celebrities, went viral after [taking a stand](h...
Demand for News Apps Quadrupled Last Week - CNN, Al Jazeera, and Newsmax In the Lead
News is obviously hot right now, and I already showed that it's channels and not aggregators that are in demand [last ...
This Week in Apps #102 - Is the App Store Ready for This?
Trump's new social media platform launched, the situation in Ukraine, and a look at ratings.
Readers Choose CNN and Fox Over Aggregators
With so much happening in the news this week, I had to look to see if the trend we've seen in the last few years with ...
This Week in Apps #93 - What a Year for Content!
What do the most downloaded apps this year tell us about the future? It's all about creators!
Fox Takes Over the Weather Category — What's at Stake?
On Monday Fox, the news company you probably heard of once or twice in the last year, released a new app dedicated to ...
App Teardown - How CNN Fights Aggregators with ASO
An analysis of the ASO strategies used by CNN in the U.S. App Store
Hundreds of Thousands Find Their Voice in Parler - Downloads Nearing 4 Million
Parler is getting a lot of attention again. So much it's become the #1 app across the App Store and Google Play!
This Week in Apps #35: It's All About the News, and Shopping, and TikTok
Everyone's talking about (and some on) Parler and how politics took over mobile.
This Week in Apps #34: Cnn, Fox, TikTok, Netflix, and Alexa
We don't know who won the presidential elections just yet, but we do know who's winning on mobile.
This Week in Apps #33: Facebook, Among Us!, Grammarly, Citizen, and Speechify
We recap the most downloaded games in October, and look at how news impacts apps
