Top 5 News and Magazines Apps in Ghana Q2 2021 Performance

The second quarter of 2021 saw significant activity in the News and Magazines app category in Ghana. Here, we delve into the performance of the top 5 apps, highlighting their weekly downloads and active user trends.

Opera News: breaking & local experienced fluctuating weekly downloads, starting strong with peaks at 57K and 56K in early April and late April, respectively. However, downloads saw a dip mid-quarter, hitting a low of 27K in late May before slightly recovering to 39K by the end of June. Active users demonstrated a similar pattern, peaking at 910K in early April and maintaining over 800K throughout the quarter, closing at 861K.

Opera News Lite - Less Data showed varied download numbers, with notable highs of 35K and 33K in early April and mid-May, respectively. The app's active users hovered around 200K to 250K, peaking at 248K in mid-May and ending the quarter at 228K.

Scooper News: News Around You had modest download numbers, starting at 11K in late March but dropped to around 1K for most of the quarter, with a spike to 9K in the last week of June. Active users reflected this trend, starting at 15K and fluctuating down to around 6K, before a notable rise to 13K at the quarter's end.

Twitter Lite maintained a steady download rate, peaking at 29K in early April and consistently staying above 21K throughout the quarter. Active users were stable, averaging around 1M, peaking at 1.02M in mid-May and closing the quarter at 1.02M.

Quora: the knowledge platform had relatively consistent download numbers, fluctuating between 1.4K and 2K. Active users were stable around 41K to 43K, peaking at 43K in mid-May and ending the quarter at 42K.

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