Top 5 News and Magazines Apps on Android in Saudi Arabia Q3 2021

In the third quarter of 2021, the News and Magazines category on the Android platform in Saudi Arabia saw varied performance among the top 5 applications. Below, we delve into the weekly download and active user trends for each of these apps, based on data from Sensor Tower.

نبض Nabd - اخبار العالم ، عاجل experienced a fluctuating download trend, starting at 8.7K downloads in the week of June 28 and ending Q3 with 4.9K downloads. The app's weekly active users also showed variability, peaking at 216K in late July and closing the quarter at around 196K.

Twitter Lite demonstrated a more stable download pattern, beginning Q3 with 2.3K downloads and reaching a peak of 5K in late August before finishing the quarter at 2.7K. Active users for the app showed a slight decline throughout the period, starting at 11.8K and ending at 9.7K.

أخبار السعودية العاجلة saw a significant spike in downloads in mid-August, reaching 4.2K, before dropping to 1.1K by the end of September. The app's active user base followed a similar pattern, peaking at 9.4K in early August and decreasing to 6.3K by the end of the quarter.

Breaking News: Local & Alerts showed a notable peak in downloads in mid-July with 4.4K, but this number dwindled to 1.3K by the end of Q3. The app maintained a relatively stable active user base, ranging from 23.2K to 24.8K throughout the quarter.

Lastly, أخبار السعودية اليوم experienced a peak in downloads in mid-August at 2.8K, with numbers decreasing to 1.3K by the end of September. The active user count for this app varied, starting at 47.5K in late June and ending Q3 at 44.1K.

This data underscores the dynamic nature of user engagement with news and magazine apps in Saudi Arabia. For more detailed insights and analysis, visit Sensor Tower.