Top 5 News and Magazines Apps in Kenya Q3 2021: Unified Platform Performance

In Q3 2021, the top 5 news and magazines apps in Kenya showed diverse trends across downloads and active users. This data, sourced from Sensor Tower, provides insights into the performance of these apps on a unified platform.

Opera News: breaking & local experienced a noticeable increase in weekly downloads, peaking at approximately 35.4K in the final week of September. Weekly active users also saw growth, climbing from 334.5K at the start of the quarter to 377.1K by the end.

Opera News Lite - Less Data showed a fluctuating download trend, with a high of 36.6K in early July and a low of 7.9K in mid-September. Active users followed a similar pattern, starting at 156.3K and ending at 145.4K.

Twitter Lite maintained steady weekly downloads, with a notable peak of 41.4K in late August. Active users remained relatively stable, hovering around 1.14M throughout the quarter. Revenue was negligible, with only a minor spike to $12 in late August.

Mozzart Sport Kenya saw a significant boost in downloads mid-quarter, reaching 12.9K in late August, before stabilizing around 6.5K by the end of September. Active users increased substantially from 5.2K to 16K over the quarter.

Scooper News: News Around You experienced a rise in weekly downloads towards the quarter's end, peaking at 8K in the final week of September. Active users also increased from 6.7K to 10.1K during the same period.

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