Top 5 News and Magazines Apps on Android in the UK Q4 2021

In the fourth quarter of 2021, the top 5 News and Magazines apps on Android in the United Kingdom showed varied performance trends. Here is a detailed look at their weekly downloads and active user metrics, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Breaking News: Local & Alerts saw a significant drop in weekly downloads at the start of Q4, starting from approximately 62K in late September to just 2.4K by early November. However, downloads picked up again towards the end of the quarter, reaching around 15.3K in the last week of December. Weekly active users followed a similar trend, decreasing from 296.8K in late September to a low of 104.2K in mid-November, before recovering to 192.9K by the end of December.

Opera News: breaking & local maintained a steady performance with weekly downloads ranging between 9K to 18.4K throughout the quarter. Active users also showed a consistent increase, starting at 197.4K in late September and reaching 219.5K by the end of December.

UK News: Breaking News & Local had fluctuating weekly downloads, starting at 11.5K in late September, dropping to 2.2K in early November, and then peaking at 16.2K in mid-December. The active users metric showed a relatively stable trend, with minor fluctuations, ending the quarter at approximately 77.8K.

BBC News experienced a notable increase in weekly downloads, beginning at around 6K in late September and peaking at 15.7K in mid-December. Active users remained robust, starting at 1.68M in late September and reaching a peak of 1.82M in mid-December before slightly declining to 1.71M by the end of the year.

Apex News: Breaking & Local showed varied weekly downloads, with a high of 11.4K in mid-November and a significant drop to 2.2K by the end of December. Active users also fluctuated, starting at 29.9K in late September, peaking at 37.1K in mid-November, and ending the quarter at 30.3K.

For more detailed insights and data, visit Sensor Tower.