Top 5 News and Magazines Apps in South Africa - Q1 2022

The first quarter of 2022 saw interesting trends for the top 5 News and Magazines apps in South Africa. Here’s a detailed look at their performance based on data from Sensor Tower.

Opera News: breaking & local experienced fluctuating weekly downloads, starting at 18.5K in late December and peaking at around 30K in the first week of February. Weekly active users showed a relatively stable trend, hovering around 340K to 370K throughout the quarter.

National Lottery Results saw a consistent increase in weekly downloads, beginning with 5.8K in late December and reaching approximately 11.4K by the end of March. The app’s weekly active users also showed a positive trend, growing from 108K to 132K over the same period.

Twitter Lite maintained a strong presence with weekly downloads starting at 29.2K and reaching up to 49K by late February. Weekly revenue for the app fluctuated, peaking at around $355 in the third week of March. The app’s weekly active users remained robust, averaging around 2.7M throughout the quarter.

Breaking News: Local & Alerts had varying weekly downloads, starting at 17.5K and declining to 2.4K by the end of March. Weekly active users mirrored this trend, starting at 67.6K and dropping to approximately 47.8K by the end of the quarter.

The Fuse: News, No Noise showed a significant spike in weekly downloads, beginning with just 173 in late December and peaking at around 10.9K in mid-March.

For more insights and detailed data, visit Sensor Tower.