Top 5 News and Magazines Apps on Android in South Africa Q4 2022

In Q4 2022, the top 5 News and Magazines applications on the Android platform in South Africa exhibited diverse performance trends. Below is a detailed breakdown of the weekly downloads and active user trends for each app.

Opera News: breaking & local maintained consistent weekly downloads, peaking at around 21.7K in late October. The app's weekly active users hovered between 351K to 374K, showing slight fluctuations throughout the quarter.

South Africa Breaking News experienced a notable surge in weekly downloads towards the end of December, reaching approximately 14K. Active users also saw a significant increase, growing from 17.3K at the start of the quarter to 21.7K by the end.

Twitter Lite had relatively stable weekly downloads, with a peak of around 11.1K in early November. The app's weekly active users remained steady, fluctuating slightly between 13K to 14.4K throughout the quarter.

Scooper News: News Around You saw a dramatic spike in weekly downloads in mid-December, reaching approximately 14.1K. Correspondingly, active users surged from 255 in late September to 7.9K by the end of December.

National Lottery Results had a varied pattern in weekly downloads, peaking at around 2.4K in late October. The app's weekly active users showed an overall upward trend, rising from 99K at the beginning of the quarter to 137K by the end.

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