Top 5 News and Magazines Apps in South Africa Q4 2022

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the top five news and magazines apps in South Africa exhibited diverse trends in downloads, revenue, and active users. Here’s a detailed breakdown of their performance, based on data from Sensor Tower.

News24: Trusted News. First saw a steady increase in weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $13.6K in the week of November 7. Weekly downloads ranged from 1.1K to 1.5K, with a notable increase in the final week of December. Active users displayed a slight decline, moving from 142.7K in late September to 138.6K by the end of December.

Netwerk24 – Alles op een plek! experienced fluctuations in weekly revenue, peaking at $9.3K in mid-October. Weekly downloads remained relatively stable, hovering between 548 and 785. However, no data on active users was available for this app.

For Magzter: Magazines, Newspapers, weekly revenue showed a general upward trend, reaching around $3.7K by the last week of December. Weekly downloads were relatively low, fluctuating between 119 and 270 throughout the quarter. Active users slightly declined from 1.8K to 1.6K over the period.

Bloomberg: Finance Market News had a notable peak in weekly revenue, hitting $3.8K in the last week of November. Weekly downloads remained steady, ranging from 276 to 409. Active users saw a slight decline from 3.3K to 3K by the end of December.

Lastly, Medium showed moderate weekly revenue, peaking at around $1.8K in late November. Weekly downloads varied between 278 and 477, with a slight uptick towards the end of the quarter. Active users decreased from 2.3K to 2K over the same period.

These insights are derived from Sensor Tower, where more detailed analytics can be found.