Top 5 News and Magazines Apps on Android in Africa: Q2 2023

During the second quarter of 2023, the top 5 News and Magazines applications on the Android platform in Africa showed varying trends in weekly downloads and active users. Here’s a closer look at the performance data, sourced from Sensor Tower.

Opera News: breaking & local maintained a stable presence with weekly downloads hovering around 50K. The highest downloads were in the last week of March with approximately 57.5K, gradually declining to about 50.3K by the end of June. Active users remained robust, averaging around 2.1M, peaking at 2.26M in early May before a slight dip to 2.12M by late June.

Twitter Lite experienced fluctuations in weekly downloads, starting at 33.8K in late March and dipping to 22.7K by late May, before a recovery to 30.4K by the end of June. Active users were relatively steady, starting at 68K and ending at 67.9K, with minor ups and downs throughout the quarter.

For نبض Nabd - اخبار العالم ، عاجل, weekly downloads saw a peak of 39.5K in late April, but fell to 13.9K by mid-June, ending at 21.1K. Active users followed a similar trend, peaking at 575.6K in late April and then gradually decreasing to 497.8K by the end of June.

Local News: Weather & Breaking showed a positive trajectory with weekly downloads starting at 12.2K in late March and reaching a high of 19.4K by late May, before settling at 11.5K by the end of June. Active users rose steadily from 42.1K in late March to 70.2K by the end of the quarter.

Finally, Quora: the knowledge platform experienced a decline in weekly downloads from 12.7K in late March to 7.1K by the end of June. Active users also saw a decrease, starting at 341.5K and ending at 301.9K.

For more detailed insights and trends, visit Sensor Tower.