Top 5 News and Magazines Apps in South Africa Q3 2023

During Q3 2023, several News and Magazines apps in South Africa demonstrated notable performance trends across downloads, revenue, and active users. Here’s an overview of the top 5 apps:

Twitter Lite from X Corp. saw a significant increase in weekly revenue, peaking at around $6.4K in the week of August 21. Downloads spiked dramatically to 101K during the week of August 7, before stabilizing between 14.7K and 33.1K for the rest of the quarter. Active users remained consistently above 2.4M, peaking at 2.9M in early August.

Opera News: breaking & local by Opera maintained steady download numbers, ranging from 11.2K to 15.1K per week. Active users hovered around 340K, experiencing a slight rise towards the end of the quarter, reaching 346K in the last week of September.

South Africa Breaking News from Safe Apps MVPs had a more volatile download pattern, peaking at 14.2K in the week of August 7. Active users varied significantly, hitting a high of 21.9K at the end of July before dropping to 7.4K by the end of September.

Breaking News: Local & Alerts by SAFE APPS experienced a notable increase in downloads, peaking at 12.5K during the week of August 7. Active users followed a similar trend, peaking at 50.9K in the same week before settling around 25.6K towards the end of September.

AutoTrader by AutoTrader South Africa maintained stable download numbers, ranging from 1.3K to 2.1K per week. Active users showed a slight increase, peaking at 3.8K in the last week of September.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower. For more detailed analytics and trends, visit Sensor Tower.