Top 5 News and Magazines Apps on Android in Nigeria: Q4 2023

In Q4 2023, the top five news and magazines apps on the Android platform in Nigeria demonstrated varied performance trends in terms of weekly downloads and active users. The data, sourced from Sensor Tower, offers a detailed look into the engagement these apps garnered throughout the quarter.

Opera News: breaking & local showed consistent weekly downloads, peaking at approximately 17.8K in late October and maintaining a steady range between 15K and 17K for most of the quarter. However, downloads dipped to around 11.4K in mid-December. Weekly active users saw a high of 690K towards the end of November but experienced a decline to roughly 578K by the end of December.

Twitter Lite had a strong start with weekly downloads around 20K at the end of September, slightly decreasing to about 17.9K by late October. Downloads dropped significantly to 12.6K in early December, with active users fluctuating around 20K throughout the quarter, ending at 18.5K in the last week of December.

Scooper News: News Around You experienced significant fluctuations. Weekly downloads peaked at nearly 30K in mid-October but plummeted to just over 1K by early December. Active users remained relatively stable, hovering around 7.3K at the start and dropping slightly to 6.4K by the end of the quarter.

Local News: Weather & Breaking had a varied performance in weekly downloads, starting at approximately 9.8K in late September and seeing a peak of 10.8K in early October. Downloads saw a significant drop to just over 1.2K in early December but rebounded to 10.2K by the end of the month. Active users showed a substantial increase, starting at 77.8K and rising to over 103K by the end of December.

Quora: the knowledge platform maintained a steady performance in weekly downloads, ranging between 5.7K to 7.5K throughout the quarter. Active users saw minor fluctuations, with a peak of 94K in mid-October and ending the quarter at approximately 83.5K.

For more detailed insights and data on app performance, visit Sensor Tower.