Top 5 News and Magazines Apps in Africa: Q3 2024 Performance

In Q3 2024, the top five news and magazine apps in Africa demonstrated varied performance trends on the unified platform. The data, sourced from Sensor Tower, provides insights into the weekly downloads and active user metrics for these applications.

Breaking News - Live Headlines saw a fluctuation in weekly downloads throughout the quarter, starting with approximately 51.5K downloads in early July and peaking at 89.7K by the end of the month. The app's active users showed a steady increase, rising from 211K in the first week to about 329K by the end of September.

CGTN – China Global TV Network experienced a notable spike in weekly downloads, reaching 92.4K in mid-August, before declining to around 21.4K by the end of September. Active users mirrored this pattern, peaking at 78.3K in August and then decreasing to 49.1K by the quarter's end.

Opera News: breaking & local maintained a relatively stable download rate, with numbers hovering around 38K to 52K per week. Active user numbers showed a slight decline over the quarter, starting at approximately 1.45M and ending at 1.34M.

Citizen Digital exhibited a downward trend in downloads, starting from 27.2K and dropping to 7.3K by early September, before recovering to 21.9K by the end of the quarter. The app's active users remained fairly consistent, fluctuating around 140K to 157K throughout the period.

Quora: the knowledge platform showed stable weekly downloads, ranging from 17.6K to 19.3K. Active users for the app remained relatively consistent, with minor fluctuations, starting at 311K and ending slightly lower at 298K.

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