Top 5 News and Magazines Apps on Android in Nigeria: Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the top news and magazine apps on Android in Nigeria displayed intriguing performance trends. Here, we break down the key metrics for each app based on data from Sensor Tower.

• X (Formerly Twitter) from X Corp. experienced a steady weekly revenue trend, peaking at around $18.2K in early March. Weekly downloads showed fluctuations, with a notable increase to 46.4K in the first week of January and a resurgence to 42.3K by the end of March. The app's weekly active users remained robust, closing the quarter at approximately 6.9M.

• Breaking News - Live Headlines saw consistent weekly downloads, averaging around 24K. Active users initially decreased from 389K to a low of 279K in February, before recovering to 322K by the end of March.

• Opera News: breaking & local maintained a stable download rate early in the quarter, with numbers peaking at 12.9K in mid-February. Despite a decline in downloads towards the end of March, active users increased steadily, reaching over 906K.

• Quora: the knowledge platform showed a gradual decline in weekly downloads, starting at 8.7K in early January and falling to 5.5K by the end of March. Active users mirrored this trend, decreasing from 215K to 176K throughout the quarter.

• Local News: Weather & Breaking maintained a consistent download pattern, averaging around 4.5K weekly. Active users remained fairly stable, closing the quarter slightly below 115K.

For more insights and detailed analytics on app performance, visit Sensor Tower's platform.