Q3 2025 UK News & Magazines App Performance on Unified Platform

In the third quarter of 2025, the top News and Magazines applications in the UK showed varied performance trends on the unified platform, combining data from both iOS and Android devices. This analysis provides an overview of their weekly downloads, revenue, and active user trends, based on data from Sensor Tower.

X from X Corp. experienced fluctuations in its weekly revenue, peaking at around $362K in late July before seeing a gradual decline, ending September with approximately $207K. Weekly downloads showed a notable rise in early September, reaching 91K, while active users remained strong, peaking at over 9.2M in the same period.

Substack, published by Substack Inc., saw its weekly revenue peak at $733 by the end of September. Downloads remained relatively stable, with slight increases mid-quarter, reaching about 20K. Active users steadily grew, reaching over 557K towards the end of the quarter.

BBC News maintained consistent weekly downloads, peaking at over 19K in early September. The weekly active users fluctuated slightly but remained above 4.4M throughout the quarter.

Upday | Local & World News saw a dramatic decline in downloads from 33.5K at the start of the quarter to below 100 by the end, while active users gradually decreased from just under 50K to around 32K.

Good Food: Recipe Finder by Immediate Media Co started Q3 with a weekly revenue of $120K, dropping to $3.8K by mid-August but recovering to end the quarter at $66K. Downloads and active users showed modest growth, with downloads peaking at 14.8K in late August and active users reaching over 119K by the end of September.

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