According to the results of a nationally representative survey held in the United Kingdom in October 2024, BBC News had an audience of 14.2 million people aged 15 years and above that month. Apple News ranked a close second with 14 million users. With the exception of Sky News, MoneySavingExpert, and The Guardian, all other news apps in the ranking had an audience of under two million, including Google News and Mail Online.
Most popular news apps in the United Kingdom (UK) in October 2024, by audience
(in millions)
Characteristic
Audience in millions
BBC News
14.2
Apple News
14
Sky News
3.5
Money Saving Expert
2.4
The Guardian
2.2
Google News
1.6
Mail Online
1.5
AOL - News, Mail & Video
1.1
The Telegraph UK
1
Upday for Samsung
1
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Audience in millions14.214.214143.53.52.42.42.22.21.61.61.51.51.11.11111BBC NewsApple NewsSky NewsMoney SavingExpertThe GuardianGoogle NewsMail OnlineAOL - News, Mail &VideoThe Telegraph UKUpday for Samsung
02.557.51012.51517.5
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*Data is partly derived from a panel of 10,000 people aged 15 and over that is designed to be nationally representative. The participants have meters installed across 25,000 personal devices to passively measure website and app usage. Data is combined with data from participating websites which are tagged so all devices visiting the site can be identified and logged.
The publishing source created a custom list by taking the ranking of the most popular apps by audience size provided by the source conducting the survey, and selecting those that had what the publishing source defined as 'a reasonable journalistic offering, whether that content is original or aggregated from other sources'. Specialist news apps focusing on areas such as sports and finance were included when these apps have a news component. Apps presenting just sports scores or share prices without any news content were excluded.
This data is combined with data from participating websites which are tagged so all devices visiting the site can be identified and logged
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Press Gazette. (December 5, 2024). Most popular news apps in the United Kingdom (UK) in October 2024, by audience (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310291/news-apps-usage-uk/
Press Gazette. "Most popular news apps in the United Kingdom (UK) in October 2024, by audience (in millions)." Chart. December 5, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310291/news-apps-usage-uk/
Press Gazette. (2024). Most popular news apps in the United Kingdom (UK) in October 2024, by audience (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310291/news-apps-usage-uk/
Press Gazette. "Most Popular News Apps in The United Kingdom (Uk) in October 2024, by Audience (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310291/news-apps-usage-uk/
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