X alternatives: 10 similar apps
X by X Corp., News, has 11,012,792 ratings at 4.6 on the 🇺🇸 United States App Store. The 10 apps below are the ones Apple keeps returning on the first page for the 8 phrases X's own listing is built from, Instagram most of all. Not a similarity model: the live search results, read today.
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TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE
18,357,436 ratings in US · shares 4 of 8 search pages with X
Ranks #3 for "twitter", where X sits at #1. Also on the page for "social" (#5), "media" (#10), "where" (#22).
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NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
1,383,952 ratings in US · shares 2 of 8 search pages with X
Ranks #1 for "breaking", a phrase X does not rank for at all. Also on the page for "news" (#7).
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CNN: Live & Breaking News
1,664,074 ratings in US · shares 2 of 8 search pages with X
Ranks #2 for "news", a phrase X does not rank for at all. Also on the page for "breaking" (#12).
How this list is made
We split X's name and description into the 8 phrases people would type (formerly, twitter, social, media, where, follow, breaking, news), search each on the United States App Store today, and count which apps keep appearing in the first 25 results. An app that sits on many of the same pages, high up, is a real alternative in the only sense that matters on the store: people looking for one find the other. No embeddings, no paid placements, no affiliate links.
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