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Best news apps in 🇦🇺 Australia, September 2026

Four lists from Apple's own charts, read every morning: the most downloaded free news apps, the best rated among the hundred most downloaded, the top paid and the top grossing. Ratings are the store's, positions are today's, and movement is against yesterday. Nothing here is estimated.

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Most downloaded free news apps

Apple's top free chart, AU, today.

  1. 1 XX Corp. 4.5★ ·
  2. 2 RedditREDDIT, INC. 4.7★ ·
  3. 3 SubstackSubstack, Inc. 4.8★ ·
  4. 4 news.com.auNews Digital Media 4.4★ ·
  5. 5 7NEWS AustraliaSeven Network (Operations) Ltd. 3.9★ ·
  6. 6 ABC NewsAustralian Broadcasting Corporation 4.4★ ·
  7. 7 NYTimes: Breaking World NewsThe New York Times Company 4.8★ ·
  8. 8 The AustralianNews Digital Media 4.5★ ·
  9. 9 Police Scanner Radio & FireGordonEdwards.net LLC 4.6★ ▲8
  10. 10 Australian Financial ReviewFairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Limited 2.3★ ▲4
  11. 11 中国领事Center for Consular Assistance & Protection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China 1.4★ ·
  12. 12 BBC: World News & StoriesBBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 4.4★ ▲3
  13. 13 Podcast AppEvolve Global, Inc. 4.7★ ▼1
  14. 14 Alert SAGovernment of South Australia – South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission 4.6★ ▼1
  15. 15 News24 AustraliaNews Digital Media 3.2★ ▲1
All 100, with movers and drop-outs →

Best rated of the top 100

Highest star rating among the hundred most downloaded, at least 500 ratings.

  1. 1 The Atlantic Magazine#65 free · 2,845 ratings 4.90
  2. 2 The Guardian - AU & World News#17 free · 75,509 ratings 4.80
  3. 3 Substack#3 free · 21,976 ratings 4.80
  4. 4 The Economist: News & Analysis#48 free · 17,012 ratings 4.80
  5. 5 NYTimes: Breaking World News#7 free · 14,949 ratings 4.80
  6. 6 Al Jazeera - الجزيرة#49 free · 14,694 ratings 4.80
  7. 7 Medium: Read & Write Stories#28 free · 10,989 ratings 4.80
  8. 8 Podcast Player App - Castbox#60 free · 7,625 ratings 4.80
  9. 9 Spotify for Creators#62 free · 3,217 ratings 4.80
  10. 10 Financial Times: Business News#50 free · 2,426 ratings 4.80

Top paid news apps

  1. 1 QLD Fires 4.7★
  2. 2 VIC Fires 4.7★
  3. 3 NSW Fires 4.7★
  4. 4 WAFires 4.7★
  5. 5 Reeder Classic 4.5★
  6. 6 Wallflower - Boring Reader —
  7. 7 SA Fires 4.7★
  8. 8 Downcast 4.5★
All 100 →

Top grossing news apps

  1. 1 Australian Financial Review 2.3★
  2. 2 X 4.5★
  3. 3 The Guardian - AU & World News 4.8★
  4. 4 The Sydney Morning Herald 4.2★
  5. 5 Substack 4.8★
  6. 6 Herald Sun: Victoria News 2.1★
  7. 7 The Age 4.0★
  8. 8 NYTimes: Breaking World News 4.8★
All 100 →

Most downloaded on Google Play

AU, today
  1. 1X 4.6★
  2. 2Substack 4.7★
  3. 3news.com.au 4.6★
  4. 4ABC NEWS 4.7★
  5. 5The Australian 3.2★
  6. 6Pocket Casts - Podcast App 4.8★
  7. 77NEWS 3.9★
  8. 8The Nightly 3.3★
  9. 9Podcast Player 4.8★
  10. 10Pulse Tasmania 4.1★
Google Play chart, all rows →

How "best" is decided

Downloads decide the first list: Apple's top free chart for Australia, which ranks by installs over the last days. The second list takes those hundred apps and sorts them by the star rating Australia users gave them, ignoring apps with fewer than 500 ratings so a handful of five-star reviews cannot win. Paid and grossing come straight from Apple's charts. We add no score of our own and take no placement fees.

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