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Best news apps in 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 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, GB, today.

  1. 1 XX Corp. 4.6★ ·
  2. 2 RedditREDDIT, INC. 4.7★ ·
  3. 3 SubstackSubstack, Inc. 4.8★ ▲1
  4. 4 Sky News Defence InsiderSky UK Limited 3.0★ ▼1
  5. 5 Nextdoor: Neighbour NetworkNextdoor 4.7★ ▲1
  6. 6 BBC News - UK & World StoriesBBC Media Applications Technologies Limited 4.5★ ▼1
  7. 7 Financial Times: Business NewsFinancial Times Ltd. 4.8★ ·
  8. 8 The Times: UK & World NewsTimes Media Limited (Apps) 4.0★ ·
  9. 9 Sky News: Breaking, UK & WorldSky UK Limited 4.6★ ·
  10. 10 The Telegraph: UK & World NewsTELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 4.5★ ·
  11. 11 The Guardian - UK & World NewsGuardian News and Media Limited 4.8★ ▲1
  12. 12 The Economist: News & AnalysisThe Economist 4.8★ ▼1
  13. 13 GB NewsGB News Limited 4.3★ ▲1
  14. 14 LBC: UK, World & Breaking NewsGlobal Media & Entertainment Limited 4.6★ ▲2
  15. 15 NYTimes: Breaking World NewsThe New York Times Company 4.7★ ▼2
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 Guardian - UK & World News#11 free · 254,884 ratings 4.80
  2. 2 The Economist: News & Analysis#12 free · 70,852 ratings 4.80
  3. 3 Substack#3 free · 49,283 ratings 4.80
  4. 4 Financial Times: Business News#7 free · 42,751 ratings 4.80
  5. 5 Al Jazeera - الجزيرة#32 free · 29,874 ratings 4.80
  6. 6 The Spectator Magazine#41 free · 24,418 ratings 4.80
  7. 7 Medium: Read & Write Stories#28 free · 21,601 ratings 4.80
  8. 8 Podcast Player App - Castbox#44 free · 13,620 ratings 4.80
  9. 9 Espresso: World news in a shot#77 free · 7,768 ratings 4.80
  10. 10 Spotify for Creators#40 free · 7,638 ratings 4.80

Top paid news apps

  1. 1 Reeder Classic 4.4★
  2. 2 Downcast 4.3★
  3. 3 Simple RSS Push+ —
  4. 4 The Aviation Herald —
  5. 5 Outcast for Watch 4.4★
  6. 6 RIP VIP: The Death Alert App. 3.3★
  7. 7 Wallflower - Boring Reader —
  8. 8 iCatcher! Podcast App 4.7★
All 100 →

Top grossing news apps

  1. 1 X 4.6★
  2. 2 The Guardian - UK & World News 4.8★
  3. 3 Financial Times: Business News 4.8★
  4. 4 Substack 4.8★
  5. 5 The Times: UK & World News 4.0★
  6. 6 Daily Mail: Breaking News Live 4.1★
  7. 7 The Telegraph: UK & World News 4.5★
  8. 8 The Economist: News & Analysis 4.8★
All 100 →

Most downloaded on Google Play

GB, today
  1. 1X 4.5★
  2. 2CGTN – China Global TV Network 4.2★
  3. 3Substack 4.8★
  4. 4Good Food: Recipe Finder 3.9★
  5. 5BBC News 4.4★
  6. 6Breaking News - Live Headlines 4.5★
  7. 7The Sun Mobile - Daily News 3.9★
  8. 8Sky News: Breaking, UK & World 3.3★
  9. 9Podcast Player 4.7★
  10. 10Financial Times: Business News 4.6★
Google Play chart, all rows →

How "best" is decided

Downloads decide the first list: Apple's top free chart for United Kingdom, which ranks by installs over the last days. The second list takes those hundred apps and sorts them by the star rating United Kingdom 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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