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Best news apps in 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 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, NL, today.

  1. 1 SPAR UniversitySocial Brothers 3.8★ ·
  2. 2 XX Corp. 4.4★ ·
  3. 3 RedditREDDIT, INC. 4.6★ ·
  4. 4 SubstackSubstack, Inc. 4.7★ ·
  5. 5 NOSNederlandse Omroep Stichting 4.5★ ·
  6. 6 Nextdoor: buurtnetwerkNextdoor 4.4★ ·
  7. 7 NU.nlDPG Media Services 3.5★ ·
  8. 8 de Volkskrant - NieuwsDPG Media Services 4.5★ ·
  9. 9 AD - Nieuws, Sport & RegioDPG Media Services 4.3★ ▲2
  10. 10 Alarmering P2000Julian van Heek 4.6★ ▲3
  11. 11 RTL Nieuws & EntertainmentDPG Media Services 4.3★ ▼2
  12. 12 NRC - Nieuws en achtergrondenNRC Media 4.6★ ▼2
  13. 13 BNR | Nieuws, Radio & PodcastsFD Mediagroep 4.6★ ▼1
  14. 14 FDFD Mediagroep 4.6★ ·
  15. 15 NOS JeugdjournaalNederlandse Omroep Stichting 4.3★ ▲5
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#73 free · 11,641 ratings 4.80
  2. 2 The Economist: News & Analysis#60 free · 8,049 ratings 4.80
  3. 3 Podcast Player App - Castbox#91 free · 2,212 ratings 4.80
  4. 4 Financial Times: Business News#32 free · 1,837 ratings 4.80
  5. 5 NYTimes: US and Global News#16 free · 7,130 ratings 4.70
  6. 6 Substack#4 free · 5,912 ratings 4.70
  7. 7 Medium: Read & Write Stories#98 free · 3,761 ratings 4.70
  8. 8 Follow the Money#23 free · 2,835 ratings 4.70
  9. 9 Al Jazeera - الجزيرة#49 free · 2,834 ratings 4.70
  10. 10 Spotify for Creators#54 free · 1,387 ratings 4.70

Top paid news apps

  1. 1 Teletekst 3.9★
  2. 2 Downcast 4.3★
  3. 3 The Aviation Herald 3.3★
  4. 4 Reeder Classic 4.3★
  5. 5 Outcast voor Watch 4.2★
  6. 6 iCatcher! Podcast App 4.9★
  7. 7 News Explorer 4.6★
  8. 8 GoodLinks 4.6★
All 100 →

Top grossing news apps

  1. 1 X 4.4★
  2. 2 AD - Nieuws, Sport & Regio 4.3★
  3. 3 Substack 4.7★
  4. 4 The Guardian - UK & World News 4.8★
  5. 5 de Volkskrant - Nieuws 4.5★
  6. 6 NYTimes: US and Global News 4.7★
  7. 7 Financial Times: Business News 4.8★
  8. 8 Het Parool - Nieuws 4.6★
All 100 →

Most downloaded on Google Play

NL, today
  1. 1X 4.4★
  2. 2NOS 4.1★
  3. 3Substack 4.6★
  4. 4Jeugdjournaal 4.5★
  5. 5AD – Nieuws, Regio en Show 4.2★
  6. 6TVgids.nl - Dutch TV Guide 3.2★
  7. 7Rijnmond 4.4★
  8. 8Opgelicht?! 4.7★
  9. 9Wait - Magazines, books & 4.7★
  10. 10BNR | Nieuws, Radio & Podcasts 3.7★
Google Play chart, all rows →

How "best" is decided

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