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Best news apps in 🇺🇸 United States, 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, US, today.

  1. 1 XX Corp. 4.6★ ·
  2. 2 RedditREDDIT, INC. 4.8★ ·
  3. 3 CrimeRadar Dispatch AudioScoopz Inc. 4.9★ ·
  4. 4 SubstackSubstack, Inc. 4.9★ ·
  5. 5 NewsBreak: Local News & AlertsParticle Media Inc. 4.8★ ·
  6. 6 Nextdoor: Neighborhood NetworkNextdoor 4.7★ ·
  7. 7 Fizz: Your Authentic CommunityFizz Social Corp. 4.7★ ▲1
  8. 8 Citizen: Safety & Live Videosp0n, Inc. 4.7★ ▼1
  9. 9 The White HouseThe Official White House 4.8★ ▲24
  10. 10 Ground NewsSnapwise Inc. 4.7★ ▼1
  11. 11 Police Scanner Radio & FireGordonEdwards.net LLC 4.6★ ▼1
  12. 12 NYTimes: US and Global NewsThe New York Times Company 4.8★ ▼1
  13. 13 Watch Duty: Wildfire & FloodsSherwood Forestry Service, Inc. 4.9★ ▼1
  14. 14 The Wall Street Journal. NewsDow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. 4.7★ ▼1
  15. 15 Police Scanner: Fire RadioGuru Network Limited Inc. 4.7★ ▼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 Substack#4 free · 528,555 ratings 4.90
  2. 2 Epoch Times: Live & Breaking#71 free · 266,310 ratings 4.90
  3. 3 Podcast App & Player - Castbox#37 free · 198,996 ratings 4.90
  4. 4 The Economist: News & Analysis#45 free · 182,190 ratings 4.90
  5. 5 The Atlantic Magazine#43 free · 136,668 ratings 4.90
  6. 6 The Guardian - US & World News#83 free · 113,171 ratings 4.90
  7. 7 Watch Duty: Wildfire & Floods#13 free · 51,039 ratings 4.90
  8. 8 CrimeRadar Dispatch Audio#3 free · 36,349 ratings 4.90
  9. 9 TrueShort - Stream True Crime#38 free · 17,731 ratings 4.90
  10. 10 Tijuana Good News#18 free · 720 ratings 4.90

Top paid news apps

  1. 1 GoodLinks 4.7★
  2. 2 Downcast 4.3★
  3. 3 Reeder Classic 4.1★
  4. 4 Wallflower - Boring Reader —
  5. 5 Current - RSS Feed Reader 4.5★
  6. 6 iCatcher! Podcast App 4.7★
  7. 7 News Explorer 4.7★
  8. 8 Police Scanner on Watch 2.2★
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Top grossing news apps

  1. 1 X 4.6★
  2. 2 The Wall Street Journal. News 4.7★
  3. 3 NYTimes: US and Global News 4.8★
  4. 4 MS NOW: Live & Breaking News 4.1★
  5. 5 Citizen: Safety & Live Video 4.7★
  6. 6 Washington Post 4.7★
  7. 7 Bloomberg: Business News Daily 4.6★
  8. 8 Ground News 4.7★
All 100 →

Most downloaded on Google Play

US, today
  1. 1X 4.8★
  2. 2CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts 4.8★
  3. 3Substack 4.8★
  4. 4Local Weather News - Radar 4.3★
  5. 5CGTN – China Global TV Network 4.3★
  6. 6NYTimes: US and Global News 4.7★
  7. 7Citizen: Protect The World 4.5★
  8. 8Google News - Daily Headlines 4.0★
  9. 9FOX News - Daily Breaking News 4.5★
  10. 10NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts 4.6★
Google Play chart, all rows →

How "best" is decided

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