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CNN: Live & Breaking News earns about
$1.11M/month
range $613.0K – $1.62M · $13.37M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$37.2K
$20.4K – $53.9K
Per Week
$260.1K
$143.0K – $377.1K
Per Month
$1.11M
$613.0K – $1.62M
Per Year
$13.37M
$7.36M – $19.39M
Lifetime
$33.44M
$18.39M – $48.48M
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Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($1.11M/month · $13.37M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
59/100
Opportunity
40/100
Cloneability
$1
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$16.71/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $16.71/mo - undercut by 30-50% to win price-sensitive users
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
CNN: Live & Breaking News charges ~$16.71/mo. Competitive entry: $10.03/mo or annual at $60/year (50% off annual is the standard hook).
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- "I tried CNN: Live & Breaking News for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
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Monetization
Subscription (~$16.71/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
65.6M installs · 7.5% active · 1.0% pay
In-App Purchases
- Sub Subscription tier $3.99/month
- Sub Subscription tier $69.99/month
Subscription tiers parsed from store description.
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Current Version
- 26.9.0
- Released
- Apr 18, 2011
- Last Updated
- Apr 24, 2026
- Required OS
- 8.1
- Content Rating
- Everyone 10+
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- CNN
What's new in v26.9.0
We're listening to your feedback and continuing to make improvements to enhance your experience. Please update the app to ensure you always have the latest version.
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every second
$26
every minute
$1.5K
every hour
$37.2K
every day
- ☕ Buys 7K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 74 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 318 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 12 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Total Installs
65.6M
Reported: 50,000,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
4.9M
7.5% of installs · NEWS_AND_MAGAZINES category benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.3
Rating
4.33 ★
108K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$16.71/mo)
IAP: $3.99 - $69.99 per item
Rating Distribution
5★
412K
4★
85K
3★
20K
2★
12K
1★
59K
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How much money does CNN: Live & Breaking News make on Google Play? ⌄
CNN: Live & Breaking News has an estimated Play Store revenue of $1.11M per month (~$13.37M per year, $37.2K per day) with a likely range of $613.0K to $1.62M. This sums earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ad monetization and any paid downloads on Google Play - directional estimates from public signals only.
How many Play Store downloads does CNN: Live & Breaking News get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). CNN: Live & Breaking News reports 50,000,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 65.6M total downloads and 4.9M monthly active users on Android.
Is CNN: Live & Breaking News a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
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How is CNN: Live & Breaking News Play Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates CNN: Live & Breaking News Play Store revenue from public app data: Google Play download ranges, monthly active users (MAU), Android paying-user conversion, scraped subscription pricing, in-app purchase ranges ($3.99 - $69.99 per item), ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the News & Magazines category ARPU benchmark - net of Google's 15-30% Play Store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does CNN: Live & Breaking News offer on Android? ⌄
CNN: Live & Breaking News offers in-app purchases ($3.99 - $69.99 per item) on Google Play, which usually means subscription tiers (weekly, monthly, annual), virtual currency or one-time unlocks. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are usually the biggest contributors to monthly Play Store revenue.
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