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MarketWatch earns about
$259.9K/month
range $143.0K – $376.9K · $3.12M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$8.7K
$4.8K – $12.6K
Per Week
$60.6K
$33.4K – $87.9K
Per Month
$259.9K
$143.0K – $376.9K
Per Year
$3.12M
$1.72M – $4.52M
Lifetime
$7.80M
$4.29M – $11.31M
Brand revenue
📰 Reported
Dow Jones & Company - full brand revenue
Annual brand revenue (2019)
$1.5B/year
App Store / Play Store share
1%
≈ $3M/year of in-app revenue
Off-store revenue (everything else)
$1.5B/year
99% of total brand revenue
Dow Jones & Company earns about $1.5B/year across the whole brand.
Most of that money comes from off-store revenue - trading fees, commissions, payment processing, ad sales, hardware, enterprise contracts - not in-app purchases or subscriptions on the App Store / Google Play.
App store revenue (in-app purchases, subscriptions, ads, paid downloads)
Off-store revenue (trading fees, commissions, web subscriptions, ad sales, enterprise)
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Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($259.9K/month · $3.12M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
54/100
Opportunity
40/100
Cloneability
$3
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$21.44/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $21.44/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
MarketWatch charges ~$21.44/mo. Competitive entry: $12.86/mo or annual at $77/year (50% off annual is the standard hook).
🔡 App Store title ideas
Pro: AI-Powered FinanceSmart : Finance Tracker+ - Faster, Cheaper
📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried MarketWatch for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why MarketWatch costs $21.44/mo when ours costs $12.86"
- "The finance app MarketWatch won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$21.44/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
2.5M installs · 20.6% active · 1.7% pay
In-App Purchases
- Sub Subscription tier $19.99/month
- Sub Subscription tier $22.99/month
Subscription tiers parsed from store description.
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Current Version
- 7.9.27
- Released
- Aug 13, 2013
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- Required OS
- 8.0
- Content Rating
- Everyone 10+
- Category
- Finance
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
What's new in v7.9.27
As always, thank you for using MarketWatch!
We are excited to introduce our sixth generation app. Among the changes:
- A refactored design, including updated fonts and colors
- New site navigation that provides access to more news coverage
- More data on quote pages, including performance tables across instruments and Lipper rankings on mutual funds
- Addition of new data tables on U.S., Europe and Asia market data screens
We hope you enjoy this latest version of our app.
Fun Numbers - share these
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every second
$6
every minute
$361
every hour
$8.7K
every day
- ☕ Buys 2K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 17 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 74 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 50 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
2.5M
Reported: 1,000,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
511K
20.6% of installs · FINANCE category benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.5
Rating
4.17 ★
11K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$21.44/mo)
IAP: $19.99 - $22.99 per item
Rating Distribution
5★
32K
4★
8K
3★
3K
2★
2K
1★
5K
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Frequently Asked About MarketWatch
How much money does MarketWatch make on Google Play? ⌄
MarketWatch has an estimated Play Store revenue of $259.9K per month (~$3.12M per year, $8.7K per day) with a likely range of $143.0K to $376.9K. 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 MarketWatch get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). MarketWatch reports 1,000,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 2.5M total downloads and 511K monthly active users on Android.
Is MarketWatch a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
MarketWatch is analyzed using Google Play grossing rank, category ranking, install range, ratings velocity, monetization model (subscription revenue, in-app purchases, paid downloads) and ad-revenue signals. Compare it to other highest-grossing Android apps on the Play Store leaderboard.
How is MarketWatch Play Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates MarketWatch 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 ($19.99 - $22.99 per item), ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Finance category ARPU benchmark - net of Google's 15-30% Play Store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does MarketWatch offer on Android? ⌄
MarketWatch offers in-app purchases ($19.99 - $22.99 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.
Can I compare MarketWatch Play Store revenue with another Android app? ⌄
Yes. Use the free compare tool to compare MarketWatch side-by-side with any other Google Play app by estimated revenue, downloads, paying users, subscription pricing, in-app purchase tiers, grossing rank and monetization model.
Does Rev.now show exact Play Store revenue for MarketWatch? ⌄
No - Rev.now shows estimated Play Store revenue, in-app purchase earnings and subscription revenue for MarketWatch. Exact financial data, paying-user counts and ad income are private to Google and the developer; Rev.now does not have access to Play Console or developer payouts.
