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CNN: Live & Breaking News earns about
$2.21M/month
range $1.22M – $3.21M · $26.53M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$73.7K
$40.5K – $106.9K
Per Week
$515.9K
$283.7K – $748.0K
Per Month
$2.21M
$1.22M – $3.21M
Per Year
$26.53M
$14.59M – $38.47M
Lifetime
$66.33M
$36.48M – $96.17M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for CNN: Live & Breaking News
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($2.21M/month · $26.53M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
55/100
Opportunity
40/100
Cloneability
$0
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$5.83/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- faster onboarding · clearer pricing page · richer empty-state
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
CNN: Live & Breaking News is at $5.83/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
🔡 App Store title ideas
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried CNN: Live & Breaking News for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why CNN: Live & Breaking News costs $5.83/mo when ours costs $3.50"
- "The news app CNN: Live & Breaking News won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$5.83/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
282.9M installs · 4.1% active · 2.4% pay
In-App Purchases 4
- Monthly CNN Monthly Subscription $3.99 /month
- Monthly All Access (Monthly) $6.99 /month
- Annual CNN Annual Subscription $29.99 /year ~$2.50/mo
- Annual All Access (Annual) $69.99 /year ~$5.83/mo
4 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 26.13
- Released
- Sep 29, 2009
- Last Updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- File Size
- 189.5 MB
- Required OS
- 17.0
- Content Rating
- 17+
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- CNN Interactive Group, Inc.
What's new in v26.13
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.
Fun Numbers - share these
$1
every second
$51
every minute
$3.1K
every hour
$73.7K
every day
- ☕ Buys 15K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 147 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 632 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 6 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.
Estimated Installs
282.9M
estimated from 1,664,375 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
11.6M
4.1% of installs · NEWS category benchmark · iOS large-install decay × 0.16
Rating
4.77 ★
1.7M reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$5.83/mo)
Rating Distribution
5★
1.4M
4★
205K
3★
35K
2★
7K
1★
22K
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How much money does CNN: Live & Breaking News make on the App Store? ⌄
CNN: Live & Breaking News has an estimated App Store revenue of $2.21M per month (~$26.53M per year, $73.7K per day) with a likely range of $1.22M to $3.21M. This includes earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ads and any paid downloads - all directional estimates from public App Store signals, not private Apple financial data.
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Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (1.7M reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 282.9M total iOS downloads for CNN: Live & Breaking News - and roughly 11.6M monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
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