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Washington Post Select earns about
$569.2K/month
range $313.1K – $825.3K · $6.83M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$19.0K
$10.4K – $27.5K
Per Week
$132.8K
$73.0K – $192.6K
Per Month
$569.2K
$313.1K – $825.3K
Per Year
$6.83M
$3.76M – $9.90M
Lifetime
$17.08M
$9.39M – $24.76M
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62/100
Opportunity
65/100
Cloneability
$1
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$5.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- last updated 51 months ago - ship faster, advertise the freshness
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
Washington Post Select is at $5.99/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 Washington Post Select for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Washington Post Select costs $5.99/mo when ours costs $3.59"
- "The news app Washington Post Select won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$5.99/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
23.2M installs · 12.7% active · 2.3% pay
In-App Purchases 4
- Monthlyest. Premium Digital $14.99 /month
- Weeklyest. The Washington Post $5.99 /week ~$26.03/mo
- Subscription All-Access Digital2 tiers $5.99 – $9.99 range
- Subscription Washington Post Basic Digital2 tiers $5.99 – $9.99 range
4 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 1.34.3
- Released
- Jul 9, 2015
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2022
- File Size
- 73.4 MB
- Required OS
- 12.0
- Content Rating
- 12+
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- The Washington Post
What's new in v1.34.3
Bug fixes
Fun Numbers - share these
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every second
$13
every minute
$791
every hour
$19.0K
every day
- ☕ Buys 4K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 38 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 163 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 23 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
23.2M
estimated from 154,705 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
2.9M
12.7% of installs · NEWS category benchmark · iOS large-install decay × 0.75
Rating
4.81 ★
155K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$5.99/mo)
Rating Distribution
5★
135K
4★
15K
3★
2K
2★
821
1★
2K
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Frequently Asked About Washington Post Select
How much money does Washington Post Select make on the App Store? ⌄
Washington Post Select has an estimated App Store revenue of $569.2K per month (~$6.83M per year, $19.0K per day) with a likely range of $313.1K to $825.3K. 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.
How many App Store downloads does Washington Post Select get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (155K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 23.2M total iOS downloads for Washington Post Select - and roughly 2.9M monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
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What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Washington Post Select offer on iOS? ⌄
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