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WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights earns about
$5.14M/month
range $2.82M – $7.45M · $61.63M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$171.2K
$94.2K – $248.2K
Per Week
$1.20M
$659.1K – $1.74M
Per Month
$5.14M
$2.82M – $7.45M
Per Year
$61.63M
$33.90M – $89.36M
Lifetime
$154.08M
$84.74M – $223.41M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($5.14M/month · $61.63M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
55/100
Opportunity
65/100
Cloneability
$2
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$22.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $22.99/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
WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights charges ~$22.99/mo. Competitive entry: $13.79/mo or annual at $83/year (50% off annual is the standard hook).
🔡 App Store title ideas
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights costs $22.99/mo when ours costs $13.79"
- "The news app WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$22.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #82Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
82.8M installs · 12.9% active · 1.5% pay
In-App Purchases 2
- Monthly WSJ Twelve Month Subscription $38.99 /month
- Subscription The Wall Street Journal5 tiers $22.99 – $39.99 range
2 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 15.0.0
- Released
- Apr 1, 2010
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
- File Size
- 259.6 MB
- Required OS
- 17.0
- Content Rating
- 17+
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English
- Developer
- Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
What's new in v15.0.0
Bug fixes.
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$2
every second
$119
every minute
$7.1K
every hour
$171.2K
every day
- ☕ Buys 34K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 342 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 1K Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 3 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
82.8M
estimated from 552,010 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
10.7M
12.9% of installs · NEWS category benchmark · iOS large-install decay × 0.5
US Grossing Rank
#82
Live from App Store top-grossing chart
Monetization
Subscription (~$22.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #82
Rating Distribution
5★
467K
4★
50K
3★
12K
2★
6K
1★
18K
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How much money does WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights make on the App Store? ⌄
WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights has an estimated App Store revenue of $5.14M per month (~$61.63M per year, $171.2K per day) with a likely range of $2.82M to $7.45M. 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 WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (552K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 82.8M total iOS downloads for WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights - and roughly 10.7M monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
Is WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights a top grossing iOS app and what is its App Store rank? ⌄
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What in-app purchases and subscriptions does WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights offer on iOS? ⌄
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