BBC: World News & Stories vs Reddit

BBC: World News & Stories

BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
App Store
$489.3K/mo
~$5.87M/yr · 7.9M installs
VS

Reddit

REDDIT, INC.
App Store
$3.88M/mo
~$46.53M/yr · 579.9M installs
Revenue winner Reddit wins +693% vs other
Installs winner Reddit wins +7204% vs other
MAU winner Reddit wins +504% vs other
Rating winner Reddit wins +6% vs other

Why Reddit is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Reddit earns roughly 8× more per month than BBC: World News & Stories - $3.88M vs $489.3K.
  2. Premium pricing. Reddit charges $9.99/mo vs BBC: World News & Stories's $8.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Reddit has ~579.9M lifetime installs vs BBC: World News & Stories's ~7.9M - 73.0× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. Reddit runs 5 IAP tiers vs 2 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

BBC: World News & Stories
vs
Reddit
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$489.3K
$3.88M
Annual revenue (est.)
$5.87M
$46.53M
Lifetime installs (est.)
7.9M
579.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.0M
12.2M
App Store rating
4.51★
4.76★
Total ratings
72K
3.4M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$8.99
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
5 tiers

BBC: World News & Stories

BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
App Store
Category
News
Price
Free
Released
Apr 1, 2010
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
101.0 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
2026.3.0
Languages
English
View full BBC: World News & Stories report →

Reddit

REDDIT, INC.
App Store
Category
News
Price
Free
Released
Apr 7, 2016
Last updated
May 4, 2026
File size
408.4 MB
Content rating
17+
Version
2026.18.0
Languages
BN, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +23 more
View full Reddit report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, BBC: World News & Stories or Reddit? v
Reddit earns about $3.88M per month, while BBC: World News & Stories earns about $489.3K. That is a 7.9× revenue gap (~$3.39M more per month for Reddit). Annual revenue: BBC: World News & Stories ≈ $5.87M/year, Reddit ≈ $46.53M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, BBC: World News & Stories or Reddit? v
Reddit leads with about 579.9M estimated downloads vs 7.9M for BBC: World News & Stories - a 73.0× gap. BBC: World News & Stories's App Store downloads are estimated from 72K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Reddit's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.4M ratings.
Are BBC: World News & Stories and Reddit in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the News category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do BBC: World News & Stories and Reddit offer? v
BBC: World News & Stories: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Reddit: IAP range 5 tiers detected. BBC: World News & Stories runs a "Subscription (~$7.50/mo)" monetization model; Reddit runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, BBC: World News & Stories or Reddit? v
Reddit edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: BBC: World News & Stories 72K ratings, Reddit 3.4M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these BBC: World News & Stories vs Reddit revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $489.3K for BBC: World News & Stories and $3.88M for Reddit are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (News) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare BBC: World News & Stories or Reddit to a different App Store app? v
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