BBC: World News & Stories vs X
BBC: World News & Stories
BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 9.4M installs
VS
X
X Corp.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 974.5M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+1000000000% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+10214% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+712% vs other
Rating winner
X wins
+2% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 10000000× more per month than BBC: World News & Stories - $10.00M vs $0.
- Bigger install base. X has ~974.5M lifetime installs vs BBC: World News & Stories's ~9.4M - 103.1× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. X ranks #46 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
BBC: World News & Stories
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
9.4M
▶
974.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.4M
▶
19.5M
App Store rating
4.49★
▶
4.58★
Total ratings
86K
▶
10.8M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#46
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 1, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- File size
- 104.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 2026.5.0
- Languages
- English
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 9, 2009
- Last updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- File size
- 498.1 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 12.5
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +35 more
BBC: World News & Stories trajectory
X trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, BBC: World News & Stories or X? v
X earns about $10.00M per month, while BBC: World News & Stories earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$10.00M more per month for X). Annual revenue: BBC: World News & Stories ≈ $0/year, X ≈ $120.00M/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 X? v
X leads with about 974.5M estimated downloads vs 9.4M for BBC: World News & Stories - a 103.1× gap. BBC: World News & Stories's App Store downloads are estimated from 86K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.8M ratings.
Are BBC: World News & Stories and X 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.
Do BBC: World News & Stories and X have in-app purchases? v
BBC: World News & Stories does not appear to offer in-app purchases on its public listing. X does not appear to offer in-app purchases. Monetization model: BBC: World News & Stories runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)", X runs "X · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)".
Which has better ratings, BBC: World News & Stories or X? v
X edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: BBC: World News & Stories 86K ratings, X 10.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these BBC: World News & Stories vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for BBC: World News & Stories and $10.00M for X 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 X to a different App Store app? v
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