CNN: Live & Breaking News vs NYTimes: US and Global News
CNN: Live & Breaking News
CNN Interactive Group, Inc.
App Store
$2.21M/mo
~$26.53M/yr · 282.9M installs
VS
NYTimes: US and Global News
The New York Times Company
Google Play
$851.8K/mo
~$10.22M/yr · 47.3M installs
Revenue winner
CNN: Live & Breaking News wins
+160% vs other
Installs winner
CNN: Live & Breaking News wins
+498% vs other
MAU winner
CNN: Live & Breaking News wins
+219% vs other
Rating winner
CNN: Live & Breaking News wins
+1% vs other
Why CNN: Live & Breaking News is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- CNN: Live & Breaking News earns roughly 3× more per month than NYTimes: US and Global News - $2.21M vs $851.8K.
- Aggressive pricing. CNN: Live & Breaking News undercuts at $3.99/mo vs $17.23/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. CNN: Live & Breaking News has ~282.9M lifetime installs vs NYTimes: US and Global News's ~47.3M - 6.0× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. CNN: Live & Breaking News runs 4 IAP tiers vs 0 - 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.
CNN: Live & Breaking News
vs
NYTimes: US and Global News
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.21M
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$851.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$26.53M
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$10.22M
Lifetime installs (est.)
282.9M
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47.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.6M
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3.6M
App Store rating
4.77★
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4.71★
Total ratings
1.7M
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202K
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$3.99
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$17.23
IAP tiers detected
4 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 29, 2009
- Last updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- File size
- 189.5 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 26.13
- Languages
- English
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 10, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone 10+
- Version
- 11.81.0
- Languages
- -
CNN: Live & Breaking News trajectory
NYTimes: US and Global News trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, CNN: Live & Breaking News or NYTimes: US and Global News? v
CNN: Live & Breaking News earns about $2.21M per month, while NYTimes: US and Global News earns about $851.8K. That is a 2.6× revenue gap (~$1.36M more per month for CNN: Live & Breaking News). Annual revenue: CNN: Live & Breaking News ≈ $26.53M/year, NYTimes: US and Global News ≈ $10.22M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, CNN: Live & Breaking News or NYTimes: US and Global News? v
CNN: Live & Breaking News leads with about 282.9M estimated downloads vs 47.3M for NYTimes: US and Global News - a 6.0× gap. CNN: Live & Breaking News's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.7M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. NYTimes: US and Global News reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are CNN: Live & Breaking News and NYTimes: US and Global News in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - CNN: Live & Breaking News is in News and NYTimes: US and Global News is in News & Magazines. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: CNN: Live & Breaking News from news monetization patterns, NYTimes: US and Global News from news & magazines.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do CNN: Live & Breaking News and NYTimes: US and Global News offer? v
CNN: Live & Breaking News: IAP range 4 tiers detected. NYTimes: US and Global News: IAP range $0.99 - $299.99 per item. CNN: Live & Breaking News runs a "Subscription (~$5.83/mo)" monetization model; NYTimes: US and Global News runs "Subscription (~$17.23/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, CNN: Live & Breaking News or NYTimes: US and Global News? v
CNN: Live & Breaking News edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: CNN: Live & Breaking News 1.7M ratings, NYTimes: US and Global News 23K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these CNN: Live & Breaking News vs NYTimes: US and Global News revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.21M for CNN: Live & Breaking News and $851.8K for NYTimes: US and Global News are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (News / News & Magazines) - 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 CNN: Live & Breaking News or NYTimes: US and Global News to a different App Store app? v
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