Google News vs Reddit
Google News
Google
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 33.9M installs
VS
REDDIT, INC.
App Store
$3.92M/mo
~$47.02M/yr · 586.0M installs
Revenue winner
Reddit wins
+391798900% vs other
Installs winner
Reddit wins
+1627% vs other
MAU winner
Reddit wins
+89% vs other
Rating winner
Reddit wins
+4% vs other
Why Reddit is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Reddit earns roughly 3917989× more per month than Google News - $3.92M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Reddit runs a $9.99/mo subscription that compounds; Google News relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Reddit has ~586.0M lifetime installs vs Google News's ~33.9M - 17.3× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. Reddit runs 5 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Google News
vs
Reddit
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
▶
$3.92M
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$47.02M
Lifetime installs (est.)
33.9M
▶
586.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
6.5M
▶
12.3M
App Store rating
4.57★
▶
4.76★
Total ratings
226K
▶
3.4M
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$9.99
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
▶
5 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 8, 2011
- Last updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- File size
- 162.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 5.119
- Languages
- AF, Arabic, BE, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian +39 more
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 7, 2016
- Last updated
- Jun 30, 2026
- File size
- 406.3 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 2026.26.0
- Languages
- BN, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +26 more
Google News trajectory
Reddit trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Google News or Reddit? v
Reddit earns about $3.92M per month, while Google News earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$3.92M more per month for Reddit). Annual revenue: Google News ≈ $0/year, Reddit ≈ $47.02M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Google News or Reddit? v
Reddit leads with about 586.0M estimated downloads vs 33.9M for Google News - a 17.3× gap. Google News's App Store downloads are estimated from 226K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Reddit's App Store downloads are estimated from 3.4M ratings.
Are Google News 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 Google News and Reddit offer? v
Google News: no IAP detected on the public listing. Reddit: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Google News runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" 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, Google News or Reddit? v
Reddit edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Google News 226K ratings, Reddit 3.4M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Google News vs Reddit revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Google News and $3.92M 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 Google News or Reddit to a different App Store app? v
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