NYTimes: US and Global News vs X

NYTimes: US and Global News

The New York Times Company
App Store
$2.93M/mo
~$35.14M/yr · 107.9M installs
VS

X

X Corp.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 974.4M installs
Revenue winner X wins +241% vs other
Installs winner X wins +803% vs other
MAU winner X wins +147% vs other
Rating winner NYTimes: US and Global News wins +5% vs other

Why X is winning

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

  1. X earns roughly 3× more per month than NYTimes: US and Global News - $10.00M vs $2.93M.
  2. Aggressive pricing. X undercuts at $4.00/mo vs $4.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
  3. Bigger install base. X has ~974.4M lifetime installs vs NYTimes: US and Global News's ~107.9M - 9.0× the funnel top.
  4. More monetization surfaces. X runs 10 IAP tiers vs 8 - 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.

NYTimes: US and Global News
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.93M
▶
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$35.14M
▶
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
107.9M
▶
974.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
7.9M
▶
19.5M
App Store rating
4.79★
◀
4.58★
Total ratings
719K
▶
10.8M
US grossing rank
#79
▶
#44
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
◀
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
▶
10 tiers

NYTimes: US and Global News

The New York Times Company
App Store
Category
News
Price
Free
Released
Jan 31, 2019
Last updated
Jun 30, 2026
File size
185.2 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
11.81.0
Languages
English
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X

X Corp.
App Store
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
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FAQ

Which makes more money, NYTimes: US and Global News or X? v
X earns about $10.00M per month, while NYTimes: US and Global News earns about $2.93M. That is a 3.4× revenue gap (~$7.07M more per month for X). Annual revenue: NYTimes: US and Global News ≈ $35.14M/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, NYTimes: US and Global News or X? v
X leads with about 974.4M estimated downloads vs 107.9M for NYTimes: US and Global News - a 9.0× gap. NYTimes: US and Global News's App Store downloads are estimated from 719K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.8M ratings.
Are NYTimes: US and Global News 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.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do NYTimes: US and Global News and X offer? v
NYTimes: US and Global News: IAP range 8 tiers detected. X: IAP range 10 tiers detected. NYTimes: US and Global News runs a "Subscription (~$14.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #79" monetization model; X runs "X · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, NYTimes: US and Global News or X? v
NYTimes: US and Global News edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: NYTimes: US and Global News 719K ratings, X 10.8M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these NYTimes: US and Global News vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $2.93M for NYTimes: US and Global News 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 NYTimes: US and Global News or X to a different App Store app? v
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