The Economic Times vs X
The Economic Times
Times Internet Limited
App Store
$6.4K/mo
~$77.1K/yr · 112K installs
VS
X
X Corp.
App Store
$43.24M/mo
~$518.93M/yr · 961.3M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+673378% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+855119% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+865260% vs other
Rating winner
X wins
+3% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 6735× more per month than The Economic Times - $43.24M vs $6.4K.
- Aggressive pricing. X undercuts at $4.00/mo vs $4.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. X has ~961.3M lifetime installs vs The Economic Times's ~112K - 8552.2× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. X ranks #55 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.
The Economic Times
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.4K
▶
$43.24M
Annual revenue (est.)
$77.1K
▶
$518.93M
Lifetime installs (est.)
112K
▶
961.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
28K
▶
246.1M
App Store rating
4.43★
▶
4.59★
Total ratings
1K
▶
10.7M
US grossing rank
-
▶
#55
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
◀
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 27, 2011
- Last updated
- May 8, 2026
- File size
- 200.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 4.4.9
- Languages
- English
- Category
- News
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 9, 2009
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 415.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 11.89
- Languages
- Arabic, BN, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech +35 more
The Economic Times trajectory
X trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, The Economic Times or X? v
X earns about $43.24M per month, while The Economic Times earns about $6.4K. That is a 6734.8× revenue gap (~$43.24M more per month for X). Annual revenue: The Economic Times ≈ $77.1K/year, X ≈ $518.93M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, The Economic Times or X? v
X leads with about 961.3M estimated downloads vs 112K for The Economic Times - a 8552.2× gap. The Economic Times's App Store downloads are estimated from 1K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.7M ratings.
Are The Economic Times 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 The Economic Times and X offer? v
The Economic Times: IAP range 10 tiers detected. X: IAP range 10 tiers detected. The Economic Times runs a "Subscription (~$6.99/mo)" monetization model; X runs "Subscription (~$9.58/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #55". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, The Economic Times or X? v
X edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.4 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: The Economic Times 1K ratings, X 10.7M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these The Economic Times vs X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.4K for The Economic Times and $43.24M 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 The Economic Times or X to a different App Store app? v
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