NYTimes: US and Global News vs X
NYTimes: US and Global News
The New York Times Company
App Store
$2.82M/mo
~$33.83M/yr · 108.0M installs
VS
X
X Corp.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 974.5M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+255% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+802% 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.
- X earns roughly 4× more per month than NYTimes: US and Global News - $10.00M vs $2.82M.
- Aggressive pricing. X undercuts at $4.00/mo vs $4.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. X has ~974.5M lifetime installs vs NYTimes: US and Global News's ~108.0M - 9.0× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. X runs 10 IAP tiers vs 8 - 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.
NYTimes: US and Global News
vs
X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$2.82M
▶
$10.00M
Annual revenue (est.)
$33.83M
▶
$120.00M
Lifetime installs (est.)
108.0M
▶
974.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
7.9M
▶
19.5M
App Store rating
4.79★
◀
4.58★
Total ratings
720K
▶
10.8M
US grossing rank
#84
▶
#57
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
◀
$4.00
IAP tiers detected
8 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- 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
- 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
NYTimes: US and Global News trajectory
X trajectory
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 $2.82M. That is a 3.5× revenue gap (~$7.18M more per month for X). Annual revenue: NYTimes: US and Global News ≈ $33.83M/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 974.5M estimated downloads vs 108.0M for NYTimes: US and Global News - a 9.0× gap. NYTimes: US and Global News's App Store downloads are estimated from 720K 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 #84" 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 720K 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 $2.82M 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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