X vs NYTimes: US and Global News
X
X Corp.
App Store
$10.00M/mo
~$120.00M/yr · 974.8M 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
X wins
+1074% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+1961% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+435% vs other
Rating winner
NYTimes: US and Global News wins
+3% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 12× more per month than NYTimes: US and Global News - $10.00M vs $851.8K.
- Bigger install base. X has ~974.8M lifetime installs vs NYTimes: US and Global News's ~47.3M - 20.6× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. X ranks #57 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.
X
vs
NYTimes: US and Global News
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$10.00M
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$851.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$120.00M
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$10.22M
Lifetime installs (est.)
974.8M
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47.3M
Monthly active users (est.)?
19.5M
◀
3.6M
App Store rating
4.58★
▶
4.71★
Total ratings
10.8M
◀
202K
US grossing rank
#57
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$17.23
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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0 tiers
- 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
- 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
- -
X trajectory
NYTimes: US and Global News trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, X or NYTimes: US and Global News? v
X earns about $10.00M per month, while NYTimes: US and Global News earns about $851.8K. That is a 11.7× revenue gap (~$9.15M more per month for X). Annual revenue: X ≈ $120.00M/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, X or NYTimes: US and Global News? v
X leads with about 974.8M estimated downloads vs 47.3M for NYTimes: US and Global News - a 20.6× gap. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.8M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. NYTimes: US and Global News reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are X and NYTimes: US and Global News in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - X is in News and NYTimes: US and Global News is in News & Magazines. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: X from news monetization patterns, NYTimes: US and Global News from news & magazines.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do X and NYTimes: US and Global News offer? v
X: no IAP detected on the public listing. NYTimes: US and Global News: IAP range $0.99 - $299.99 per item. X runs a "X · calibrated to ground-truth (~$10.0M/mo on App Store)" 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, X or NYTimes: US and Global News? v
NYTimes: US and Global News edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: X 10.8M ratings, NYTimes: US and Global News 23K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these X vs NYTimes: US and Global News revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $10.00M for X 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 X or NYTimes: US and Global News to a different App Store app? v
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