X vs NYTimes: US and Global News
X
X Corp.
App Store
$4.81M/mo
~$57.75M/yr · 961.3M installs
VS
NYTimes: US and Global News
The New York Times Company
Google Play
$848.7K/mo
~$10.18M/yr · 47.1M installs
Revenue winner
X wins
+467% vs other
Installs winner
X wins
+1942% vs other
MAU winner
X wins
+430% vs other
Rating winner
NYTimes: US and Global News wins
+3% vs other
Why X is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- X earns roughly 6× more per month than NYTimes: US and Global News - $4.81M vs $848.7K.
- Aggressive pricing. X undercuts at $4.00/mo vs $17.23/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. X has ~961.3M lifetime installs vs NYTimes: US and Global News's ~47.1M - 20.4× the funnel top.
- More monetization surfaces. X runs 10 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.
X
vs
NYTimes: US and Global News
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$4.81M
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$848.7K
Annual revenue (est.)
$57.75M
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$10.18M
Lifetime installs (est.)
961.3M
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47.1M
Monthly active users (est.)?
19.2M
◀
3.6M
App Store rating
4.59★
▶
4.72★
Total ratings
10.7M
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200K
US grossing rank
#51
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.00
▶
$17.23
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 tiers
- 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
- Category
- News & Magazines
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 10, 2010
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Everyone 10+
- Version
- 11.73.0
- 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 $4.81M per month, while NYTimes: US and Global News earns about $848.7K. That is a 5.7× revenue gap (~$3.96M more per month for X). Annual revenue: X ≈ $57.75M/year, NYTimes: US and Global News ≈ $10.18M/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 961.3M estimated downloads vs 47.1M for NYTimes: US and Global News - a 20.4× gap. X's App Store downloads are estimated from 10.7M 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: IAP range 10 tiers detected. NYTimes: US and Global News: IAP range $0.99 - $299.99 per item. X runs a "Subscription (~$9.58/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #51" 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 10.7M 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 $4.81M for X and $848.7K 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.
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