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The top 20 trending Free News & Magazines Apps for Android right now

Google Play has 21,402 News & Magazines apps, the 21st largest app category. 3,229 of them have at least 50,000 installs. 0% are paid, and the average rating is 4.0. Ranked by how much each app's installs grew this week, compared with the week before. Together these 20 apps got 11M installs in the last 7 days. Pulse grew the most, with 3 times the installs of the week before. Install counts come from Google Play. Last updated on 2026-11-04.
#
App
Installs, 7 days
vs week before
Last 12 weeks
Total installs
Rating
On Play
1
Lokal - AI Status & Updates
Lokal - AI enabled products for Bharat · News & Magazines
130K
2×
41M
4.2
8 years
2
X
X Corp. · News & Magazines
4.4M
2×
1.9B
4.8
16 years
3
Pulse
Huub · News & Magazines
13K
3×
1.1M
4.2
2 years
4
Briefing
Flipboard · News & Magazines
840K
+32%
2.2B
3.2
11 years
5
TheDaily
Huub · News & Magazines
140K
+48%
12M
4.0
2 years
6
Magazine Lockscreen
Transsion Holdings · News & Magazines
270K
+25%
120M
4.0
3 years
7
NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
Particle Media Inc. · News & Magazines
99K
+65%
95M
4.6
10 years
8
CrimeRadar: Dispatch Alerts
Scoopz LLC · News & Magazines
80K
+39%
4.6M
4.8
17 months
9
DevBytes-For Busy Developers
DevBytes: Tech, AI and Coding news · News & Magazines
43K
+78%
7.2M
4.5
4 years
10
Google News - Daily Headlines
Google LLC · News & Magazines
2.9M
+64%
4.3B
4.0
14 years
11
Smart Feed
Motorola Mobility LLC. · News & Magazines
1.5M
+39%
89M
3.6
13 months
12
Shuru App: Local News & Videos
Shuru App · News & Magazines
67K
+44%
18M
4.4
5 years
13
Headlines Flamingo
Plus44 Holdings · News & Magazines
12K
2×
1.1M
4.2
2 years
14
Snap News: Local & Alerts
Build4world · News & Magazines
82K
+16%
770K
4.3
21 months
15
Substack
Substack Inc. · News & Magazines
170K
+36%
15M
4.8
4 years
16
Flipboard:Your Social Magazine
Flipboard · News & Magazines
27K
+85%
890M
3.4
14 years
17
news.
Huub · News & Magazines
25K
+26%
6.1M
4.3
7 years
18
Breaking News - Live Headlines
YING LIANG HK LIMITED · News & Magazines
59K
−7%
13M
4.4
2 years
19
NYTimes: US and Global News
The New York Times Company · News & Magazines
51K
+55%
48M
4.7
16 years
20
news.
Huub · News & Magazines
35K
+64%
3.3M
4.2
2 years
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