Last updated: September 13, 2026

App Store Ranking: The Top Grossing News Apps in Australia

Track the rankings of your Android apps for free with AppBrain. The rankings are refreshed daily from Google Play.

Rank			Rating
1	=	Australian Financial Review by Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Limited	3.2
2	=	X by X Corp.	4.6
3	=	The Guardian - US & World News by Guardian News and Media Limited	4.9
4	1	Substack by Substack, Inc.	4.9
5	1	The Sydney Morning Herald by Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Limited	4.6
6	1	The Australian by News Digital Media	3.2
7	1	The Age by Fairfax Digital Australia & New Zealand Pty Limited	4.7
8	=	NYTimes: US and Global News by The New York Times Company	4.8
9	=	Herald Sun. by News Digital Media	1.0
10	1	The Daily Telegraph. by News Digital Media	5.0
11	1	The Courier-Mail. by News Digital Media	1.0
12	=	The Economist: News & Analysis by The Economist	4.9
13	3	The Advertiser. by News Digital Media	0.0
14	1	Bloomberg: Business News Daily by Bloomberg Finance LP	4.6
15	4	Mamamia by Mamamia Pty Ltd	0.0
16	2	Podcast App by Evolve Global, Inc.	4.8
17	3	Medium: Read & Write Stories by A Medium Corporation	4.8
18	3	Newcastle Herald by Rural Press Pty Ltd	4.6
19	2	Daily Mail: Breaking News Live by dmg media ltd	4.2
20	3	Kiki: Local Chat & People Near by Kikihub	4.5
21	4	TrueShort - Stream True Crime by Humans Anonymous, Inc	4.9
22	4	Gold Coast Bulletin by News Digital Media	0.0
23	7	The Telegraph: UK & World News by TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED	4.6
24	4	The New Yorker by Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.	3.9
25	2	Canberra Times by Rural Press Pty Ltd	4.6
26	4	Overcast Podcast App by Overcast Radio, LLC	4.5
27	=	The Wall Street Journal. News by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	4.7
28	1	Financial Times: Business News by Financial Times Ltd.	4.8
29	16	Bendigo Advertiser by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
30	33	The Land: News & Livestock by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
31	2	Police Scanner Radio & Fire by GordonEdwards.net LLC	4.6
32	8	Ground News by Snapwise Inc.	4.7
33	18	The Examiner by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
34	13	The Atlantic Magazine by The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC	4.9
35	7	The Border Mail by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
36	1	The Mercury by News Digital Media	0.0
37	19	Cairns Post by News Digital Media	0.0
38	4	Reddit by REDDIT, INC.	4.8
39	8	NT News by News Digital Media	1.0
40	8	Queensland Country Life : News by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
41	16	Daily Advertiser by Rural Press Pty Ltd	5.0
42	12	Pocket Casts: Podcast Player by Automattic	4.5
43	4	The Weekly Times by News Digital Media	0.0
44	8	Geelong Advertiser by News Digital Media	0.0
45	7	Townsville Bulletin by News Digital Media	0.0
47	new	Tages-Anzeiger Nachrichten by Tamedia Abo Services AG	4.6
48	12	Narwhal for Reddit by robot swingset, llc.	4.5
49	10	Le Monde, Live News by Societe Editrice du Monde	4.7
50	9	Illawarra Mercury by Rural Press Pty Ltd	5.0
51	2	Washington Post by The Washington Post	4.7
52	12	Clubhouse by Alpha Exploration Co.	4.8
53	3	The Courier by Rural Press Pty Ltd	5.0
54	2	The Standard by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
55	12	Daily Wire by Daily Wire LLC	4.5
56	new	DIE ZEIT – Nachrichten by ZEIT ONLINE	4.7
57	8	CNBC: Stock Market & Business by Versant Media LLC	4.7
58	10	South China Morning Post: News by South China Morning Post Publishers Limited	4.6
59	15	The Irish Times by The Irish Times Ltd	2.0
60	20	Stock Journal: News, Livestock by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
61	26	DER SPIEGEL - Nachrichten by DER SPIEGEL GmbH und Co. KG	4.5
62	1	The Chronicle by News Digital Media	0.0
63	6	Central Western Daily by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
64	3	5-0 Radio Pro Police Scanner by Smartest Apps LLC	4.6
65	=	The Advocate by Rural Press Pty Ltd	3.0
66	17	AAP News by Australian Associated Press (Pty) Ltd	0.0
67	10	Haaretz - Israel News by Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd	4.1
68	5	Northern Daily Leader by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
69	1	The Telegraph e-paper by PressReader Inc	3.8
70	16	Podcast App & Player - Castbox by Guru Network Limited	4.9
71	9	NZ Herald News by NZME Holdings Ltd	4.6
72	new	The Straits Times by SPH Media Limited	4.4
73	new	Tagesspiegel - Nachrichten by Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH	4.8
74	new	Blind - Professional Community by Teamblind inc	4.6
75	3	The Daily Liberal by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
76	8	הארץ - חדשות \| Haaretz by Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd	4.2
77	8	Stock & Land: News & Livestock by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
78	3	PressReader: News & Magazines by PressReader Inc	4.7
79	1	Feedly - Smart News Reader by Feedly Inc.	4.6
80	1	News24: Trusted News. First by 24.com	2.8
81	new	QLD Fires by P4G Pty Ltd	5.0
82	new	ZINIO Unlimited by Zinio LLC	4.8
83	17	Farm Weekly: News & Livestock by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
84	10	Irish Independent News by Mediahuis Ireland Ltd	4.7
85	new	Inoreader: News & RSS reader by Innologica	4.7
86	new	SITREP by Artorias, Inc	4.4
87	new	Barron’s - Investing Insights by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.	4.6
88	6	The Spectator Magazine by The Spectator (1828) Ltd	4.8
89	new	Western Advocate by Rural Press Pty Ltd	0.0
90	20	Corriere della Sera - Online by RCS MediaGroup S.p.A.	4.7
91	20	Live World Monitor: GlobeAlert by APPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI	4.5
92	new	Mediapart, journal indépendant by Mediapart	4.8
93	new	Epoch Times: Live & Breaking by Epoch Usa Inc	4.9
94	new	FT Digital Edition by Financial Times Ltd.	4.8

Track your Google Play keyword rankings

Track keywords

Get a performance report for any app

Get report

Promote your app to millions of users

Promote

Track your keyword rankings

Get an app performance report

Promote your Android app

AppBrain is a directory focused on discovering great apps and games. We give statistics, rankings and search options that Google Play and the App Store don't have. All trademarks are owned by their respective owners. AppBrain doesn't offer APKs or binaries, and always lets users install the official version from Google Play or the App Store.

More apps