Hacker News - HN Reader vs NYTimes: US and Global News
Revenue, downloads, ratings and category context for two iOS apps. Figures are estimates and should be read as ranges, not exact totals.
Hacker News - HN ReaderScott Carvalho - News
NYTimes: US and Global NewsThe New York Times Company - News| Metric | Hacker News - HN Reader | NYTimes: US and Global News | Readout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated revenue / mo | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | Partial signal |
| Revenue band | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | Use range + confidence |
| Estimated downloads / mo | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | NYTimes: US and Global News |
| Download band | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | Use range + confidence |
| Rating | - | 4.79 | NYTimes: US and Global News |
| Rating count | - | 736k | NYTimes: US and Global News |
| Tracked keywords | — | 1 | NYTimes: US and Global News |
| Category | News | News | Same market |
Which app is bigger?
Hacker News - HN Reader and NYTimes: US and Global News are compared inside News with monthly revenue, downloads, rating, review volume, keyword footprint, category placement and range context. NYTimes: US and Global News leads on monthly downloads in the current readout, while a clean revenue readout is available only for NYTimes: US and Global News in this pair. NYTimes: US and Global News wins demand, NYTimes: US and Global News has deeper review volume, and NYTimes: US and Global News has the larger tracked keyword footprint. The better app depends on the job: choose the revenue leader when you need monetization proof, choose the download leader when reach matters, and choose the higher-rated or deeper-reviewed app when market trust is the constraint. Read both ranges rather than only the midpoint, then open the category hub and related collections to see whether this pair is an outlier or a normal category pattern.