The Wall Street Journal. News vs The Economist: News & Analysis
Revenue, downloads, ratings and category context for two iOS apps. Figures are estimates and should be read as ranges, not exact totals.
The Wall Street Journal. NewsDow Jones & Company, Inc., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. - News
The Economist: News & AnalysisThe Economist - News| Metric | The Wall Street Journal. News | The Economist: News & Analysis | Readout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated revenue / mo | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | The Wall Street Journal. News |
| Revenue band | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | Use range + confidence |
| Estimated downloads / mo | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | The Economist: News & Analysis |
| Download band | $*** - opens with trial | $*** - opens with trial | Use range + confidence |
| Rating | 4.71 | 4.87 | The Economist: News & Analysis |
| Rating count | 552k | 182k | The Wall Street Journal. News |
| Tracked keywords | 3 | 2 | The Wall Street Journal. News |
| Category | News | News | Same market |
Which app is bigger?
The Wall Street Journal. News and The Economist: News & Analysis are compared inside News with monthly revenue, downloads, rating, review volume, keyword footprint, category placement and range context. The Economist: News & Analysis leads on monthly downloads in the current readout, and The Wall Street Journal. News wins the revenue readout (the exact figures open with the paid plan), The Economist: News & Analysis wins demand, The Wall Street Journal. News has deeper review volume, and The Wall Street Journal. 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.