App Store keywordUS storefront
breaking news
How popular “breaking news” is in App Store search, how hard it is to rank for, and which apps rank for it today.
Popularity
80/100
Search-suggestion depth and competing apps
Difficulty
68/100
Strength of the top 10 results
Opportunity
56/100
High popularity, low difficulty
Monthly searches (est.)
10K–50K
Medium confidence
Search results
Top apps for “breaking news”
Positions in Apple's search results, last checked Sep 29, 2026. Arrows show the change since the previous check.
- #1best #1
- #2
Breaking NewsVijay Anand · ★ 4.6 · 10K ratingsbest #2 - #4
CNN: Live & Breaking NewsCNN Interactive Group, Inc.best #4 - #5
Breaking News: Local & AlertsSAFE APPS · ★ 4.5 · 7.4K ratingsbest #5 - #6
best #6 - #7
AP NewsThe Associated Pressbest #7 - #8
NBC News: Breaking & US NewsNBC News Digital, LLCbest #8 - #9
Reuters - Breaking World NewsThomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH · ★ 4.7 · 101 ratingsbest #9 - #11
best #11 - #12
FOX News: US & World HeadlinesFox News Network, LLC · ★ 4.5 · 569.1K ratingsbest #12 - #13best #13
- #14
Apple NewsApple Inc. · ★ 4.6 · 1.6M ratingsbest #14 - #15
Google NewsGoogle LLCbest #15 - #16
Opera News: Breaking & LocalOpera Norway AS · ★ 4.8 · 459 ratingsbest #16 - #18
BBC: World News & StoriesBBC Studios Distribution Ltd. · ★ 4.5 · 88.3K ratingsbest #18 - #19
ABC News: Live & BreakingDisney Electronic Content, Inc.best #19 - #20
best #20 - #23
NYTimes: Breaking World NewsThe New York Times Companybest #23 - #24
best #24
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How we measure
Where these numbers come from
Positions are observed in Apple's public search results for the US storefront.
Popularity is a 0–100 index, mainly from how few letters make Apple suggest the phrase. It is not a search count.
Difficulty reflects the ratings, reviews and title matches of the top 10 results.
Search volume is a wide modeled range, shown only with medium or better confidence.