British news publishers are leading the way in the iPhone app download charts, according to rankings displayed in Apple’s iTunes store.
The Guardian (version 1) tops the list, followed by MailOnline in third place. The top five grossing UK news apps are:
iTunes also lists the top free iPhone news apps but apparently uses an algorithm based on the last four days of sales/downloads. So, bearing in mind this is more of a snapshot (which may also be a bit skewed because we are currently in holiday season), the top five free UK news apps are currently:
At the time of writing, they also appeared in the same ranking for worldwide news apps.
The top five paid-for UK news apps are currently:
Journalism.co.uk’s own free news app, which features this blog, our main news, editorial job listings and press releases, is currently ranked 72.