The Economist Newspaper
The Economist - World News
Snapshot
Publisher DNA
What defines The Economist Newspaper?
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Portfolio
What does The Economist Newspaper ship?
Apps
2 apps analysed
Audio versions of articles enable consumption during commutes, increasing daily active usage.
- Concise daily news summaries provide a high-signal briefing for busy professionals needing global context
- Subscription cancellation processes are described as intentionally difficult and opaque by frustrated users
CarPlay integration sustains organic install velocity among high-value commuting segments
- High quality editorial and investigative journalism provides deep insight into complex global political events
- Persistent audio playback bugs and poor queue management disrupt the daily listening habit for subscribers
Distributed across 17 markets, strongest in Europe.
Based on 2 of 2 apps with localized market data · last scanned .
Americas (3)
- Mexico2 / 2
- United States2 / 2
- Brazil1 / 2
Europe (8)
- France2 / 2
- Spain2 / 2
- Germany1 / 2
- Italy1 / 2
- Netherlands1 / 2
›+3 more europe markets
- Portugal1 / 2
- Sweden1 / 2
- Turkey1 / 2
Asia-Pacific (6)
- India1 / 2
- Indonesia1 / 2
- Japan1 / 2
- Singapore1 / 2
- South Korea1 / 2
›+1 more asia-pacific market
- Vietnam1 / 2
Core markets (2/2 apps)
User Sentiment
How do users feel about their apps?
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Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
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Who does The Economist Newspaper compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(4)
FOX News serves as a direct news-reporting alternative for users who prefer live-streamed content and expert commentary over Espresso's summaries.
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WSJ: Exclusive News & Insights
With over 550,000 ratings and a high-velocity release cadence, WSJ represents the most direct, high-scale competitor in the premium global news niche.
Both apps target news consumers through subscription models, competing for the same time-constrained demographic seeking curated analysis of global events.
Both apps compete for the attention of global news consumers, with Espresso offering efficient briefings and The Guardian providing investigative depth. They target the same professional audience seeking daily news context.
Contenders(23)
Bloomberg targets the same professional demographic as Espresso but focuses on financial data and investment portfolio monitoring.
The BBC News app provides a trusted, high-authority alternative to Espresso for users seeking real-time global reporting.
Daily Mail targets the same daily-habit reader as Espresso but combines breaking news with interactive games to sustain engagement.
Both apps target news consumers seeking high-quality analysis, though Espresso focuses on global brevity while DER SPIEGEL emphasizes investigative reporting for German-speaking audiences.
Both apps target users seeking global news updates, but France 24 offers 24/7 live video feeds while Espresso focuses on curated, text-based summaries for time-constrained professionals.
Both apps compete for global news consumers, with Espresso targeting time-constrained professionals through concise summaries and The Guardian appealing to readers seeking independent, investigative journalism.
Both apps compete for the same daily news consumption habit, though Espresso focuses on global editorial analysis while Local News targets hyper-local updates and weather alerts.
SmartNews competes for the same daily-habit user base by using a rewards program to incentivize consistent engagement with aggregated content.
AP News competes for the same audience by providing fact-based, non-profit journalism that functions as a trust-based alternative to Espresso.
Both apps target time-constrained professionals seeking daily news briefings, with Espresso's The World in Brief directly competing against Washington Post's The 7 feature.
This app competes for the same daily news reader by providing a broad range of global and local headlines in a single feed.
Both apps target time-constrained readers seeking concise news, with both offering audio features and subscription-based access to premium content.
Both apps target time-constrained news consumers, but WELT competes by offering live-streamed video and real-time ticker updates, whereas Espresso focuses on curated, three-times-daily briefings.
Directly competes for the same professional, high-intent audience with a focus on real-time business and financial news.
Both apps compete for the attention of news-conscious readers, with Espresso focusing on concise, high-level summaries and The Epoch Times offering broad, long-form political and cultural coverage.
Both apps target international news consumers, but Espresso focuses on high-signal, concise analysis for professionals while Euronews targets a broader audience through live TV and multilingual reporting.
A direct thematic rival in the premium global news space, specifically targeting the same intellectual, business-focused demographic.
Both apps target time-constrained professionals with curated news summaries and audio integration, creating direct competition for daily reading habits.
Both applications target time-constrained professionals and students by condensing global news into short-form content. They compete directly for the attention of users who require efficient information consumption during daily routines.
Both apps compete for the same commuting audience by offering high-depth audio journalism, forcing users to choose between a subscription-only model and a freemium ad-supported experience.
Both apps compete for the same professional subscriber wallet by offering distinct approaches to news consumption: deep investigative reporting versus media bias analysis.
The New York Times competes for the same high-value subscriber by bundling news with lifestyle utility and games.
Both apps target time-constrained professionals seeking global news, with Espresso focusing on curated editorial briefings and Reuters providing real-time reporting and financial market data.
Same space(36)
This app competes for the same time-constrained user base by using an AI algorithm to filter thousands of daily articles into a personalized feed.
Feedly serves the same professional demographic as Espresso but offers a high-volume aggregation tool rather than a curated briefing.
The Financial Times targets the same professional audience as Espresso but focuses on deep financial intelligence rather than concise summaries.
Die Presse provides a regional, editor-curated news experience that mirrors the editorial focus of Espresso for the Austrian market.
Global Times provides a similar English-language news format but focuses on a Chinese-centric perspective.
Provides a global perspective with a strong focus on video and live reporting, overlapping with the target's multimedia goals.
Daily News competes for the same casual news-reader segment by offering personalized headlines and alerts.
This app targets the same general news consumer as Espresso but emphasizes a social network component for discussing local and national topics.
Snap News competes for the same attention-limited audience by using AI to curate local and global news into a concise format.
CBC News competes for the same Canadian audience by providing free, ad-supported access to trusted national and regional journalism.
Spectrum News competes for the same regional-news attention by bundling local weather utility with broadcast content.
fresh functions as a broader news aggregator, providing a customizable feed that contrasts with the curated, editor-led approach of Espresso.
ABC News serves the same general news-seeking audience but prioritizes live broadcast updates over deep-dive analysis.
Exopid News integrates community discussion into the news consumption loop, offering a social alternative to the solitary reading experience of Espresso.
Foreign Affairs Magazine targets the same geopolitical-analysis audience with long-form commentary from world leaders.
Haystack News competes for the same audience by offering a video-first approach to local and world news aggregation.
Economic Calendar competes for the same financial-professional attention by providing real-time data on market-moving events.
World Monitor App serves the same global-affairs audience by offering high-fidelity geopolitical risk intelligence.
Kagi News competes for the same high-intent reader by providing a curated, ad-free daily press review.
EconoDay competes for the same daily-habit segment by providing bite-sized economic learning, though it lacks the subscription-based editorial depth of Espresso.
NBC News competes for the same audience by offering live-streamed investigative journalism, though it gates more content behind a subscription.
Newsweek serves as an alternative for readers seeking context-heavy journalism, though it lacks the concise, bite-sized format of Espresso.
Nikkei Asia serves the same professional audience but focuses specifically on regional Asian business intelligence.
New Statesman Magazine targets the same intellectual audience with a focus on progressive political and cultural commentary.
World Monitor provides a spatial intelligence dashboard for power users, offering a map-based alternative to the daily briefings found in Espresso.
This app targets the same general news reader as Espresso by aggregating headlines from major newspapers into a single daily feed.
PressReader provides an alternative for global news consumption by offering authentic print-replica access rather than Espresso's summarized analysis.
This app competes for the same UK-based audience by using AI to filter global and local news into a personalized feed.
Competes for the same 'smart takes' audience, focusing on long-form analysis rather than breaking news.
The Observer competes for the same subscriber base by offering a mix of investigative journalism and lifestyle content.
This app serves as a primary source for Indian news, competing with Espresso for users who require real-time updates and expert journalism.
ET AI acts as a vertical-specific aggregator for the artificial intelligence sector, targeting professional users who require niche market intelligence.
Verilumia competes for the same news-conscious audience by focusing on source transparency and comparative reporting.
MS NOW targets the same political-news consumer base but relies on cable-provider authentication for full access.
WORLD News Group serves a similar news-consumption habit but differentiates through a specific faith-based editorial lens.
Yahoo News competes for the same audience by providing a centralized, personalized feed of multimedia content from various publishers.
New entrants(3)
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The Memo Intelligence Briefing
The Memo targets the same professional audience as Espresso by providing a daily digital newspaper focused on global markets and geopolitics.
Good News Digest targets the same time-constrained reader as Espresso but focuses exclusively on constructive, evidence-backed positive news.
Zeteo News competes for the same high-trust audience by offering independent, adversarial journalism outside corporate structures.
