The Financial Times
Financial Times: Business News
Snapshot
Publisher DNA
What defines The Financial Times?
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What does The Financial Times ship?
Apps
2 apps analysed
Trusted global reporting on business, politics, finance, the arts and beyond.
Markets data integration functions as a high-utility tool for financial professionals.
- High-quality global journalism and balanced analysis provide significant value for professional and casual readers alike
- Persistent authentication issues force users to sign in repeatedly, disrupting the daily reading habit
Financial Times print edition on your device: Global Business, Politics & more
30-language translation tool expands the addressable B2B market
- Digital edition provides a convenient and environmentally friendly alternative to physical newspaper reading on commutes
- Frequent app crashes and forced closures after recent updates disrupt the daily reading habit
Single-market publisher, every app ships only to United States.
Based on 2 of 2 apps with localized market data · last scanned .
Americas (1)
- United States2 / 2
Core markets (2/2 apps)
User Sentiment
How do users feel about their apps?
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Positive apps
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Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
55/100
Avg sentiment score
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Who does The Financial Times compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
Both apps target business professionals and investors with global financial and market news, creating direct competition for the daily attention of the same professional demographic.
Contenders(7)
Both applications serve business news to professional audiences and require a website login to access content. They compete directly for the daily attention of users seeking financial and market updates.
Both apps target business professionals and investors with premium financial news, competing for the same subscription-based audience seeking market-moving insights.
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Australian Financial Review
Both apps target business professionals with subscription-based financial news and live market data, creating direct competition for the attention of investors in the Australian market.
Both apps target business professionals with subscription-based financial news and market intelligence. They compete for the same daily reading habit among investors and business leaders.
Both apps compete for the attention of business professionals and investors by providing curated financial news and market analysis.
Both apps compete for the daily attention of news readers, with the Irish Times News offering multimedia content and interactive features that vie for the same time as the Financial Times.
Both apps compete for the time and subscription spend of readers seeking high-quality journalism and analysis, targeting users who value long-form reporting over general news aggregators.
Same space(20)
BBC World News serves a similar global audience to the FT, providing high-quality documentary and audio content alongside standard news reporting.
Bloomberg is a direct competitor to the FT, offering similar financial market news and data for business leaders and investors.
BBC News provides a global, trusted news source that overlaps with the FT's international audience but lacks the specific financial focus.
CNN provides real-time news updates that capture the same audience as the FT, though it focuses on video-first engagement rather than financial analysis.
Daily Mail serves a mass-market audience with a mix of global news and celebrity gossip, contrasting with the FT's professional financial focus.
Feedly acts as a professional news aggregator that competes with the FT by allowing users to centralize and filter industry-specific content.
FOX News provides a broad-spectrum news alternative that competes for the same daily attention span as the FT.
Gemini serves as a general-purpose AI assistant that competes for the same professional time-budget as the FT by offering deep research and productivity tools.
NBC News competes for the same professional and political-news audience as the FT, though it relies on live-streaming rather than print-style analysis.
PressReader offers a print-replica experience that serves as a niche alternative to the FT for readers who value original formatting and multi-language access.
UK Breaking News offers a personalized news reader that competes for the same daily attention as the FT, focusing on UK-specific and global headlines.
Seeking Alpha provides data-driven investment research that competes with the FT's markets data and analysis for active investors.
SmartNews uses AI-driven curation to serve a similar audience, though it prioritizes broad engagement over the FT's specialized financial focus.
Ground News competes for the same intellectual audience as the FT by providing critical analysis of media bias and ownership structures.
AP News offers high-trust, fact-based reporting that serves as a foundational alternative to the FT's analysis-heavy content.
The Economist is a primary competitor to the FT, offering similar high-fidelity investigative journalism for a professional, global audience.
The Washington Post provides authoritative political and investigative journalism that serves as a key alternative for the FT's professional reader base.
CNBC competes directly with the FT by providing real-time market data and expert analysis tailored to financial professionals.
Yahoo News aggregates diverse publisher content, serving as a multi-format alternative for users who prefer broad news coverage over the FT's focused financial lens.
Breaking News provides a fast-paced, aggregated news feed that serves as an alternative for users needing quick updates rather than the FT's deep analysis.
