BBC World Service

Name: BBC World Service
Author: British Broadcasting Corporation

British Broadcasting Corporation

⬇ 100,000+ downloads

Est. actual: 422,571

Free

No in-app purchases

No ads

Rated: Everyone

Signals

3 this week · 2 positive · 1 warning All of this week's signals →

📈Last 7 days +26K installs — 51% slower than the week before (+52K) · 7.3K/day since Sep 27
🏆Among News & Magazines apps top 1% by installs gained this week (31 peers growing)
🛠Updates actively updated · updated 15 days ago · every ~24 days (3 updates tracked)

Installs since launch

+321,885 installs since Sep 27

Update history

9.25.0.32547 Oct 27, 2026 · seen Oct 31, 2026

New editions are now available from BBC News Bangla, BBC News Tamil and BBC News Urdu - for global and regional headlines that matter to you. With just one tap, you can choose your edition and start receiving trusted news alerts to your phone.

9.22.0.32282 Sep 30, 2026

This release contains general bug fixes and improvements.

9.20.0.32104 Sep 8, 2026 · seen Sep 27, 2026

This release contains general bug fixes and improvements.

BBC World Service is a news & magazines app by British Broadcasting Corporation with 100,000+ downloads (about 423K estimated). +26K installs in the last 7 days. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.

From the store listing: “The BBC World Service app brings you trusted BBC News in multiple languages. Choose your preferred language edition - BBC News Hindi, Arabic, Mundo or Russian - to access news curated and produced by a team of BBC journalists dedicated to each language edition. Download the BBC World Service app to stay informed…”