With so much happening in the news this week, I had to look to see if the trend we've seen in the last few years with news apps continued.
That trend is that more users downloaded news aggregation apps, like NewsBreak and SmartNews, in times of unrest than apps from specific networks like CNN and Fox.
Surprisingly, aggregators aren't in the lead today.
Downloads of CNN and Fox's flagship news app have increased over the last 48 hours, pushing them above news aggregation apps which are usually in the lead.
As of Friday morning, CNN is the 3rd most popular app in the news category in the US App Store. Fox is right behind it in #4.
Popular aggregator NewsBreak and SmartNews are currently sitting in #5 and #8, respectively.
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