How much does Sky News make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Sky News earns approximately $1.9K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.

What apps are like Sky News?

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Sky News is published by Sky UK Limited on the Google Play Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.

What is Sky News's BU Score?

Sky News has a BU Score of 70/100 (Strong). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

Sky News: Breaking, UK & World

Quality Score

Strong

Sky News: Breaking, UK & World

Name: Sky News: Breaking, UK & World — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Sky News: Breaking, UK & World revenue, Sky News: Breaking, UK & World app analytics, mobile app revenue estimate, News & Magazines revenue, Android app revenue

by Sky UK Limited

High confidence

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✍️ bumetric analysis

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Sky News: Breaking, UK & World is an Android app from Sky UK Limited in the News & Magazines category, currently rated 4.1★ across 57,880 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.

Quality Score is 70: Strong (healthy traction). For a News & Magazines app, that means healthy traction. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast

● Right now

$5.0K

per month

→

12-mo forecast

$5.2K – $10.8K

per month

→

24-mo forecast

$6.4K – $19.2K

per month

MID tier

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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost

$95K

↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue

Likely range $70K – $130K

$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build

📈 Pays back in ~4.1y at current MRR

Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.

Where the money goes

🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship)	+$28K
📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K	+$22K
⚙ News & Magazines complexity ×1.20	+$10K
🌐 Cross-platform reach (iOS + Android)	+$33K

Total estimate $95K

ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value

$30K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $20K – $35K · 14× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.3× build cost (under-water)

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.

How the multiple was built

📺 Ad-supported base	15× MRR
🏷 News & Magazines category multiple	-5%

Final multiple 14× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

6.9M

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

1.0M

Daily active

450K

Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.

How we sized it

📲 News & Magazines engagement	~120 installs / rating
🔁 News & Magazines D30 retention	15%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness	0.45

DAU / MAU 45% sticky

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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE

Baseline

$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers

Growth rate

+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)

6 months

$4.7K – $7.9K

12 months

$5.2K – $10.8K

24 months

$6.4K – $19.2K

Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.

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BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 52/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Growth Velocity

5.0

Founder Strength

6.3

Product Quality

8.3

Revenue Strength

3.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

Defensibility

7.5

Market Position

0.0

Operational Safety

10.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 4.13★ across 57,880 reviews — strong (top 10%).
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.

🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.

💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K.

Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.

Range:

💰 Forecast Revenue / mo

MODEL

Revenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.

🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 5 of 5 triggers

Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:

Mid install base (57,880 ratings)METRIC		+$5,500
5 starREVIEW		+$1,800
Mature app (10y old)METRIC		+$1,500
Good rating (4.1★)METRIC		+$800
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600

METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📥 Estimated Downloads / week

PROXY · ratings × 50/wk —

Industry-rule estimate (Sensor Tower / data.ai): one weekly install ≈ 50 new ratings. Solid points = tracked snapshots · faded line = pre-tracking model backfill.

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE

Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE

Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🗓️ Snapshot Timeline

HISTORY

Each bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.

Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name: Sky News: Breaking, UK & World
Developer: Sky UK Limited
Bundle ID: com.bskyb.skynews.android
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: News & Magazines
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

Website: www.sky.com
Tagline: Not found
Description: Not found
Founded: Not found
HQ / Address: Not found
Employees: Not found
Logo: Not found

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
ML model estimate / mo: $218/mo
Top-grossing rank: Not found
All-time revenue: Not found
Pricing: Not found

Founder

Founder data not yet collected for this app.

Funding

Funding data not yet collected for this app.

Press & Links

Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.

Contacts & Socials

Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.

📈Ratings growth57,880 ratings+32% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾

Tracked (3 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value

🚀Version Release Timeline2 releases tracked

Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.

📝 About this app

Get the full story, first. Free, wherever you get your news.

Download our app for award-winning journalism and breaking news stories from the UK and around the world.

At Sky News, our mission is to give you the ​full story, first, wherever you get your news. Because when you’ve got the full story, you can make up your own mind. We believe this has never mattered more.

We give you the full story, first:

- Taking you there, 24:7. So you can see what’s really happening.

- Asking the big questions. So you can find out what matters.

- Through bold and independent reporting.… View full description on the official store →

App Specs

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🔖 v6.21.0🔄 updated 0d ago📂 News & Magazines💰 Free📺 Ad-supported

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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

3 EVENTS TRACKED

Detected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →

2026-07

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Replaced 1 store screenshot

2026-05

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Shipped update — v6.20.0 → v6.21.0

→ 30 days after: reviews +16 medium · co-occurring

2026-05

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First tracked snapshot — initial data captured

→ 30 days after: reviews +16 medium · co-occurring

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Store Page History

1 SCREENSHOT CHANGE

Every time a developer swaps a store screenshot we archive both versions. Compare side-by-side to see what messaging / visuals changed.

iPhone screenshots

Slot 2
2 ver.

2026-05-09

Now

2026-07-12

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📝 Description

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Full revenue analysis

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