How much does WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL make per month?

Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL earns approximately $5.0K/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.

Is WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL profitable?

With estimated build cost $95K and monthly revenue $5.0K, WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL looks break-even-grade — payback period sits around 1.6 years. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.

How many users does WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL have?

Estimated audience: ~100K lifetime downloads, ~15K monthly active users, and ~6K daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.

What apps are like WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL?

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How much would WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL sell for?

Estimated acquisition value: $50K (marketplace range $40K – $75K). Calculated as 11× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.

Who makes WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL?

WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL is published by Nexstar Inc. 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 WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL's BU Score?

WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL has a BU Score of 49/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.

WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL

Quality Score

Emerging

WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL

Name: WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL — app revenue, audience, build cost & risk profile
Creator: Bumetric
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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by Nexstar Inc.

Medium confidence

3.4 Google Play rating

✍️ Bumetric analysis

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WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL is an Android app from Nexstar Inc. in the News & Magazines category, currently rated 3.4★ across 862 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.

Quality Score is 49: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a News & Magazines app, that means early traction worth watching. 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

1 snapshots on record

idle

Rating

3.4

Reviews

862 reviews

Forecast Revenue / mo

$5.0K

Snapshots tracked

since Aug 2026

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 ~1.6y 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

$50K

↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue

Marketplace range $40K – $75K · 11× MRR multiple

💸 ~0.5× 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
⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak)	-18%
🏷 News & Magazines category multiple	-5%
⭐ Small user base (<1K ratings)	-8%

Final multiple 11× MRR

👥 Estimated audience size

100K

Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)

Monthly active

15K

Daily active

6.7K

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

🔬

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.

📊

BU Investment Matrix

Below median · 45/100MID TIERunderperforming peers

Revenue Strength

3.7

Product Quality

4.8

Market Position

0.0

Growth Velocity

5.0

Defensibility

7.2

Operational Safety

8.0

Founder Strength

6.7

Monetization Maturity

1.0

💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
⭐ Quality: 3.41★ across 862 reviews — below category median.
📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
⚠️ Risk: Moderate — 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. Portfolio play ($14K/mo combined) commands premium.

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 4 of 4 triggers

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

Below-average rating (3.4★)METRIC		−$1,500
Mature app (9y old)METRIC		+$1,500
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC		+$600
Early-stage install base (862 ratings)METRIC		+$400

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: WFLA News Channel 8 - Tampa FL
Developer: Nexstar Inc.
Bundle ID: com.nexstar.id3567new
App Store URL: Open in App Store
Category: News & Magazines
Content rating: Not found
Languages: Not found

Company

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

Revenue

Reported revenue signal / mo: Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo: Not found
AI annual estimate: Not found
Model estimate / mo: $5.0K/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.

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.

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