The Economist - News, Podcasts

Name: The Economist - News, Podcasts
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Rating: 4.851851940155029 (79629 reviews)
Author: The Economist Newspaper

The Economist Newspaper

Contains adsIn-app purchases

4.9

79.6K reviews

1M+

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USK: Ages 6+

About this app

The world is complex—and changing fast. The Economist app unlocks independent reporting and analysis from correspondents across the globe. Offering articles, podcasts, short-form videos and more, our app is a simple way to understand big news developments and why they matter, on the go.

What does The Economist report on?

With expert journalists around the world, The Economist reports on politics, economics, business, science, technology and more. We go beyond the headlines, connecting the dots to explain the news today and implications for tomorrow.

Why choose The Economist app?

Get unlimited access to The Economist’s trusted, fact-checked reporting wherever you are. Our app gives you daily updates on the most important news stories shaping our world. Slightly irreverent and always sharp, our reporting has been forward-looking since 1843—and now it’s even easier to explore. Install intelligence in a few taps.

- Read global, fact-checked reporting on the news—daily
- Listen to award-winning podcasts and audio news articles
- Watch concise video clips to stay informed

Get access to trusted news reporting, wherever you are:

- Download the weekly edition for offline reading
- Bookmark news articles to read later
- Listen to articles and podcasts to keep up with news stories on the go

Stay ahead on news stories, quickly:

- Enjoy early access to The Economist’s weekly edition, ahead of print delivery
- Catch up quickly with The World in Brief for short news updates
- Explore short videos that distill big news topics

Listen to crucial reporting on news topics:

- Get award-winning podcasts on global issues and news events
- Go hands-free with professionally narrated articles
- Create an audio queue for a custom playlist of news analysis

Play news games to test your knowledge:

- Mini crossword: The Economist’s wordplay puzzle
- Dateline history quiz: guess when news extracts were published in The Economist
- Pint-sized news quiz: have you been following the news headlines?

Enjoy additional features:

- Give news articles to friends and family
- Read easily with adjustable text size
- Toggle dark mode

Full terms of use: https://www.economist.com/legal/terms-of-use
Our privacy policy: https://www.economist.com/privacy

Download The Economist app now for trusted reporting on the news and global issues.

Updated on

Oct 20, 2025

Data safety

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This app may share these data types with third parties

App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs

This app may collect these data types

Personal info

Data is encrypted in transit

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Ratings and reviews

4.9

72.7K reviews

Tilman Fries

December 12, 2021

The app looks nice, is easy to use, etc. But, I would really like if it could show my preferred weekly edition. My mobile phone is in English, though I'm based in Germany. So as a default, I get the US edition of the Economist and not the EU one. It would be nice to have a feature where one can select one's preferred edition.

9 people found this review helpful

Sven Fießer

September 14, 2020

Looks better than the last two apps, BUT the app is overloaded with adds. It was OK to have them on a single page, where you can swipe through (like in the old Economist and the Espresso apps, as well as in the physical newspaper). But having those adds in each of every article between the text is unacceptable! I'm not paying that much money for a subscription to get inundated with adds. Change that ASAP.

9 people found this review helpful

Nemanja Borovac

April 26, 2022

I love the content (90% of the time). Listening to articles is a fantastic feature. Though would have liked to edit the queue. But there is something very strange with the apps. Saved articles are not synced to my iPad. So I either have to search for them again or send the links to myself. Also, in the last few weeks (maybe months) scrolling between "the world in brief" pages has become rather unpleasant and requires a few tries.

32 people found this review helpful