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Stay informed this election season with the Economist news app. Fact checked, data driven, unbiased journalism covering daily news.

Choose from a variety of news topics: Politics, Business, Technology, Science and more. Find thorough reporting, analysis and informed opinion from our correspondents around the world.

Download The Economist news app today and join the people who know.

Key subscriber benefits
- Full access to The Economist app and economist.com - global and local news updated daily
- The World in Brief - a faster way to understand the stories behind the news
- Economist Podcasts+ - award-winning, noise-cancelling podcasts on a variety of global issues and news events
- Weekly edition - read online, listen to narrated articles or download to enjoy offline
- Audio queue to create a custom listening list of the news
- Bookmarks to save articles to read later
- Easy reading with adjustable text size and dark mode

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

What’s New

Version 4.9.1

This update brings some important fixes and improvements around our US Elections coverage.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
10.2K Ratings

10.2K Ratings

Sun&Kuts ,

Insightful Data & Knowledge

I believe the periodical covers a mix of the relevant. I had some issues with the audio for a while. The speed of delivery went up making the audio stressful. Short while back it became alright. I enjoy the experience very much. Thank you very much

18th June 2022
The economist is a valuable source of information on all aspects of world affairs not just the economy. The coverage of these macro Geo Political and cultural subjects makes it interesting. Besides these are often lead indicators of times ahead.

Anasaniyat ,

"Great Content, but Syncing Issues Need Fixing

The Economist app is fantastic for anyone who loves in-depth analysis and detailed content. The articles are top-notch, and the data they provide is some of the best around. The app’s layout is also really user-friendly, making it easy to navigate and engage with the content.

However, there's a small hiccup when it comes to saving and syncing articles across different devices. If you’re like me, you might check out news casually on your phone during a busy day but prefer to dive into detailed articles on your laptop or iPad during your downtime. Right now, saved articles don’t always sync across devices, which means you might end up trying to remember what you saved or doing a casual search to find it again.

If The Economist could fix this syncing issue, it would make the app even better. But overall, it’s still a great choice for deep, quality journalism.

SgtVishnu ,

Only newspaper I read, but please remove the ads

Online click-farming and political polarization has left most news sources a cortisol-fueling mess. The Economist has managed to hold out through this, with them still being a weekly publication, while remaining relatively non-partisan. They have encouraged me to pick up reading the news again, since I abandoned it in 2017. The mobile app is also one of the best and most intuitive I've found among other news apps. I like the native-feeling UI, and the audio articles is the cherry on top.

However, seeing ads on something I pay for looks quite bad in this age. The first thing I look for in an app is a payment method to get rid of the ads, and I am disappointed I can't get do that here. Still worse is the fact that the ads seem to be provided by a third-party, with all the user-tracking and profiling that that entails. But the Economist seems to be set in their ways, and I had to install an ad-blocker on my phone because of this app.

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