Economist

The Economist Newspaper

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About this app

The Economist is independent journalism for independent thinkers. Start your one-month free trial now.*

We offer noise-cancelling journalism, deciphering the global news and trends beyond the headlines. With in-depth reporting on the latest news in American politics, technology, finance and geopolitics, we provide comprehensive insights, fact-checked coverage and specialist opinion from our correspondents in every region of the world.

For more than 180 years, we have brought our audiences the confidence to make sense of what matters in the news. Stay ahead with daily updates, tune in to our podcasts for award-winning conversations and enjoy the full weekly edition of The Economist to read or listen to on-the-go. Whether it’s news on business, science or global affairs, The Economist offers clear perspectives on a complex world.

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


Key subscriber benefits
- Full access to The Economist app and economist.com—global news and insights updated daily
- The World in Brief—a faster way to understand the stories behind the news
- Economist Podcasts+—award-winning, noise-cancelling podcasts
- 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


Subscribing in-app
- Subscribe in-app and take advantage of our free trials. Choose from the following subscription plans:
- Digital Annual—1-month free trial
- Digital Monthly—1-month free trial
- Podcasts+ Annual—7-day free trial
- Podcasts+ Monthly—7-day free trial
- At the end of the trial, the subscription will automatically renew monthly or annually depending on the plan you chose. Your account will be charged 24 hours before the renewal date.
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- You can cancel your subscription in your Play Store account settings at least 24 hours before the end of your free trial or current billing period to stop auto-renewal
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- Our privacy policy can be found at https://www.economist.com/privacy
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Ratings and reviews

Getting worse with each round of updates. It doesn't remember from one session to the next where I left off reading in a weekly edition. Time is wasted navigating back to where I last was. Now I can no longer easily navigate from section to section with the table of contents given at the end of the article. It used to scroll left and right. Now left or right doesn't scroll the table of contents, it scrolls the article page to advertising. Less and less functional.

The app now has inexcusable issues. The main one is that in intermittent connectivity situations (eg. subway) the app will randomly jump me away from the article I'm reading to an advertisement between two stories, neither of which I was just reading. I then have to back out, use the ToC to get back to what I was reading and find my place again.

I'm downgrading my rating because of the poor performance of the audio portion of the app. It does not work with my earbuds. The podcast app that I use (podcast addict) gives me touch control on pause, forward, back, volume. Etc. The economist forces me to open the app and use the controls. This is ridiculous. If the only way that I can listen to economist podcasts is through the economist app, I'll probably have to stop listening. Which is a shame because the content is excellent.

What's new

Performance improvements around audio playback
Podcast tab caching improvements
We fixed an issue that arose for some people when trying to download a Weekly Edition
Improved accessibility on paywall screens