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The Economist Newspaper

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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.

Ratings and reviews

5 stars for the content. 1 star for the app. It seems like this app always has _something_ wrong with it. If I want to view content pass the paywall in the chrome browser, the app wants to hijack login and never works with handoff back to the browser. The app gets sluggish at times, especially with bookmarking. Audio playback drops out for random reasons, even when I've downloaded the content locally. Trying to play audio while doing anything else also seems to randomly stop as well.

Excellent content ruined by mediocre app experience. Over multiple iterations of the app it has become ever more slick and graphic oriented, at the expense of audio usability. Navigating audio content is so tiresome now I find myself avoiding using the app (returning after a few weeks away and I'm reminded of frustration) and so I'll likely not renew my subscription. Updated review to 1 star as it seems that's the only way to get publishers attention. Fix the navigation, you're not a monopoly.

1 star for the audio (podcast) part of this app because: 1) It almost always fails to remember where we left off listening, 2) When connected to a car-stereo the forward/reverse buttons in the car are mapped to the next/last function in the player so you can't skip forward 15s or so at a time unless you pull out your phone/login and pull up the app to use the on screen skip-forward button. Combined with complaint #1 makes using this app via bluetooth control useless.

What’s new

We’ve made general improvements to the app to improve your experience.