Scientific American

Scientific American
Scientific American
Developer: 🇺🇸 Scientific American
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168K installs
1.9K ratings
16K monthly active users
$<10K monthly revenue est.
IAP 27% · Ad 73%
Install Trends
Weekly +183
Steady
Monthly +955
Steady

Scientific American Summary

Scientific American is a free, ad-supported, with in-app purchases Android app in News by Scientific American. Released in Sep 2016 (9 years ago). It has about 168K+ installs and 1.9K ratings with a 4.64★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 16K monthly active users and generates around $<10K monthly revenue (27% IAP / 73% ads). Store last updated Dec 24, 2025

Recent activity: 183 installs this week (955 over 4 weeks) showing above average growth , and 6.00 new ratings this week View trends →

Advertising: AppGoblin detected 1.00 monetized ad creatives shown inside the app.

SDK intelligence: AppGoblin detected 9 development tools(e.g. Kotlin), 3 analytics: product,and 1 ad networks integrated into Scientific American. View full SDK list →

Data tracking: The app's network data flows (API traffic to/from the app and its SDKs) were last crawled on Jun 21, 2025.

Scientific American SDKs Summary

Scientific American was last scanned for SDKs on 2026-03-26. Below is the overview of third-party companies detected in the app. The full list of SDKs, permissions and unknowns is available here.

AppGoblin saw Scientific American uses 1 Ad Networks

company-logos/google.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Google

AppGoblin saw Scientific American uses 9 Development Tools

company-logos/kotlinlang.org/logo_200x200.png Kotlin
company-logos/intellij.org/logo_200x200.jpeg JetBrains IntelliJ
company-logos/google.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Google
company-logos/github.com-bumptech/logo_420x420.png Bumptech

AppGoblin saw Scientific American uses 3 Analytics: Product

company-logos/mixpanel.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Mixpanel
company-logos/segment.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Segment
company-logos/firebase.google.com/logo_200x200.png Firebase

App Details

Store ID: com.nature.scientificamerican
First Released: 2016-09-19
Store Last Updated: 2025-12-24
App Store Category: News
In-App Purchases: Yes
Ads: Yes
Price: Paid
Website: scientificamerican.com

App Store

Crawl Status: Success
AppGoblin First Crawled: 2021-02-06
AppGoblin Last Crawled: 2026-08-12

Ads & App-Ads.txt

Ads.txt Last Crawled: 2025-10-16
Ads.txt Crawl Status: Failed

4.64★

Ratings: 1.9K

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App Description

Monthly issues from Scientific American on your Android device

A subscription to Scientific American magazines is available through Google Play for $49.99 annually or $5.99 monthly and is renewed automatically at the end of the subscription term, until cancelled. Individual issues are $6.99 each. Payment for all purchases will be charged to your Google Play account. For more information, please visit Google Play Terms and Conditions: https://play.google.com/intl/en-us_us/about/play-terms/index.html



Founded in 1845, Scientific American provides expert insights on the most important and awe-inspiring advances in science and technology. With news and commentary about current events and in-depth features by experts, including more than 200 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, Scientific American is the essential guide to the modern world. Support Science Journalism. Become a Subscriber.



Scientific American Customer Service:

Email: help@sciam.com