The Spectator Magazine

The Spectator Magazine
The Spectator Magazine
Developer: The Spectator Magazine
Category: News
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111.9K installs
2.6K ratings
5.6K monthly active users
$<10K monthly revenue est.
IAP 61% · Ad 39%
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Weekly +2.9K
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Monthly +5.5K
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The Spectator Magazine Summary

The Spectator Magazine is a ad-supported, with in-app purchases Android app in News by The Spectator Magazine. Released in Oct 2013 (12 years ago). It has about 111.9K+ installs and 2.6K ratings with a 4.57★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 5.6K monthly active users and generates around $<10K monthly revenue (61% IAP / 39% ads). Store metadata: updated Jan 22, 2026, version 1746159771.

Recent activity: 2.9K installs this week (5.5K over 4 weeks) showing exceptional growth , and 5.00 new ratings this week View trends →

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

Data tracking: SDKs and third-party integrations were last analyzed on Mar 10, 2026. The app's network data flows (API traffic to/from the app and its SDKs) were last crawled on Oct 30, 2025.

Store info: Last updated on Google Play on Jan 22, 2026 (version 1746159771).

SDKs, Trackers & Permissions

The Spectator Magazine was last scanned for SDKs 2026-03-10. Below is the overview of third party companies detected in the app. The full list of raw SDKs, app permissions and unknown SDKs is available here.

AppGoblin saw The Spectator Magazine uses 2 Analytics: Product
company-logos/mixpanel.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Mixpanel
company-logos/firebase.google.com/logo_200x200.png Firebase
AppGoblin saw The Spectator Magazine uses 3 Ad Networks
company-logos/google.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Google
company-logos/airship.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Airship
company-logos/facebook.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Facebook
AppGoblin saw The Spectator Magazine uses 10 Development Tools
company-logos/airbnb.io/logo_200x200.jpeg Airbnb Engineering
company-logos/square.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Square
company-logos/google.com/logo_200x200.jpeg Google
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App Details
Store ID: uk.co.spectator.pugpigmobile
First Released: 2013-10-17
Store Last Updated: 2026-01-22
In-App Purchases: Yes
Ads: Yes
Website: spectator.co.uk
App Store
Crawl Status: Success
AppGoblin First Crawled: 2022-09-11
AppGoblin Last Crawled: 2026-04-01
Ads & App-Ads.txt
Ads.txt Last Crawled: 2025-10-15
Ads.txt Crawl Status: Failed
AppGoblin SDK Scans
Successful Last Crawled: 2026-03-10
Last Crawled: 2026-03-10
Last Crawl Status: Success

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Ratings: 2.6K

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App Description

Politics, culture and more; weekly since 1828

The Spectator app is a subscriber exclusive that gives you the best of news, comment and culture from the world’s oldest magazine.

Simply download the app and sign in.

*NEW* in the 'more' section:
• Dark mode
• Search
• Tailor your feed with specific topics and featured writers

App highlights:
• A daily mixture of political commentary, cultural criticism and humour
• Each issue of the weekly magazine published every Thursday at 4 a.m.
• Receive alerts on breaking news – and the latest from Spectator writers
• Listen to all Spectator podcasts and narrated articles
• Read articles when you’re offline
• Keep track of the articles you’ve already read

Download today and get the latest from the oldest weekly magazine in the world.