# NYTimes: US and Global News

> Breaking News and Live Updates

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id284862083](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id284862083)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id284862083`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The New York Times Company
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (779,447 ratings)
- **Version:** 11.92.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2019-01-31
- **Size:** 159 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nytimes-us-and-global-news/id284862083)
- **Website:** [http://www.nytimes.com/services/mobile/apps/](http://www.nytimes.com/services/mobile/apps/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/10940941449492-The-New-York-Times-Company-Privacy-Policy-](https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/10940941449492-The-New-York-Times-Company-Privacy-Policy-)

## Description

**NYTimes: US and Global News** delivers breaking news, live updates and original reporting from The New York Times. Follow politics, business, health, technology, science, culture, elections and global events with coverage from journalists reporting around the world.

Read investigations and analysis, watch news videos, listen to podcasts such as *The Daily* and *The Headlines*, and explore narrated articles. Subscribers can also access Games—including the Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee and Sudoku—plus Cooking, Wirecutter and The Athletic through eligible All Access plans. Custom alerts, widgets, moderated conversations and gift articles help you stay informed and connected.

## Rankings

- #531 — Overall
- #40 — Apps in Heavy Rotation
- #12 — news
- #22 — discover
- #33 — tab
- #63 — new tab

## Review summary

Reviews consistently rate NYTimes as a trusted source with timely reporting and useful features like audio narration and NYT Cooking. However, users repeatedly report technical problems, especially frequent freezing, crashes, and UI glitches after updates. Ad density and intrusive banners interfere with reading, and sign-in persistence issues frustrate long-time subscribers. While the app remains a daily go-to for many, navigation changes and listen/playback problems undermine the overall experience for a significant portion of users.

### Pros

- Trusted, accurate journalism and reliable reporting.
- Up-to-date real-time news coverage and breaking news.
- Audio/listen-to-articles feature for hands-free reading.
- Integrated NYT Cooking content and cooking section.
- Strong daily usability and writing quality.

### Cons

- Frequent app freezes/crashes and overall performance instability.
- Navigation and UI issues after updates (e.g., top-nav changes, unresponsive tabs, page jumping).
- Intrusive ads and banner animations that disrupt reading, with limited dark-mode compatibility.
- Sign-in/session persistence problems (being signed out and repeatedly asked to sign in).
- Listen/audio features unreliable or non-functional (frequent issues with playback).

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