# HYPE by Hypebeast

> Fashion, Culture & Lifestyle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id986768161](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id986768161)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id986768161`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Hypebeast Hong Kong Limited
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (8,557 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0.19
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03
- **First published:** 2015-06-27
- **Size:** 68 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hype-by-hypebeast/id986768161)
- **Website:** [https://hypebeast.com](https://hypebeast.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://hypebeast.com/privacy](http://hypebeast.com/privacy)

## Description

HYPE curates global trends, breaking news, and unique finds, delivering real-time fashion, culture, and lifestyle updates from Hypebeast, Hypebae, Hypeart, Hypedrive, Hypegolf, and more. The Discover tab lets you explore niche communities and emerging trends, with a personalized inbox and push notifications tailored to your interests.

It integrates seamlessly with the HYPE website and HBX shopping platform, features an enhanced commenting system, and keeps you first for exclusive drops and events—your world, curated by HYPE.

## Rankings

- #18,945 — Overall

## Review summary

Overall, users praise broad and up-to-date coverage across fashion and sneakers with a user-friendly feel, but major stability and UX issues drag the experience down after updates. Repeated crashes, intrusive ads, and a controversial redesign (no dark mode, limited customization, irrelevant cross-content) are the top pain points. Additional complaints include occasional logouts and notification prompts, plus insufficient article details and non-native webview reading. The key requests are improved stability, less ad intrusion, dark mode, and restored content controls.

### Pros

- Broad content coverage across fashion, sneakers, music, art, and sports.
- Keeps users up-to-date on the latest trends and news.
- Easy to use / user-friendly interface.
- Strong sneaker-focused news and information.

### Cons

- App crashes or won’t open after the latest update (start screen unresponsive).
- Intrusive, hard-to-dismiss ads and poor ad implementation.
- No dark mode; redesign reduces readability and customization; content mix feels off.
- Random sign-outs / login issues and push notification prompts on launch.
- Inconsistent article details/links and reliance on webviews rather than native content.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id986768161)