Skip to content

News app screenshots that ask a question

The headline ends in a question mark. A question puts the reader’s own situation first, and the app is the answer.

From the top 98 free News apps on the US App Store, read on October 9, 2026. Screenshots are the developers’ own, shown from Apple’s servers with a link to each app.

The numbers

Apps that do it
1% 1 of 98
Screenshots that do it
under 1% 1 of 517
The top ten
0 of 10 against 1 of the other 88

1 of the 517 News screenshots read (under 1%) do this, across 1 of the top 98 apps (1%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 1 of the other 88 (1%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, News is 8th for this. It is most common in Reference (5% of apps) and least common in Productivity (0%).

The one example from the chart.

Every one of the News app screenshots that ask a question on the chart, the highest app first.

Fizz: Your Authentic Community App Store screenshot 1, headline “What's happening in your world?”. Asks a question.
Fizz: Your Authentic Community#11 in News · screenshot 1“What's happening in your world?”

See it on the wall

Real headline examples, word for word.

The words on the one that carries any, as each app wrote them.

  • “What's happening in your world?”Fizz: Your Authentic Community · #11 · screenshot 1

Top ten News apps that do it.

None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is Fizz: Your Authentic Community, at #11.

The same tactic in other categories.

CategoryApps that do itScreenshotsTop ten
Reference5% 5 of 1002% 10 of 5661 of 10
Lifestyle4% 4 of 1001% 4 of 5560 of 10
Sports4% 4 of 1001% 4 of 5580 of 10
Games3% 3 of 1001% 3 of 5671 of 10
Finance2% 2 of 100under 1% 2 of 5810 of 10
Shopping2% 2 of 100under 1% 2 of 5620 of 10
Weather2% 2 of 1001% 3 of 5550 of 10
News1% 1 of 98under 1% 1 of 5170 of 10
Navigation1% 1 of 99under 1% 1 of 5660 of 10
Developer Tools1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5070 of 10
Entertainment1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5441 of 10
Food & Drink1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5400 of 10
Health & Fitness1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5740 of 10
Social Networking1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5540 of 10
Travel1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5610 of 10
Utilities1% 1 of 100under 1% 1 of 5490 of 10
Business0% 0 of 1000% 0 of 5540 of 10
Education0% 0 of 1000% 0 of 5550 of 10
Graphics & Design0% 0 of 990% 0 of 5640 of 10
Medical0% 0 of 1000% 0 of 5480 of 10
Music0% 0 of 1000% 0 of 5500 of 10
Photo & Video0% 0 of 1000% 0 of 5660 of 10
Productivity0% 0 of 990% 0 of 5510 of 10

Asks a question, across all categories

Related tactics.

More in words

Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top News apps have App Store screenshots that ask a question?
1 of the top 98 News apps (1%) have at least one, and 1 of their 517 screenshots (under 1%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.
Which News apps have App Store screenshots that ask a question?
None of the top ten do. The highest on the chart: Fizz: Your Authentic Community (#11).
Should my News app have App Store screenshots that ask a question?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 0 of the top ten News apps do it (0%), against 1 of the other 88 (1%), so the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Ten apps is a small group, so read that as a description of this chart and not as a rule.

See your own app against this.

Pagefully reads your screenshots the same way, and makes a custom product page for each search people type, from your real screens.

Preview your pages