# Haystack News: Local TV News

> Taken from the public Google Play listing. Every figure below carries the date it was updated.
> Nothing is modelled or estimated. A new collection starts at 00:00 UTC daily and takes several hours; an individual app's reading lands at some point inside that window.

Source page: https://appcurves.com/app/haystack-news

- Package: `com.haystack.android`
- Developer: Haystack News
- Category: News & Magazines
- Platform: Android (Google Play)
- Released: Feb 28, 2014
- Lifetime downloads: 7,962,041 (updated 2026-11-05)
- What the store shows instead: 5,000,000+
- Rating: 4.16 from 34,656 ratings
- Downloads added: 40,814 on 2026-11-05
- Readings kept: 90 (2026-08-04 → 2026-11-05)
- Chart positions on 2026-11-05 (Top Free): #4 SD, #4 US, #5 CU, #8 AD, #8 AI, #8 AL, #8 BB, #8 BI (best 8 shown) — charts in 196 of 203 markets scanned

### Latest readings

| Date (UTC) | Lifetime downloads | Added |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026-10-30 | 7,789,453 | — |
| 2026-10-31 | 7,853,415 | +63,962 |
| 2026-11-01 | 7,853,415 | held |
| 2026-11-02 | 7,853,415 | held |
| 2026-11-03 | 7,921,227 | +67,812 |
| 2026-11-04 | 7,921,227 | held |
| 2026-11-05 | 7,962,041 | +40,814 |

"held" means Google's own counter showed the same figure as the day before — it is a real reading, not a missed one.

Showing the latest 7 of 90 readings. Signed-in followers see the full curve from the day they followed.

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