I'm looking for anything that can help me in deciding if Apple News is a worthy investment for my news site. User count, active users, demographics, or anything of that nature. Thanks!
Are there any Apple News traffic/usage statistics or demographic information publicly available?
Apple has been undercounting Apple News traffic due to glitch, working on fix
Sunday, January 10, 2016, 11:52 pm PT (02:52 am ET)
Apple on Sunday said it has been sharing erroneous iOS 9 News app usage statistics with publishing partners due to an unnoticed glitch, adding that it does not know exactly how many people are currently using the service.
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Good question. I have been wordering the same thing but installed it anyway. Now, a couple months later on RSS, and still not using the Apple News Format, here are issues I see. The tracking of the traffic is not possible if you're using Google Analytics. This makes it hard to assess your ROI. I've seen the same patterns as the articles below (links) describe. If you chose Apple News Format rather than RSS, they have reporting built in. I know for a fact that iAds can't be nearly as lucrative as Adsense if you're looking to monetize the visits. Hope this helps.
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-track-traffic-from-Apple-news-to-my-website