App Store ratings
292,424
0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026- Average rating
- 4.8
Mobile game · 2009
New York Times Crossword
The best crossword in the world is better than ever! Enjoy the same puzzles printed in the daily newspaper in the crossword app built by The New York Times. Start playing with unlimited access to the daily puzzles for seven days. After that, subscribe for full access to The Crossword on iOS and at NYTimes.com. PLAY ANYWHERE The Crossword subscription gives you access to The Crossword in the app and on NYTimes.com. Just connect or create an account and play anywhere. Your puzzles will be available in the app and on the web. DAILY PUZZLE This is the same puzzle that’s printed every day in The New York Times newspaper. Each daily puzzle is available the evening before at 10 p.m. E.T. (6 p.m. E.T. on weekends); enjoy Tuesday’s puzzle on Monday at 10 p.m. Practice and learn how to solve the puzzle on Monday or Tuesday, or challenge yourself with even more challenging puzzles later in the week. MINI PUZZLE Mini Puzzles are short, sweet and available every day without a subscription! Get a quick crossword fix when you don't have time for a daily puzzle. PUZZLE PACKS Download these themed puzzles and add them to your collection. The first puzzle in each pack is free to try. Check back for new packs! PAST PUZZLES Subscribers can also play over 20 years of classic puzzles from our archives. MODERN PUZZLE FEATURES Solve puzzles with tricks like rebuses, related clues, checking, revealing and more! Subscription options include an annual subscription at $39.99 per year and a monthly subscription at $6.99 per month. This amount will be charged to your iTunes account if purchased within the app. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of its term unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before expiration. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings. Questions? Suggestions? Issues? Please contact us at [email protected] or from within the app itself. Your feedback is important to us and we’ll do our best to assist you. Please note: A subscription to The New York Times Crossword does not include access to any other New York Times products, including but not limited to NYTimes.com or mobile news content, e-reader additions, Times Premier, NYT Now, or other apps on non-iOS devices. No cancellations are allowed during active subscription period.
Estimated daily players
~880,0000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 88K–5.3M
Estimated total players
~18,000,0000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 8.8M–35M
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
Mar 27, 2009iOS
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Player estimates
Nobody publishes how many people play New York Times Crossword, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on App Store, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.
Estimated daily players
~880,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 88K – 5.3M
No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.
Estimated total players
~18,000,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 8.8M – 35M
Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.
Estimated total players over time
2 readings · last 2 days
Average estimated players per month
| Month | Estimated total players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~18,000,000 | — |
Community activity
Last checked Aug 9, 2026
Store signals
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed New York Times Crossword where it is sold.
Community signals
How many people gather around New York Times Crossword outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.
Not tracked for New York Times Crossword: Google Play, Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.
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Frequently asked questions
How many people play New York Times Crossword?
We estimate that about 18,000,000 people have played New York Times Crossword — plausibly between 8.8M and 35M. Around 880,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 88K and 5.3M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.
Is New York Times Crossword still active?
Yes. New York Times Crossword is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.
How are the New York Times Crossword player estimates worked out?
Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.
When was New York Times Crossword released?
New York Times Crossword was released on March 27, 2009 for iOS.
What platforms is New York Times Crossword available on?
New York Times Crossword is available on iOS. You can get it from App Store (iPhone).