We monitor 217 Google Play storefronts to answer one question —

Is FOX Weather: Daily Forecasts censored by Google?

Yes.

Google offers FOX Weather: Daily Forecasts in only 1 of the 217 Google Play countries it operates: the United States. 4.73B people cannot install it. It has been unavailable in mainland China since Jan 23, 2025.

801 tests on record·⚠ last verified 7 months ago — treat as historical

Why it is unavailable

Five things can put an app out of one Google Play. Each is weighed below against what can be seen from outside — open a card for the reasoning.

  • A government or a court demanded itPossible

    and Google complied. Google publishes a count of these per country each year and never says which apps they were. Google’s Transparency Report

  • A local rule about paying for itPossible

    gambling licences, financial rules, tax — the kind of law that governs a transaction. Google can obey every one of them by refusing the payment, which is why this is the only restriction we would accept and the only one that cannot touch a free app.

  • Google applied a rule, unaskedPossible

    either its own review guidelines, or its own reading of a local law, with nobody having demanded anything. This is the largest category in Google’s own removal figures by a wide margin, and it covers distribution permits as well as content — Google kept a free Bible app out of mainland China in 2021 for want of one. Google’s Transparency Report

  • The developer withheld itPossible

    freely, or under legal advice of their own, or because Google’s guidelines require that kind of app to be limited to certain countries. Switching a country off is easy for a developer to do in Google’s own tools: it needs no new version of the app, and it leaves no public trace other than the app being unavailable.

  • Something brokeUnlikely

    a rejected update, a lapsed certificate, a payment or licensing problem, a mistake nobody has got round to noticing.

    • Gone for 1 years.
How this is weighed, and what it cannot tell you

Weighed from the evidence under each card, not from a model. There is no published figure for how Google’s removals divide up, so these are ordered words rather than percentages. For scale on the same-day counts: across the whole record an app leaves a storefront with fewer than two others, so a dozen at once is not a dozen coincidences.

None of this is certain, and a citation does not make it so: Google naming a Chinese agency tells you what Google said, not everything that happened. What can be said is that the readings alone cannot separate these five — a developer switching off a country and a government ordering it removed arrive at Google’s catalogue looking identical — and that nobody has ever measured how they divide across Google Play. The one careful study of the question was done on Google's store, using an error message Google does not emit.

Google publishes no record of which apps are unavailable in which countries. Its Transparency Report counts the removal requests governments send it, across its products together, and names no app in any of them — so even the part it does disclose cannot be matched to a single thing missing from your store. Where a reason reaches the public at all, it is usually because a developer chose to say so. Google’s Transparency Report

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FOX Weather: Daily Forecasts

Developer: FOX News Network, LLC · Released: Jan 23, 2025 · Rating: 4.7★

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1stores where available
166stores where blocked
4.73Bpeople behind the block
167of 217 stores tested
801tests on record

Life of this app

  1. Jan 23, 2025Released on Google Play
  2. Mar 19, 2025Gone from 166 storefronts
  3. Mar 20, 2025First tested by GooglePlayCensorship
  4. Feb 26, 2026Last seen available anywhere
  5. Mar 1, 2026Most recent test

Testing history

One column per month, every month from the first reading to the last. Height follows how many readings we took that month; red is the share of them that found the app unavailable. An empty month is one nobody tested.

2025-012026-03

Found availableFound unavailable

Availability by storefront

Every storefront we test, current status first. Data is a measurement, not a promise: each row carries its own date.

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AfghanistanAF↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
AlbaniaAL↗UnavailableMar 17, 20257 months ago
AlgeriaDZ↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
AngolaAO↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
AnguillaAI↗UnavailableMar 18, 20257 months ago
Antigua & BarbudaAG↗UnavailableJul 21, 20258 months ago
ArgentinaAR↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
ArmeniaAM↗UnavailableJul 20, 202514 months ago
ArubaAW↗UnavailableJul 22, 202514 months ago
AustraliaAU↗UnavailableMar 8, 202514 months ago
AustriaAT↗UnavailableJan 23, 202515 months ago
BahamasBS↗UnavailableMar 20, 20257 months ago
BahrainBH↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
BangladeshBD↗UnavailableMay 12, 20257 months ago
BarbadosBB↗UnavailableJan 23, 20257 months ago
BelgiumBE↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
BelizeBZ↗UnavailableFeb 19, 20267 months ago
BeninBJ↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
BermudaBM↗UnavailableJul 24, 20258 months ago
BhutanBT↗UnavailableMar 19, 20257 months ago
BoliviaBO↗UnavailableJul 21, 202514 months ago
BotswanaBW↗UnavailableJul 21, 202514 months ago
British Virgin IslandsVG↗UnavailableMar 18, 20257 months ago
BulgariaBG↗UnavailableMay 12, 20257 months ago
CambodiaKH↗UnavailableMay 11, 20258 months ago
CameroonCM↗UnavailableMar 8, 202515 months ago
Caribbean NetherlandsBQ↗UnavailableJan 23, 20257 months ago
Cayman IslandsKY↗UnavailableJan 23, 20258 months ago
Central African RepublicCF↗UnavailableFeb 26, 20267 months ago
ChadTD↗UnavailableMar 18, 20257 months ago
ChileCL↗UnavailableJul 23, 202514 months ago
China (Mainland)CN↗UnavailableJan 23, 20257 months ago
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCC↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
ColombiaCO↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
ComorosKM↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
Cook IslandsCK↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
Costa RicaCR↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
Côte d’IvoireCI↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
CroatiaHR↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
CuraçaoCW↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
CyprusCY↗UnavailableMay 12, 20257 months ago
CzechiaCZ↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
DenmarkDK↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
DjiboutiDJ↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
DominicaDM↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
Dominican RepublicDO↗UnavailableMay 12, 202514 months ago
DR CongoCD↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
EcuadorEC↗UnavailableJan 23, 20258 months ago
Equatorial GuineaGQ↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
EstoniaEE↗UnavailableMar 19, 20257 months ago
EswatiniSZ↗UnavailableJul 20, 202514 months ago
EthiopiaET↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
Falkland IslandsFK↗UnavailableFeb 24, 20267 months ago
FijiFJ↗UnavailableJul 21, 202514 months ago
FinlandFI↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
GabonGA↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
GambiaGM↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
GeorgiaGE↗UnavailableJul 6, 202515 months ago
GermanyDE↗UnavailableJan 23, 20257 months ago
GhanaGH↗UnavailableMar 17, 202514 months ago
GibraltarGI↗UnavailableMar 8, 202514 months ago
GrenadaGD↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
GuatemalaGT↗UnavailableMay 12, 202514 months ago
Guinea-BissauGW↗UnavailableJul 21, 202514 months ago
GuyanaGY↗UnavailableMay 12, 20257 months ago
HaitiHT↗UnavailableFeb 25, 20267 months ago
Hong KongHK↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
HungaryHU↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
IndonesiaID↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
IranIR↗UnavailableMar 8, 202514 months ago
IraqIQ↗UnavailableMar 17, 202514 months ago
IrelandIE↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
Isle of ManIM↗UnavailableMar 18, 20257 months ago
ItalyIT↗UnavailableMar 8, 20257 months ago
JamaicaJM↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
JapanJP↗UnavailableFeb 26, 20267 months ago
JerseyJE↗UnavailableJan 23, 202515 months ago
JordanJO↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
KazakhstanKZ↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
KenyaKE↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
KiribatiKI↗UnavailableFeb 25, 20267 months ago
KosovoXK↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
KuwaitKW↗UnavailableMar 18, 20257 months ago
KyrgyzstanKG↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
LaosLA↗UnavailableMar 8, 202514 months ago
LatviaLV↗UnavailableJul 20, 20258 months ago
LesothoLS↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
LiechtensteinLI↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
LithuaniaLT↗UnavailableJul 23, 202514 months ago
LuxembourgLU↗UnavailableJul 24, 202514 months ago
MacaoMO↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
MalawiMW↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
MalaysiaMY↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
MaldivesMV↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
MaliML↗UnavailableJul 23, 20257 months ago
MaltaMT↗UnavailableJan 23, 20258 months ago
MauritaniaMR↗UnavailableJan 23, 20257 months ago
MauritiusMU↗UnavailableMar 19, 20257 months ago
MexicoMX↗UnavailableMar 20, 20257 months ago
MoldovaMD↗UnavailableJul 21, 20257 months ago
MonacoMC↗UnavailableJul 22, 202514 months ago
MongoliaMN↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
MontenegroME↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
MoroccoMA↗UnavailableMar 8, 202515 months ago
MozambiqueMZ↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
NamibiaNA↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
NetherlandsNL↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
New ZealandNZ↗UnavailableFeb 24, 20267 months ago
NicaraguaNI↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
NigeriaNG↗UnavailableJul 20, 202514 months ago
NiueNU↗UnavailableMar 8, 202515 months ago
Norfolk IslandNF↗UnavailableJul 23, 202514 months ago
North MacedoniaMK↗UnavailableJan 23, 20258 months ago
NorwayNO↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
OmanOM↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
Palestinian TerritoriesPS↗UnavailableJan 23, 202515 months ago
PanamaPA↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
Papua New GuineaPG↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
ParaguayPY↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
PeruPE↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
PolandPL↗UnavailableJan 23, 202515 months ago
PortugalPT↗UnavailableMar 18, 202515 months ago
QatarQA↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
Republic of the CongoCG↗UnavailableJan 23, 20257 months ago
RomaniaRO↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
RussiaRU↗UnavailableMay 12, 20257 months ago
RwandaRW↗UnavailableJul 24, 20257 months ago
SamoaWS↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
San MarinoSM↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
São Tomé & PríncipeST↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
Saudi ArabiaSA↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
SenegalSN↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
SerbiaRS↗UnavailableJul 23, 202514 months ago
SeychellesSC↗UnavailableJul 21, 202514 months ago
SlovakiaSK↗UnavailableFeb 20, 20267 months ago
SloveniaSI↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
Solomon IslandsSB↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
SomaliaSO↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
South AfricaZA↗UnavailableFeb 19, 20267 months ago
South KoreaKR↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
SpainES↗UnavailableMar 8, 202514 months ago
St. HelenaSH↗UnavailableMar 8, 202514 months ago
St. Kitts & NevisKN↗UnavailableJul 22, 202514 months ago
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVC↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
SudanSD↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
SurinameSR↗UnavailableFeb 7, 20268 months ago
SwedenSE↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
SwitzerlandCH↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
TajikistanTJ↗UnavailableMar 20, 20257 months ago
TanzaniaTZ↗UnavailableJul 20, 202514 months ago
ThailandTH↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
TogoTG↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
TokelauTK↗UnavailableJan 23, 20257 months ago
Trinidad & TobagoTT↗UnavailableJul 6, 202515 months ago
TurkmenistanTM↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
Turks & Caicos IslandsTC↗UnavailableMar 19, 20258 months ago
TuvaluTV↗UnavailableJan 23, 20257 months ago
UgandaUG↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
United Arab EmiratesAE↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
UruguayUY↗UnavailableJan 23, 202514 months ago
UzbekistanUZ↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
VanuatuVU↗UnavailableMar 19, 20257 months ago
Vatican CityVA↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
VenezuelaVE↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
Western SaharaEH↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
ZambiaZM↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
United StatesUS↗Available—7 months ago
AndorraAD↗Not tested——0
AzerbaijanAZ↗Not tested——0
BelarusBY↗Not tested——0
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA↗Not tested——0
BrazilBR↗Not tested——0
BruneiBN↗Not tested——0
Burkina FasoBF↗Not tested——0
BurundiBI↗Not tested——0
CanadaCA↗Not tested——0
Cape VerdeCV↗Not tested——0
Christmas IslandCX↗Not tested——0
CubaCU↗Not tested——0
EgyptEG↗Not tested——0
El SalvadorSV↗Not tested——0
EritreaER↗Not tested——0
FranceFR↗Not tested——0
GreeceGR↗Not tested——0
GuernseyGG↗Not tested——0
GuineaGN↗Not tested——0
HondurasHN↗Not tested——0
IcelandIS↗Not tested——0
IndiaIN↗Not tested——0
IsraelIL↗Not tested——0
LebanonLB↗Not tested——0
LiberiaLR↗Not tested——0
LibyaLY↗Not tested——0
MadagascarMG↗Not tested——0
MicronesiaFM↗Not tested——0
MontserratMS↗Not tested——0
Myanmar (Burma)MM↗Not tested——0
NauruNR↗Not tested——0
NepalNP↗Not tested——0
NigerNE↗Not tested——0
PakistanPK↗Not tested——0
PhilippinesPH↗Not tested——0
Pitcairn IslandsPN↗Not tested——0
Sierra LeoneSL↗Not tested——0
SingaporeSG↗Not tested——0
Sri LankaLK↗Not tested——0
St. LuciaLC↗Not tested——0
TaiwanTW↗Not tested——0
Timor-LesteTL↗Not tested——0
TongaTO↗Not tested——0
TunisiaTN↗Not tested——0
TürkiyeTR↗Not tested——0
UkraineUA↗Not tested——0
United KingdomGB↗Not tested——0
VietnamVN↗Not tested——0
YemenYE↗Not tested——0
ZimbabweZW↗Not tested——0

Testing asks Google whether it will sell this app in that storefront, right now, by the same method the crawler has used since 2019. Your browser asks Google directly, so the answer describes what Google serves your connection — and if your browser cannot reach Google at all, we ask on your behalf and say so. The result is a link: open it to see Google’s own answer and check ours. Readings are added to the record above; roughly a quarter of the readings taken each day come from people testing.

How we test

Availability is checked against Google’s own catalog servers for every storefront, the same way Google Play app asks. "Unavailable" means Google’s servers say the app cannot be offered in that country — it does not say who asked for the removal. Removals initiated by the developer and removals demanded by governments look the same from outside; the history and context on this page are how we tell them apart.