WordPress theme comparison
Beam vs Newsmatic
At a glance
- Newsmatic has more active installs: 10K+, against 90+ for Beam.
- On a typical day, Newsmatic is downloaded about 88 times, Beam about 0.
- Beam is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 87 reviews.
- Newsmatic was updated more recently: Oct 28, 2026, against Apr 1, 2019 for Beam.
- Beam has been around longer: since 2019, against 2023 for Newsmatic.
Line by line
Newsmatic leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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