Google Play markets compared
How many installs it takes to reach a category top 100 in each country, and how many new and local apps make it. Snapshot of Oct 23, 2026.
| Country | Top 100 threshold | New in top |
|---|---|---|
| Uzbekistan | 761K | 22% |
| Indonesia | 824K | 23% |
| Zambia | 956K | 24% |
| Philippines | 1.1M | 23% |
| South Korea | 1.2M | 15% |
| Algeria | 1.2M | 26% |
| Brazil | 1.2M | 21% |
| Vietnam | 1.3M | 22% |
| Honduras | 1.3M | 25% |
| Senegal | 1.3M | 27% |
| Nepal | 1.4M | 29% |
| Kazakhstan | 1.4M | 21% |
| Burkina Faso | 1.4M | 24% |
| Taiwan | 1.4M | 21% |
| Cameroon | 1.4M | 24% |
| Ireland | 1.4M | 21% |
| Colombia | 1.5M | 24% |
| Russia | 1.5M | 15% |
| Sweden | 1.5M | 18% |
| Puerto Rico | 1.5M | 24% |
| Uruguay | 1.5M | 23% |
| India | 1.5M | 24% |
| Oman | 1.5M | 24% |
| Mali | 1.5M | 24% |
| Mongolia | 1.6M | 24% |
| Croatia | 1.6M | 23% |
| Slovenia | 1.6M | 24% |
| Lithuania | 1.7M | 23% |
| Togo | 1.7M | 22% |
| Benin | 1.7M | 23% |
| Finland | 1.7M | 23% |
| Poland | 1.7M | 20% |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1.7M | 24% |
| Slovakia | 1.8M | 19% |
| Ethiopia | 1.8M | 26% |
| Angola | 1.8M | 24% |
| Switzerland | 1.8M | 18% |
| Niger | 1.8M | 24% |
| Tanzania | 1.8M | 24% |
| Egypt | 1.8M | 23% |
| Singapore | 1.9M | 20% |
| Serbia | 1.9M | 23% |
| Kuwait | 1.9M | 24% |
| Jamaica | 1.9M | 22% |
| Tunisia | 1.9M | 26% |
| Qatar | 1.9M | 24% |
| Bahamas | 2M | 23% |
| Palestinian Territories | 2M | 20% |
| Netherlands | 2M | 19% |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 2M | 25% |
How to read it
- Top 100 threshold
- Installs of the app at position 100 of a category's free chart: roughly what it takes to get in. For a country, the median across its categories.
- New in top
- Share of the top 200 released in the last 12 months: do newcomers break through?
- Local in top
- Share of the top 200 offered in no more than 3 countries: do local apps win, or global giants?
- Local apps
- Live apps offered only in this country (and at most two others).