Google Play market in United Kingdom: which categories are open
Categories of Google Play in United Kingdom ranked by how easy it is to reach the top 100 free chart. Snapshot of Oct 23, 2026.
7.5Minstalls to enter a top 100 (median)
20%of the top: apps from the last 12 months
29,992local apps
854Mlocal installs
233new local apps in a year
Categories, easiest first
| Category | Top 100 | New in top |
|---|---|---|
| Sports games | 969 | 26% |
| House & Home | 24K | 16% |
| Medical | 54K | 4% |
| Business | 56K | 7% |
| Video Players & Editors | 77K | 29% |
| Sports | 12K | 30% |
| Auto & Vehicles | 183K | 10% |
| Art & Design | 269K | 45% |
| Finance | 391K | 5% |
| Travel & Local | 579K | 7% |
| Social | 746K | 24% |
| Casino games | 875K | 21% |
| Photography | 1M | 28% |
| Books & Reference | 1.2M | 20% |
| Personalization | 1.3M | 39% |
| Board games | 1.9M | 21% |
| Card games | 3.2M | 18% |
| Productivity | 5.1M | 21% |
| Adventure games | 5.5M | 31% |
| Role Playing games | 6M | 34% |
| Communication | 7.3M | 20% |
| Dating | 7.5M | 14% |
| Strategy games | 8.1M | 30% |
| Shopping | 9.8M | 4% |
| Simulation games | 1M | 28% |
| Lifestyle | 12M | 20% |
| Entertainment | 14M | 38% |
| Weather | 14M | 17% |
| Food & Drink | 22M | 11% |
| Music games | 27M | 10% |
| Arcade games | 34M | 10% |
| Word games | 45M | 21% |
| Education | 49M | 15% |
| Health & Fitness | 58M | 12% |
| Educational games | 78M | 11% |
| Trivia games | 79M | 29% |
| Maps & Navigation | 96M | 20% |
| Racing games | 143M | 19% |
| Music & Audio | 148M | 19% |
| Puzzle games | 254M | 45% |
| Tools | 354M | 37% |
| Action games | 401M | 22% |
| Casual games | 627M | 45% |
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).