Google Play market in Indonesia: which categories are open
Categories of Google Play in Indonesia ranked by how easy it is to reach the top 100 free chart. Snapshot of Oct 23, 2026.
824Kinstalls to enter a top 100 (median)
23%of the top: apps from the last 12 months
42,429local apps
4Blocal installs
229new local apps in a year
Categories, easiest first
| Category | Top 100 | New in top |
|---|---|---|
| Food & Drink | 9K | 10% |
| Board games | 9.1K | 14% |
| Medical | 26K | 5% |
| Health & Fitness | 39K | 15% |
| Art & Design | 39K | 38% |
| Casino games | 46K | 29% |
| Events | 58K | 26% |
| Maps & Navigation | 64K | 28% |
| Action games | 76K | 18% |
| Trivia games | 81K | 30% |
| Auto & Vehicles | 107K | 10% |
| Entertainment | 205K | 46% |
| Communication | 253K | 18% |
| Social | 347K | 26% |
| House & Home | 355K | 23% |
| Personalization | 365K | 38% |
| Sports games | 379K | 17% |
| Finance | 413K | 7% |
| Card games | 45K | 20% |
| Dating | 457K | 27% |
| Books & Reference | 665K | 11% |
| Photography | 779K | 30% |
| Role Playing games | 869K | 32% |
| Music & Audio | 1.2M | 25% |
| Sports | 1.3M | 26% |
| Strategy games | 1.4M | 38% |
| Shopping | 1.5M | 5% |
| Weather | 1.6M | 19% |
| Arcade games | 1.9M | 9% |
| Puzzle games | 2.3M | 38% |
| Travel & Local | 2.4M | 12% |
| Music games | 2.7M | 13% |
| Lifestyle | 3.6M | 31% |
| Education | 4.7M | 16% |
| Simulation games | 6M | 28% |
| Word games | 6.2M | 18% |
| Racing games | 9.8M | 22% |
| Adventure games | 11M | 35% |
| Educational games | 31M | 4% |
| Business | 32M | 6% |
| Productivity | 33M | 22% |
| Tools | 39M | 36% |
| Video Players & Editors | 124M | 30% |
| Casual games | 449M | 52% |
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).