Market: Ecuador

Categories where it's easiest to get into the top 100 free apps. Snapshot of 2026-10-23.

3.1M

installs for the top 100 (median)

23%

of the top are new apps

2 110

local apps, 26M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Sports	4.6K	4.6K	28%	1%
Libraries & Demo	22K	18K	14%	0%
News & Magazines	36K	2.1M	10%	0%
Comics	37K	237K	45%	0%
Board	56K	14K	15%	0%
Events	87K	4.5M	23%	1%
Art & Design	88K	269K	43%	0%
Casino	89K	49K	52%	0%
Role Playing	265K	7.2M	31%	0%
Productivity	411K	8.8K	25%	1%
Auto & Vehicles	447K	2.7M	17%	0%
Medical	535K	645K	8%	0%
Lifestyle	554K	334K	33%	2%
Food & Drink	853K	1.8M	8%	0%
House & Home	1.2M	1.6M	27%	0%
Music	1.4M	208K	8%	0%
Weather	2.3M	56K	19%	0%
Entertainment	2.4M	1.3M	56%	1%
Beauty	2.7M	28K	20%	0%
Health & Fitness	2.8M	6.7M	20%	3%
Social	3.1M	216K	20%	1%
Music & Audio	4.8M	13K	29%	0%
Video Players & Editors	5M	13M	28%	0%
Strategy	5.2M	15K	36%	0%
Simulation	5.3M	353K	33%	0%
Photography	5.7M	397K	28%	0%
Casual	6M	1.8M	43%	0%
Sports	7M	584K	23%	0%
Finance	8M	461K	26%	12%
Communication	8.8M	3.6M	21%	1%
Business	9.9M	804K	12%	5%
Educational	1M	5.3M	9%	0%
Arcade	1M	75M	11%	0%
Travel & Local	11M	1.3M	13%	7%
Education	13M	7.8M	20%	3%
Personalization	16M	3.6M	38%	1%
Puzzle	19M	3.9M	39%	0%
Racing	92M	14M	21%	0%
Adventure	103M	123K	37%	0%
Action	232M	6M	18%	0%
Tools	354M	1M	43%	2%

Top 100 threshold: Installs of the app at position 100 in the category's free chart: roughly what it takes to get there.
New in the top: Share of the top 200 released in the last 12 months: can newcomers break in.
Local in the top: Share of the top 200 available in no more than 3 countries: do local apps win, or global giants.
Local apps: Live apps available only in this country (and at most two others).

Via the API: GET /api/v1/markets?country=EC