Market: Spain

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

2.2M

installs for the top 100 (median)

20%

of the top are new apps

15 968

local apps, 4M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Food & Drink	8.9K	5K	16%	23%
Medical	42K	5K	7%	17%
Dating	59K	59K	12%	3%
House & Home	97K	4.4K	21%	9%
Maps & Navigation	18K	7.8M	19%	4%
Casual	214K	38M	49%	1%
Finance	217K	1.6K	8%	18%
Auto & Vehicles	302K	116K	15%	13%
Video Players & Editors	356K	9.9M	33%	0%
Social	372K	3.1M	20%	2%
Sports	38K	87K	34%	8%
Trivia	58K	58K	23%	0%
Educational	621K	89M	11%	1%
Card	803K	660	20%	2%
Puzzle	93K	4.9M	45%	0%
Shopping	1.3M	118K	5%	19%
Travel & Local	1.3M	294K	5%	5%
Health & Fitness	1.7M	32M	13%	4%
Board	1.9M	42K	17%	0%
Books & Reference	1.9M	26M	16%	1%
Entertainment	2M	84M	39%	5%
Music & Audio	2.4M	5.4M	19%	0%
Word	2.6M	4.6K	22%	1%
Arcade	3M	4M	11%	0%
Lifestyle	3.6M	6.7M	24%	8%
Simulation	5.1M	3.4M	30%	0%
Casino	5.2M	35K	29%	9%
Business	5.3M	33K	9%	5%
Art & Design	6.2M	1.5M	40%	0%
Communication	8.4M	3.6M	18%	4%
Weather	1M	16K	18%	1%
Adventure	12M	6.4M	34%	0%
Role Playing	13M	11M	32%	0%
Productivity	15M	29M	19%	3%
Photography	19M	3.8M	29%	2%
Sports	2M	19K	26%	1%
Education	32M	483	19%	7%
Strategy	42M	4.5M	35%	0%
Racing	52M	11M	21%	0%
Personalization	137M	27M	35%	0%
Tools	184M	2M	41%	3%
Action	278M	4.1M	16%	0%

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=ES