Market: France

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

3.3M

installs for the top 100 (median)

19%

of the top are new apps

local apps, 621K installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Sports	564	39K	31%	1%
Food & Drink	818	985	12%	0%
Parenting	2K	1.6K	19%	0%
Trivia	26K	722	30%	0%
Sports	38K	85M	24%	0%
Card	43K	2.4M	17%	0%
House & Home	46K	483K	20%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	49K	90	17%	0%
Role Playing	65K	13K	29%	0%
Books & Reference	14K	6M	19%	0%
News & Magazines	355K	750	8%	0%
Art & Design	473K	282K	39%	0%
Health & Fitness	653K	314K	13%	0%
Business	74K	555K	12%	0%
Lifestyle	1.1M	459K	18%	0%
Maps & Navigation	1.3M	1.2M	15%	0%
Casino	1.4M	35K	28%	0%
Weather	1.5M	488	15%	0%
Tools	1.6M	14M	38%	0%
Medical	2.4M	109	7%	0%
Arcade	2.7M	4.9M	8%	0%
Social	2.9M	3.7M	19%	0%
Video Players & Editors	3.3M	3K	28%	0%
Entertainment	4.1M	47K	27%	0%
Photography	5.1M	622K	27%	0%
Communication	6.3M	13K	23%	0%
Dating	6.5M	8K	18%	0%
Educational	1M	19M	11%	0%
Travel & Local	13M	493K	10%	0%
Shopping	14M	3.3M	5%	0%
Puzzle	14M	314K	42%	0%
Music	16M	6.1M	8%	0%
Board	21M	68M	20%	0%
Education	22M	6.3M	19%	0%
Music & Audio	25M	1.3M	18%	0%
Strategy	37M	2.1M	31%	0%
Adventure	4M	103M	34%	0%
Word	45M	3.5K	16%	0%
Racing	52M	239K	19%	0%
Finance	57M	23M	7%	0%
Simulation	58M	11M	28%	0%
Casual	106M	93K	46%	0%
Productivity	175M	1.3M	23%	0%
Action	453M	633K	18%	0%
Personalization	2B	3.9M	40%	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=FR