Market: Hong Kong SAR China

Categories where it's easiest to get into the top 100 free apps. Snapshot of 2026-10-29.

1.5M

installs for the top 100 (median)

22%

of the top are new apps

5 626

local apps, 416M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Events	7.7K	314K	26%	1%
Lifestyle	8.7K	33K	20%	12%
Finance	22K	5K	12%	16%
Dating	27K	24K	22%	0%
Beauty	47K	96K	22%	0%
Libraries & Demo	88K	155K	14%	1%
Trivia	93K	95K	30%	0%
Weather	97K	10M	21%	0%
Music & Audio	98K	2M	19%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	126K	1.1M	17%	0%
Role Playing	193K	64K	26%	13%
Shopping	202K	113K	9%	15%
Comics	209K	325K	45%	0%
Photography	945K	114M	25%	0%
Parenting	1.1M	955K	25%	0%
House & Home	1.2M	4.3K	24%	0%
News & Magazines	1.8M	3.5M	11%	0%
Word	2.2M	6.6M	19%	0%
Puzzle	2.4M	67M	51%	0%
Entertainment	3M	5.3M	52%	3%
Sports	4.6M	77K	45%	0%
Simulation	4.9M	46M	34%	2%
Medical	5.5M	462K	8%	0%
Productivity	7.6M	11M	23%	2%
Action	14M	61K	22%	4%
Education	19M	238	22%	6%
Travel & Local	23M	175	10%	8%
Educational	25M	124M	6%	0%
Casino	28M	3.4M	50%	0%
Tools	38M	43M	43%	2%
Casual	46M	935K	52%	3%
Music	57M	16K	15%	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=HK