Market: Laos

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

installs for the top 100 (median)

23%

of the top are new apps

406

local apps, 116M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Comics	34K	91K	45%	0%
Trivia	171K	7.4M	29%	0%
Dating	178K	2K	24%	0%
Events	267K	1.2M	23%	1%
Parenting	377K	332K	23%	0%
Libraries & Demo	697K	212K	14%	0%
Tools	748K	51K	60%	0%
Health & Fitness	1.1M	7.4M	18%	0%
Medical	1.3M	2.5M	8%	0%
Board	1.4M	244K	17%	0%
Food & Drink	1.4M	1.8M	8%	0%
Music & Audio	1.5M	1.2M	24%	0%
Lifestyle	1.7M	262K	31%	0%
Entertainment	1.7M	4.5M	45%	2%
Word	1.7M	2.2M	20%	0%
News & Magazines	1.8M	174K	10%	1%
Beauty	2.7M	65K	20%	0%
Photography	2.9M	17M	36%	0%
House & Home	3M	1.6M	27%	0%
Casual	3M	24M	42%	0%
Racing	3.7M	1.8M	26%	0%
Travel & Local	5.4M	397K	9%	0%
Maps & Navigation	5.4M	43K	28%	0%
Productivity	6.3M	2K	28%	1%
Auto & Vehicles	6.4M	1.4M	17%	0%
Weather	7.2M	66K	19%	0%
Books & Reference	7.5M	3.6M	17%	0%
Casino	10M	2M	53%	1%
Shopping	13M	2.3M	6%	1%
Personalization	19M	219K	46%	0%
Simulation	25M	43M	33%	0%
Educational	31M	82M	5%	0%
Card	56M	17K	16%	0%
Arcade	61M	39M	6%	0%
Sports	81M	148K	42%	0%
Action	148M	3M	17%	1%
Puzzle	528M	2.6M	32%	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=LA