Market: Nicaragua

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)

23%

of the top are new apps

179

local apps, 1.2M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Comics	1K	28K	45%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	24K	311K	17%	0%
News & Magazines	36K	174K	10%	0%
Strategy	56K	298K	40%	0%
Casino	58K	49K	53%	0%
Tools	84K	97M	52%	0%
Events	87K	4.5M	23%	1%
Trivia	171K	648K	29%	0%
Parenting	377K	151K	23%	0%
Libraries & Demo	519K	79K	14%	0%
Entertainment	69K	636K	54%	0%
Communication	761K	778	29%	0%
Social	973K	973K	20%	0%
Medical	1.3M	543K	8%	0%
Word	1.7M	864K	20%	0%
Productivity	1.9M	3.7K	29%	0%
Dating	2.2M	147K	22%	0%
Beauty	2.7M	3.3M	20%	0%
Adventure	3M	489K	32%	0%
Simulation	3.7M	298M	32%	0%
Food & Drink	4.8M	681K	8%	0%
House & Home	5.3M	375K	27%	0%
Personalization	5.8M	3.9M	36%	0%
Shopping	5.8M	2.3M	6%	0%
Weather	6.3M	25K	19%	0%
Role Playing	7.7M	251K	32%	0%
Racing	11M	9.1M	21%	0%
Casual	13M	9.6M	40%	0%
Travel & Local	13M	45K	9%	0%
Educational	17M	83M	7%	0%
Video Players & Editors	37M	9.4M	28%	0%
Photography	4M	59K	32%	0%
Sports	46M	34M	16%	0%
Arcade	47M	755	10%	0%
Music & Audio	51M	5.8M	30%	0%
Card	56M	8.4M	17%	0%
Action	83M	17M	16%	0%
Puzzle	11M	3.8M	41%	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=NI