Market: Peru

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)

24%

of the top are new apps

4 441

local apps, 137M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Comics	1K	15K	45%	0%
Sports	19K	501	32%	4%
Libraries & Demo	22K	18K	14%	0%
Health & Fitness	33K	18K	21%	4%
Events	41K	23K	24%	1%
Adventure	55K	52M	30%	0%
Education	65K	7.9M	20%	6%
Medical	127K	52K	8%	0%
Lifestyle	391K	1.9M	31%	1%
Tools	431K	2.7B	48%	1%
Video Players & Editors	654K	47K	26%	0%
Art & Design	1.1M	558K	42%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	1.6M	486K	17%	0%
News & Magazines	1.8M	2.8K	10%	0%
Board	2.2M	15K	12%	0%
Music	2.4M	598K	11%	0%
Travel & Local	2.6M	288	9%	11%
Social	2.6M	205K	25%	1%
Arcade	2.7M	1.6M	11%	0%
Books & Reference	3.9M	46K	13%	0%
Educational	4.4M	6.7M	10%	0%
Music & Audio	5.3M	14M	26%	0%
Maps & Navigation	7.3M	1.9K	28%	9%
Racing	8.3M	2.7M	21%	0%
Sports	8.9M	182K	24%	0%
Role Playing	9.7M	6K	28%	0%
Casual	11M	43M	42%	0%
Simulation	12M	1.5M	36%	0%
Action	14M	15M	16%	0%
Productivity	15M	55K	22%	3%
Photography	16M	6M	30%	0%
Personalization	16M	114K	34%	0%
Entertainment	19M	601K	52%	4%
Communication	29M	203K	22%	5%
Business	63M	16K	13%	5%
Strategy	99M	1M	36%	0%
Puzzle	254M	13M	35%	0%
Finance	268M	79K	19%	42%

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=PE