Market: Papua New Guinea

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

2.2M

installs for the top 100 (median)

23%

of the top are new apps

101

local apps, 203M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Lifestyle	5.4K	139K	35%	0%
Entertainment	7.1K	9.3M	55%	0%
Comics	17K	209K	33%	0%
Casino	33K	3.3M	49%	0%
Beauty	56K	331K	21%	0%
Business	62K	3.6M	14%	0%
Trivia	93K	7.4M	30%	0%
Libraries & Demo	142K	19K	14%	0%
Events	453K	7.5K	24%	1%
Food & Drink	738K	1.5K	10%	0%
News & Magazines	883K	13K	11%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	93K	2.2M	16%	0%
Tools	1.1M	43M	68%	0%
Card	1.5M	25M	19%	0%
Health & Fitness	1.8M	145M	18%	0%
Medical	1.8M	505K	8%	0%
Role Playing	1.8M	7.2M	33%	0%
House & Home	2M	2.2M	23%	0%
Travel & Local	2.1M	9.8M	8%	0%
Word	2.2M	1M	18%	0%
Video Players & Editors	2.3M	77M	31%	0%
Dating	2.3M	26K	22%	0%
Parenting	3.4M	1.7M	25%	0%
Photography	3.6M	3.4M	36%	0%
Puzzle	3.9M	16K	45%	0%
Shopping	5.8M	214K	7%	0%
Sports	6.9M	77K	45%	0%
Personalization	7.4M	628K	37%	0%
Sports	7.8M	1.2M	19%	0%
Weather	10M	15K	22%	0%
Educational	11M	17M	6%	0%
Music	16M	42K	12%	0%
Maps & Navigation	2M	224K	29%	0%
Action	41M	141M	13%	0%
Board	47M	227K	16%	0%
Adventure	55M	527K	30%	0%
Strategy	79M	44K	32%	0%
Music & Audio	97M	79K	30%	1%
Productivity	324M	2.6K	33%	0%
Casual	431M	85M	33%	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=PG