Market: Romania

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

2.7M

installs for the top 100 (median)

23%

of the top are new apps

2 500

local apps, 59M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Events	2.4K	226K	22%	1%
Educational	9K	15M	9%	0%
Health & Fitness	9.3K	4M	19%	3%
Education	46K	8M	23%	5%
Strategy	63K	2M	34%	0%
Shopping	71K	96K	7%	14%
Comics	204K	2M	46%	0%
Casino	259K	35K	27%	22%
Finance	288K	44K	13%	9%
Entertainment	502K	75M	41%	1%
Art & Design	532K	98	46%	0%
Photography	724K	715K	33%	0%
Libraries & Demo	843K	135K	15%	0%
Business	888K	16K	15%	12%
Puzzle	1.2M	5M	44%	1%
Communication	1.3M	3.2K	24%	0%
Maps & Navigation	1.8M	1.3K	26%	3%
Parenting	1.9M	13K	23%	0%
Music & Audio	2.6M	23M	23%	0%
Role Playing	2.7M	406K	28%	0%
House & Home	3M	29K	27%	0%
Travel & Local	3.4M	326	8%	3%
News & Magazines	4.2M	1.4M	11%	0%
Arcade	4.8M	7M	12%	0%
Video Players & Editors	5M	33K	23%	0%
Medical	5.5M	1.5M	8%	0%
Lifestyle	5.5M	1.3M	21%	4%
Beauty	8.3M	6M	20%	0%
Board	12M	5.4M	19%	0%
Casual	12M	1M	46%	0%
Social	13M	776	23%	2%
Adventure	13M	5.3K	32%	0%
Personalization	3M	445K	37%	0%
Action	43M	13M	22%	0%
Racing	68M	57M	21%	0%
Productivity	133M	14M	21%	1%
Sports	136M	9.6M	20%	0%
Simulation	192M	436K	28%	0%
Tools	497M	9.2M	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=RO