Market: Russia

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

1.5M

installs for the top 100 (median)

15%

of the top are new apps

12 217

local apps, 867M installs

142

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Education	21K	1M	12%	5%
Medical	49K	818K	8%	20%
Books & Reference	79K	161K	11%	2%
Business	8K	4.9K	8%	14%
Music	108K	2M	11%	1%
Sports	114K	2.9K	18%	11%
Art & Design	117K	16M	25%	0%
Tools	12K	39M	35%	3%
House & Home	122K	317	12%	13%
Food & Drink	143K	19K	14%	17%
Health & Fitness	146K	6M	9%	3%
Sports	155K	1.1M	18%	1%
Parenting	16K	5.8K	14%	2%
Puzzle	17K	112M	42%	2%
Music & Audio	184K	8.5K	10%	3%
Auto & Vehicles	293K	46K	12%	12%
Shopping	303K	132K	13%	18%
Dating	642K	1.7K	18%	7%
Strategy	776K	2.4M	26%	6%
Productivity	972K	8.9M	11%	2%
Lifestyle	1.4M	56K	23%	3%
Maps & Navigation	1.5M	1.1M	13%	3%
Adventure	2.2M	1.5M	20%	1%
Trivia	2.3M	1.3M	20%	0%
Video Players & Editors	2.4M	7.3K	15%	2%
Communication	2.6M	26M	10%	4%
Card	4M	8M	15%	0%
Personalization	4.3M	6K	17%	0%
Simulation	5.1M	91M	21%	1%
Word	7.5M	2K	14%	1%
Role Playing	1M	3.8M	18%	4%
Casual	11M	5.9M	38%	2%
Casino	13M	2.1K	21%	5%
Entertainment	16M	2.4M	21%	11%
Social	17M	354K	18%	4%
Racing	34M	31M	8%	1%
Action	41M	53M	15%	1%
Arcade	51M	187K	7%	0%
Educational	57M	42M	3%	2%
Finance	78M	84K	11%	33%
Board	99M	7K	18%	0%
Photography	104M	10M	16%	1%
Travel & Local	45M	109K	4%	7%

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=RU