Market: Singapore

Categories where it's easiest to get into the top 100 free apps. Snapshot of 2026-10-30.

2.5M

installs for the top 100 (median)

22%

of the top are new apps

5 400

local apps, 2.5B installs

173

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Comics	11K	7.1K	44%	1%
Shopping	24K	23K	7%	12%
Business	53K	1.2K	10%	9%
Libraries & Demo	99K	6.7M	14%	0%
Entertainment	109K	7.1K	52%	0%
Events	111K	35K	25%	1%
Casual	124K	3.3M	47%	1%
Social	161K	175	15%	4%
Parenting	184K	12K	26%	0%
Casino	417K	6.9K	53%	0%
Education	591K	238K	25%	2%
Lifestyle	611K	4.2M	26%	6%
Strategy	794K	65M	32%	0%
Trivia	1.6M	95K	30%	0%
Travel & Local	1.8M	7.2M	5%	2%
Beauty	2.1M	31K	22%	0%
House & Home	2.3M	25K	22%	0%
Tools	2.4M	128M	39%	1%
Puzzle	2.5M	18M	46%	0%
News & Magazines	3.4M	7.1M	10%	0%
Photography	3.5M	8K	28%	0%
Weather	4.5M	319K	22%	0%
Card	4.8M	3.3M	17%	1%
Dating	4.9M	2.2M	22%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	6.4M	26M	16%	2%
Health & Fitness	6.7M	125	18%	4%
Finance	7.8M	9.4M	12%	6%
Music	8.3M	107K	13%	0%
Medical	9.6M	537K	8%	1%
Maps & Navigation	14M	13K	20%	4%
Role Playing	15M	16M	32%	1%
Productivity	21M	26M	19%	1%
Simulation	29M	21M	33%	1%
Music & Audio	97M	103K	19%	0%
Communication	106M	1.7M	20%	1%
Action	192M	77K	19%	0%
Video Players & Editors	356M	71M	24%	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=SG