Market: Taiwan

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

1.4M

installs for the top 100 (median)

21%

of the top are new apps

local apps, 0 installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Social	249	112K	20%	1%
Strategy	6.7K	1.1K	34%	6%
Casual	9.4K	13K	53%	5%
Entertainment	108K	0	37%	1%
Business	188K	166K	14%	4%
Maps & Navigation	2K	29K	19%	2%
Shopping	204K	29K	8%	5%
Finance	244K	765K	7%	5%
Productivity	305K	12M	24%	0%
Books & Reference	399K	238	17%	0%
Music & Audio	45K	1.2M	13%	1%
Education	519K	1.7K	21%	1%
Role Playing	811K	32M	30%	13%
Puzzle	1.4M	217K	48%	1%
Communication	1.9M	384K	18%	0%
Health & Fitness	2M	1.8K	15%	0%
Tools	3.4M	254M	39%	1%
Travel & Local	3.4M	53M	6%	1%
Lifestyle	4.7M	212	21%	4%
Simulation	5.1M	3M	38%	3%
Video Players & Editors	18M	28K	20%	0%
Personalization	76M	3.2K	35%	0%
Action	125M	9M	25%	3%
Arcade	136M	8.4M	11%	1%
Photography	139M	1.4K	22%	0%
Adventure	17M	1.6K	37%	5%
Racing	183M	919K	16%	2%

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=TW