Monthly report · so far this month
App niches in October 2026
Every genre with enough niches to say something: how many there are, how strong the best of them score, and what moved. Measured from public App Store and Google Play data, every night.
Highlights
- 1,343 niches measured across 24 genres; 37 score 60 or more.
- Utilities is the largest genre, with 139 niches.
- Entertainment has the highest share of strong niches: 6 of 59 score 60+.
- The complaint heard in the most genres: “waste time”, a top theme in 9.
- Utilities has the most climbers this month: 5 niches gained a point or more.
- Utilities139 niches · 3 score 60+ · 5 climbing67best
- Photo & Video130 niches · 3 score 60+ · 5 climbing69best
- Productivity130 niches · 4 score 60+ · 5 climbing65best
- Health & Fitness122 niches · 3 score 60+ · 5 climbing67best
- Education92 niches · 2 score 60+ · 3 climbing63best
- Finance89 niches · 3 score 60+ · 5 climbing66best
- Music84 niches · 1 score 60+ · 5 climbing65best
- Lifestyle81 niches · 1 score 60+ · 5 climbing73best
- Business73 niches · 5 score 60+ · 5 climbing65best
- Entertainment59 niches · 6 score 60+ · 5 climbing71best
- Games56 niches · 0 score 60+ · 5 climbing57best
- Food & Drink50 niches · 1 score 60+ · 5 climbing63best
- Graphics & Design44 niches · 3 score 60+ · 1 climbing71best
- Medical43 niches · 0 score 60+51best
- Social Networking38 niches · 0 score 60+ · 2 climbing56best
- Reference33 niches · 2 score 60+ · 1 climbing67best
- Shopping17 niches · 0 score 60+43best
- Sports14 niches · 0 score 60+ · 1 climbing49best
- Book10 niches · 0 score 60+48best
- Word10 niches · 0 score 60+ · 1 climbing53best
- Navigation8 niches · 0 score 60+43best
- Puzzle7 niches · 0 score 60+53best
- Racing7 niches · 0 score 60+ · 1 climbing48best
- Simulation7 niches · 0 score 60+ · 1 climbing53best