Monthly report · so far this month
App niches in November 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
- 2,174 niches measured across 26 genres; 13 score 60 or more.
- Utilities is the largest genre, with 273 niches.
- Finance has the highest share of strong niches: 3 of 128 score 60+.
- The complaint heard in the most genres: “too many ads”, a top theme in 7.
- Utilities has the most climbers this month: 5 niches gained a point or more.
- Utilities273 niches · 3 score 60+ · 5 climbing64best
- Productivity210 niches · 4 score 60+ · 5 climbing63best
- Photo & Video209 niches · 0 score 60+ · 5 climbing59best
- Health & Fitness173 niches · 1 score 60+ · 5 climbing60best
- Music152 niches · 0 score 60+ · 3 climbing55best
- Education150 niches · 0 score 60+ · 5 climbing56best
- Finance128 niches · 3 score 60+ · 3 climbing63best
- Games117 niches · 0 score 60+ · 5 climbing48best
- Lifestyle108 niches · 0 score 60+ · 5 climbing57best
- Business105 niches · 2 score 60+ · 2 climbing61best
- Entertainment96 niches · 0 score 60+ · 4 climbing56best
- Food & Drink66 niches · 0 score 60+ · 5 climbing50best
- Graphics & Design66 niches · 0 score 60+ · 5 climbing60best
- Medical65 niches · 0 score 60+ · 2 climbing50best
- Social Networking57 niches · 0 score 60+ · 5 climbing51best
- Reference50 niches · 0 score 60+55best
- Shopping41 niches · 0 score 60+48best
- Sports25 niches · 0 score 60+ · 3 climbing51best
- Book23 niches · 0 score 60+46best
- Navigation13 niches · 0 score 60+ · 1 climbing50best
- Travel10 niches · 0 score 60+ · 1 climbing44best
- Word10 niches · 0 score 60+ · 3 climbing48best
- Racing8 niches · 0 score 60+ · 2 climbing49best
- Puzzle7 niches · 0 score 60+53best
- Simulation7 niches · 0 score 60+ · 2 climbing45best
- Weather5 niches · 0 score 60+ · 1 climbing43best