Android apps by category
Every category with at least 5 live apps in the census, largest first. Each links to the week's biggest gainers and its top 20 by installs.
| Category | Live apps | Total installs |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 306,153 | 18,231,273,223 |
| Business | 264,971 | 16,469,275,943 |
| Tools | 231,035 | 367,610,732,458 |
| Productivity | 176,459 | 116,395,249,130 |
| Food & Drink | 157,981 | 7,107,822,903 |
| Lifestyle | 153,172 | 17,427,184,806 |
| Health & Fitness | 142,966 | 16,296,972,737 |
| Finance | 130,239 | 34,378,183,947 |
| Shopping | 115,216 | 29,678,293,092 |
| Entertainment | 101,362 | 58,055,440,925 |
| Travel & Local | 80,346 | 35,766,599,855 |
| Music & Audio | 79,663 | 45,254,249,092 |
| Books & Reference | 70,663 | 12,811,383,192 |
| Puzzle | 66,473 | 38,169,435,951 |
| Sports | 65,845 | 22,794,311,167 |
| Personalization | 62,760 | 28,887,303,488 |
| Casual | 56,934 | 51,097,547,504 |
| Communication | 54,658 | 166,488,062,007 |
| Maps & Navigation | 38,586 | 9,793,332,544 |
| Medical | 38,501 | 2,445,716,857 |
| Social | 38,252 | 45,742,642,490 |
| Auto & Vehicles | 36,837 | 15,041,858,444 |
| Arcade | 28,836 | 38,401,311,533 |
| House & Home | 24,739 | 1,857,029,274 |
| News & Magazines | 22,106 | 10,057,160,166 |
| Simulation | 20,522 | 38,918,539,743 |
| Events | 20,480 | 472,010,760 |
| Beauty | 19,878 | 941,524,466 |
| Photography | 18,973 | 44,493,719,826 |
| Educational | 16,819 | 18,289,559,501 |
| Action | 16,165 | 51,847,363,281 |
| Adventure | 13,124 | 14,476,933,579 |
| Art & Design | 12,384 | 5,325,580,623 |
| Role Playing | 12,266 | 13,585,473,997 |
| Board | 11,731 | 10,880,386,068 |
| Strategy | 11,673 | 15,725,522,537 |
| Video Players & Editors | 10,141 | 59,594,253,034 |
| Card | 9,209 | 5,545,938,252 |
| Trivia | 8,849 | 3,302,619,880 |
| Word | 8,796 | 5,612,203,003 |
| Parenting | 8,096 | 1,365,689,241 |
| Dating | 6,550 | 3,242,363,851 |
| Weather | 6,284 | 8,999,737,897 |
| Casino | 6,026 | 2,344,096,647 |
| Racing | 5,795 | 25,031,056,834 |
| Libraries & Demo | 2,975 | 684,383,108 |
| Music | 2,030 | 6,871,462,309 |
| Comics | 1,406 | 767,425,339 |