Google Play 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 | 158,436 | 12,080,329,084 |
| Business | 128,023 | 11,527,615,965 |
| Tools | 119,877 | 292,864,489,929 |
| Productivity | 87,288 | 99,137,404,261 |
| Lifestyle | 79,700 | 11,721,782,101 |
| Food & Drink | 78,986 | 5,418,804,184 |
| Health & Fitness | 77,068 | 12,384,592,528 |
| Finance | 63,788 | 20,159,633,778 |
| Shopping | 56,485 | 19,537,784,275 |
| Entertainment | 54,797 | 45,146,332,456 |
| Music & Audio | 45,359 | 33,886,531,433 |
| Travel & Local | 41,470 | 32,580,988,263 |
| Books & Reference | 38,308 | 9,764,445,333 |
| Puzzle | 37,222 | 25,116,622,165 |
| Sports | 35,113 | 16,609,985,767 |
| Personalization | 34,700 | 18,702,858,805 |
| Casual | 32,158 | 36,663,046,860 |
| Communication | 28,393 | 148,279,247,573 |
| Social | 19,947 | 41,540,108,303 |
| Medical | 18,604 | 1,335,978,329 |
| Maps & Navigation | 18,521 | 7,575,103,813 |
| Auto & Vehicles | 17,586 | 13,789,011,486 |
| Arcade | 16,571 | 29,944,280,065 |
| House & Home | 12,134 | 1,266,035,678 |
| News & Magazines | 11,968 | 4,480,755,585 |
| Simulation | 11,672 | 24,769,329,463 |
| Events | 10,895 | 355,327,221 |
| Photography | 10,586 | 37,297,115,737 |
| Educational | 9,697 | 13,093,245,711 |
| Action | 9,562 | 39,717,894,005 |
| Beauty | 9,108 | 619,331,301 |
| Adventure | 7,629 | 11,270,498,276 |
| Art & Design | 6,999 | 4,066,771,002 |
| Role Playing | 6,847 | 9,248,817,699 |
| Strategy | 6,539 | 11,267,420,156 |
| Board | 6,477 | 8,365,880,198 |
| Video Players & Editors | 5,418 | 53,385,194,053 |
| Card | 5,100 | 3,829,896,735 |
| Trivia | 4,973 | 2,324,152,573 |
| Word | 4,875 | 4,254,162,592 |
| Parenting | 4,117 | 814,552,279 |
| Dating | 3,435 | 1,660,520,591 |
| Racing | 3,421 | 18,587,927,316 |
| Weather | 3,245 | 7,753,063,084 |
| Casino | 3,107 | 1,354,432,929 |
| Libraries & Demo | 1,617 | 268,334,854 |
| Music | 1,162 | 5,500,982,803 |
| Comics | 773 | 564,203,056 |