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Apple Games categories ranked by how many charting apps belong to each (US storefront).
📅 Categories tracked: 33 · 🔄 Updates daily at 09:00 UTC Updated 20 Jul 2026, 18:30 UTC
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Category sizes — area is proportional to number of charting apps
All categories — sorted by number of charting apps (categories with 2+ apps)
Entertainment
1015 apps · best rank #1 · leading: MONOPOLY GO!
4.5 ★ ↓10
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Simulation
551 apps · best rank #4 · leading: Plague Inc.
4.5 ★ ↓8
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Casual
524 apps · best rank #2 · leading: Meowdoku!
4.6 ★ ↑3
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Puzzle
508 apps · best rank #2 · leading: Meowdoku!
4.6 ★ ↑8
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Action
395 apps · best rank #3 · leading: Red's First Flight
4.5 ★ ↑6
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Sports
394 apps · best rank #9 · leading: 82-0.com
4.5 ★ ↓3
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Card
370 apps · best rank #8 · leading: Last War:Survival
4.5 ★ ↑3
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Music
330 apps · best rank #81 · leading: Geometry Dash Lite
4.3 ★ ↓1
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Adventure
328 apps · best rank #11 · leading: Free Fire: 9th Anniversary
4.5 ★ ↓10
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Strategy
326 apps · best rank #4 · leading: Plague Inc.
4.5 ★ ↑1
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Board
315 apps · best rank #1 · leading: MONOPOLY GO!
4.5 ★ ↑2
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Family
304 apps · best rank #1 · leading: MONOPOLY GO!
4.4 ★ ↓4
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Roleplaying
300 apps · best rank #8 · leading: Stardew Valley
4.5 ★ ↓13
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Word
281 apps · best rank #34 · leading: NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword
4.6 ★ ↑8
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Casino
273 apps · best rank #25 · leading: Lightning Link Casino Slots
4.5 ★ ↑6
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Racing
240 apps · best rank #47 · leading: Earn to Die
4.4 ★ ↓1
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Trivia
240 apps · best rank #315 · leading: Exposed - Who's Most Likely To
4.3 ★ ↓2
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Education
136 apps · best rank #70 · leading: Religion inc. God Simulator
4.3 ★ ↓1
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Lifestyle
32 apps · best rank #25 · leading: Lightning Link Casino Slots
4.5 ★ ↓1
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Social Networking
20 apps · best rank #27 · leading: Jackpot Party - Casino Slots
4.6 ★ ↓1
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Books
14 apps · best rank #201 · leading: Hidden Folks
4.5 ★ ↓1
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Utilities
13 apps · best rank #196 · leading: Pikalytics
4.2 ★ ↓1
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Reference
7 apps · best rank #263 · leading: Grand Theft Auto V: The Manual
4.4 ★ —
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Health & Fitness
5 apps · best rank #9 · leading: Pokémon GO
4.0 ★ ↓1
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Graphics & Design
5 apps · best rank #293 · leading: Design Home™: House Makeover
4.2 ★ —
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Business
4 apps · best rank #591 · leading: Magnate - board game
4.4 ★ —
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Food & Drink
3 apps · best rank #765 · leading: ChapterVerse-Explore Novels
4.7 ★ ↓2
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Travel
3 apps · best rank #532 · leading: Chinese Poker (Deluxe)
3.2 ★ ↓3
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Shopping
2 apps · best rank #409 · leading: Packz
4.5 ★ —
avg rating · vs 10 Jul
Photo & Video
2 apps · best rank #991 · leading: Photo Roulette
4.7 ★ —
avg rating · vs 10 Jul

App Store data shown here is sourced from Apple's public iTunes RSS chart feeds and the iTunes Lookup API, collected by Zing at regular intervals. Figures may differ from Apple's internal App Store Connect analytics.

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