On 2026-09-09, Sled Surfers and Royal Kingdom debuted on android-game/free in six markets (DE/GB/HR/JP/KR/US) on the same day. While the top ranks remained quiet with 91% retention, turnover was concentrated in ranks 31–45, where 19% were new entries.

1. New Entries

The biggest stories were Sled Surfers debuting simultaneously in six markets (DE #19, US #19, GB #22, JP #23, HR #37, KR #45 / android-game free) and Royal Kingdom (DE #22 to KR #43, also in six markets). Bus Traffic Fever! followed in five markets (US #23 to DE #45). Outside gaming, Photo Editor - Polish entered android-photography in five markets, while Video Downloader, Save Videos entered android-video-players in four. Among high-ranking one-off entries, event horizon paranormal reached #1 in US android-tools/paid, EventPics reached #2 in DE android-events/grossing, and security/VPN apps appeared together in HR android-tools/grossing: Norton360 #3, AVG #4, ExpressVPN #6, and Surfshark #8.

2. Sharp Gains Over the Period

The reference date is 2026-08-26, 14 days before the current date; note that this does not represent a full month. The largest gains were Pixel Tamerz (KR android-game free #1, +42), Splitwise (HR android-finance grossing #5, +38), TradingView (HR same category #1, +36), and LingQuiz (KR android-education free #5, +34). Apps absent on the reference date that entered the top 20 this time included PhonePe (HR android-finance free #1) and スマスロ とある魔術の禁書目録2 (JP android-game paid #1), concentrated in HR finance/lifestyle.

3. Trends by Rank Tier

top (ranks 1–10) was nearly fixed, with 91% held, 1% new, and average movement of 1.1. mid (ranks 11–30) had 84% held, 3% new, and 2.9 average movement. Only bottom (ranks 31–45) showed substantial churn, with 68% held, 19% new, and 3.4 average movement; effectively all of today's action occurred in the long tail. Because developer names are missing at scale, the developers dominating the top ranks could not be calculated today.

4. Trends by Country

The US had the most new entries at 262, followed by HR 194, DE 178, GB 175, KR 171, and JP 151. Top-10 retention was strongest in JP at 94%, KR at 93%, and DE at 92%, while GB and HR were the loosest at 89%. Across all six markets, Canva, ChatGPT, Spotify, Duolingo, Tinder, and WhatsApp were in the top 10. By contrast, HR finance/tools and KR watch-face/comics showed strong local characteristics.

5. Trends by Category

The most active categories were android-game (100 new entries, 82% top-10 held) and android-tools (81, 84%), followed by android-video-players (47), android-personalization (46), android-watch-face (40, with the lowest retention at 76%), and android-dating (40, 80%). Conversely, android-communication at 98%, android-business at 96%, and android-libraries-and-demo at 96% were almost unchanged.

Key Findings

1. Sled Surfers and Royal Kingdom debut in six markets simultaneously—the strongest new-entry signal today

Sled Surfers entered android-game/free in all six target markets on the same day: DE #19, US #19, GB #22, JP #23, HR #37, and KR #45. Royal Kingdom did the same at DE #22, JP #25, GB #26, HR #42, US #42, and KR #43. Unlike an appearance in a single market, this suggests that broad distribution and advertising campaigns launched concurrently rather than a temporary, regional spike. These are the two titles to note for today's planning.

Confidence: High

2. Utility apps also debut broadly: Bus Traffic Fever! (5 markets), Photo Editor - Polish (5 markets), Video Downloader (4 markets)

Bus Traffic Fever! appeared at US #23, GB #29, HR #30, KR #37, and DE #45. Photo Editor - Polish entered android-photography at HR #31, DE #34, GB #36, KR #37, and US #42. Video Downloader, Save Videos entered android-video-players at GB #19, JP #25, HR #32, and KR #32. Beyond games, established categories such as photo editing and video saving are being pushed across multiple markets simultaneously, suggesting a new distribution wave of mass-produced apps.

Confidence: High

3. Security/VPN apps appear together in HR android-tools/grossing (Norton360 #3, AVG #4, ExpressVPN #6, Surfshark #8)

In HR's tools revenue chart, Norton360 #3, AVG #4, ExpressVPN #6, Plaud #7, and Surfshark #8 were all treated as new entries on the same day. However, HR/android-tools/TOP_GROSSING is among today's degraded sources, so these may be apparent new entries caused by incomplete previous collection. Confirm with the next day's retrieval before treating this as an actual market movement.

Confidence: Medium

4. Pixel Tamerz posts the largest 14-day gain, reaching #1 in KR games (+42)

Compared with the reference date of 2026-08-26, 14 days earlier, Pixel Tamerz rose 42 places to #1 in KR android-game/free. In KR, LingQuiz also reached #5 in android-education/free (+34), while Berriz reached #9 in android-social/free (+30). KR has become the market with the largest two-week turnover at the top of free charts. Note that the reference date is only 14 days earlier, not as long as the label “monthly” suggests.

Confidence: High

5. HR finance/grossing completely turns over in two weeks: TradingView #1 (+36), Splitwise #5 (+38), Kraken #7 (+22)

In HR android-finance/grossing, TradingView gained 36 places to take #1, Splitwise gained 38 to reach #5, and Kraken gained 22 to reach #7. Finanzguru, absent on the reference date, reached #2, while Investing.com reached #3. On the free side, PhonePe #1, YONO SBI #2, and Paytm #3 created the unusual picture of South Asian payment apps lining up in the HR chart.

Confidence: High

6. Only the long tail moved: bottom had 19% new and 68% held, while top had 1% new and 91% held

top (1–10) had 91% held / 1% new / average movement 1.1; mid (11–30) had 84% / 3% / 2.9; bottom (31–45) had 68% / 19% / 3.4. Observed new entries were concentrated almost entirely below rank 31, while the top 10 barely moved today. For tracking new titles, it is valuable to review lower ranks daily; for top ranks, weekly granularity is sufficient. Since developer names are missing at scale, concentration among developers occupying top slots cannot be calculated today.

Confidence: High

7. Global staples in the top 10 across all six markets: Canva, ChatGPT, Spotify, Duolingo, Tinder

Canva ranked #1 in android-art-and-design/free across DE/GB/HR/JP/KR/US; on the paid side it was also #1 everywhere except KR, where it ranked #2. ChatGPT ranked #1 in android-productivity/free everywhere except KR, where it ranked #3. Duolingo and Tinder were also top-10 in all six markets, while Spotify was top-10 in every market on both the free and paid music charts. These should be treated as stable baselines and used as comparison targets and benchmarks for planning.

Confidence: High

8. By market, the US led with 262 new entries, while JP was most stable with 94% top-10 retention

New entries were US 262 > HR 194 > DE 178 > GB 175 > KR 171 > JP 151. Top-10 retention was JP 94%, KR 93%, DE 92%, US 90%, GB 89%, and HR 89%. The US is a market where many new entries appear but the top does not move, while JP is the quietest both at the top and below. Use the US to assess a new title's early momentum and JP to assess persistence.

Confidence: High

9. Category turnover is concentrated in game, tools, and watch-face, while communication and business are frozen

New-entry counts were android-game 100 (82% top-10 held), android-tools 81 (84%), android-video-players 47, android-personalization 46, android-watch-face 40 (76% held, the lowest of all categories), and android-dating 40 (80%). In contrast, android-communication had 98% held and 21 new entries, android-business 96% and 30, and android-libraries-and-demo 96% and 7, making them nearly static. In US watch-face, seasonal mass-produced titles such as Sunset Vibes / Halloween Watchface / Pastel Blossom are driving turnover.

Confidence: High

10. Short-form drama and AI language learning advance together as two-week growth themes in GB / HR

In GB, BlinkDrama reached #16 in android-entertainment/grossing (+28), and GoodShort reached #16 in the same category's free chart (+24). In HR, Fluzy reached #6 in android-education/free (+24); together with KR's LingQuiz at #5 (+34), AI language learning is growing across multiple markets at once. Short-form dramas are rising in both revenue and free charts, distinguishing them from growth limited to free acquisition alone by showing that they have reached monetization.

Confidence: Medium

Recommended Actions

• Because Sled Surfers and Royal Kingdom debuted simultaneously in six markets, make confirming whether their rankings hold or rise in tomorrow's retrieval the highest priority. This will distinguish mass-produced apps that fall out within 24 hours from likely durable contenders.
• Add Bus Traffic Fever! (5 markets), Photo Editor - Polish (5 markets), and Video Downloader, Save Videos (4 markets) to a “simultaneous multi-market debut” watchlist, and elevate only those remaining for three consecutive days as planning candidates.
• Since HR/android-tools/TOP_GROSSING and KR TOP_PAID categories are among degraded sources, do not conclude that the simultaneous appearance of Norton360, AVG, ExpressVPN, and Surfshark reflects actual market conditions. Reconfirm in the next complete retrieval before writing about it.
• Chart activity is concentrated almost entirely in bottom (ranks 31–45, 19% new), so daily review should focus on lower ranks, while top-10 (91% held) can be reviewed weekly. Prioritize retry capacity for the 35 uncollected charts that include lower ranks.
• KR is the market with the largest two-week movement: Pixel Tamerz +42, LingQuiz +34, and Berriz +30. Carve out KR games, education, and social as dedicated monitoring targets.
• Short-form dramas (GB's BlinkDrama #16 grossing and GoodShort #16 free) and AI language learning (HR's Fluzy #6 and KR's LingQuiz #5) are simultaneous growth themes across multiple markets. Both are worth pursuing as today's planning themes.
• Investigate the collection-side cause of 97,931 missing developer and ratingCount values. Developer-level concentration analysis (developers holding most slots by tier) could not be produced at all today.
• Since the only reference date remains 14 days ago (2026-08-26), standardize reporting to avoid the term “monthly” and explicitly state the number of days until 30 days of archive history have accumulated.

Data Quality Notes

For the target date 2026-09-09, 442 charts / 16,345 rows were collected. Of the configured 477 charts, 153 whose sources were not published were excluded from the collection target, and 35 charts remained uncollected. Of the 442 charts, 409 could be compared with 2026-09-08; the remaining 33 had no previous data, so new-entry status itself could not be determined for them (rows from non-comparable charts were not counted as new entries). Among recent runs, 6 completed partially and 32 fetches failed. Degraded sources are concentrated in TOP_GROSSING: DE covers 20 categories, GB includes many TOP_GROSSING/TOP_PAID categories, and HR, JP, and KR also broadly include paid categories. Therefore, “new entries” on revenue charts—especially HR/android-tools/TOP_GROSSING and KR TOP_PAID categories—may be apparent new entries caused by missing previous data rather than actual rank movement. For attributes, developer is missing in 97,931 records and ratingCount is missing in 97,931 records, so developers occupying top slots by tier could not be calculated today and is shown as “—” in tables. rating is also missing in 5,924 records. The reference date, 2026-08-26, is the oldest archived retrieval date and falls 14 days before the target date; although it is described as “monthly,” there is not yet a full month of history.