HR’s android-sports saw 89 new entries (market-level) in a single day and just 96% top-10 retention—the only market to show a crack—while Pokémon TCG Pocket appeared that same day in game/grossing at JP #31, GB #39, and DE #45. Today’s two main stories are “local competitive events” and “simultaneous game monetization inflows across multiple countries.”

1. New arrivals

The strongest signals are two titles appearing in multiple countries on the same day. Pokémon TCG Pocket entered android-game/grossing simultaneously at JP #31, GB #39, and DE #45. NTE: Neverness to Everness appeared at JP #24 and KR #38. In individual markets, Japan’s SD Gundam G Generation Eternal ranked high at grossing #3, while its global version separately entered at #34 in Korea. HR stood out with 89 new entries, with HNS SEMAFOR #1, HNS Ulaznice #4, Sportify #5, and Sporti by SuperSport #6 all entering android-sports at once.

2. Major monthly risers

The reference date is 2026-09-01 (30 days ago; the earliest date available in the archive, so comparisons before that are not possible). The largest gains were vivago.ai at KR/video-players/free #3 (+42), AI Photo Generator: Muselab AI at DE #2 (+41), Hailuo AI at DE #4 (+40), and Momo: AI Photo & Video Maker at US/photography grossing #1 (+39) and free #1 (+31). Fifteen titles, including Rotate Rings (DE #1, HR #1), were absent on the reference date but are now in the top 20. Generative AI and PDF/utility apps are the two dominant trends.

3. Trends by tier

Top (1–10): held 98% / new 1% / |Δ| 0.1; mid (11–30): 98% / 1% / 0.3; bottom (31–45): 96% / 3% / 0.4. Turnover is concentrated at the tail, while the top is effectively fixed. Because the developer field is missing on every row, it is impossible to determine which developers hold the top spots (the table also shows “—”).

4. Trends by country

HR had the most new entries at 89 and was the only market where top-10 retention fell to 96%; DE had 25, US 23, JP 16, GB 12, and KR 12, all with 99% retention. Shared hits include Canva (top 10 in six countries for both art-and-design free and grossing; all grossing ranks are #1 except KR #2), Duolingo (education/grossing #1 in six countries), Kling AI (from KR #1 to JP #3), and Rotate Rings (DE/HR/US #1). Conversely, HR’s sports and transport apps (such as moj ZET #3) are entirely local.

5. Trends by category

The categories with turnover were android-sports (26 new, 90% held), android-art-and-design (17, 90%), android-entertainment (26, 97%), and android-game (16, 96%). Categories that did not move included android-business and android-libraries-and-demo (both with 0 new entries), plus android-android-wear, android-books-and-reference, android-weather, and others with 100% retention.

Key findings

1. Pokémon TCG Pocket enters game/grossing in JP/GB/DE on the same day — simultaneous monetization inflow across multiple countries

It appeared in android-game/grossing at JP #31, GB #39, and DE #45 on the same day. This is a stronger signal than an entry in a single chart, indicating monetization inflows driven by a globally synchronized event or update. All ranks are in the bottom tier; whether it continues to penetrate the mid tier from tomorrow onward will be the key indicator.

Confidence: High

2. NTE: Neverness to Everness enters simultaneously at JP #24 / KR #38, limited to two East Asian markets

It appeared in android-game/grossing at JP #24 and KR #38. It is absent from Western markets, suggesting a Japan-and-Korea-first launch or distribution rollout. On the same day, SD Gundam G Generation Eternal ranked grossing #3 in Japan, while its global version entered at #34 in Korea, meaning Japan and Korea’s game monetization charts moved together today.

Confidence: High

3. Croatia national-team-related apps flood HR android-sports, taking over the top free ranks

HNS SEMAFOR #1, HNS Ulaznice #4, Sportify #5, Sporti by SuperSport #6, Fishing Points #8, F1 TV #10, Formula 1® #11, HRnogomet #12, Admiral HR #13 all entered as new arrivals. HR had 89 new entries overall (versus 12–25 in other markets), while android-sports had 26 new entries and 90% top-10 retention, the largest disruption of any category. This appears to be driven by one-off events such as national-team matches and ticket sales, so content demand should be treated as likely to disappear within days.

Confidence: High

4. Generative-AI image and video apps dominate the largest gains versus the reference date

Versus 2026-09-01, vivago.ai reached KR/video-players/free #3 (+42), AI Photo Generator: Muselab AI reached DE/photography/free #2 (+41), Hailuo AI reached DE #4 (+40), and Momo: AI Photo & Video Maker reached US/photography grossing #1 (+39) and free #1 (+31). Momo’s simultaneous lead in both free and monetization charts is rare, showing that US demand for AI photo apps is converting into revenue.

Confidence: High

5. PDF/file utilities show major simultaneous gains versus the reference date in four markets

Instant PDF Reader reached DE/business/free #3 (+36), PDF Kit - Easy Viewer reached JP/business/free #6 (+32), PDF Reader & PDF Viewer reached KR/tools/free #6 (+31), PDFMaster - PDF Reader was absent on the reference date but is now DE/tools/free #1, and Image to PDF & PDF Reader newly entered GB/productivity/free #17. The same functional category is growing across regions, making it a demand category to target rather than a trend tied to a specific app.

Confidence: High

6. The top is fixed and movement is at the tail — top/mid held 98%, bottom only 96%

The top (1–10) had 98% held / 1% new / average movement of 0.1 positions; the mid tier (11–30) had 98% / 1% / 0.3; and the bottom tier (31–45) had 96% / 3% / 0.4. In other words, nearly all new arrivals entered at #31 or lower, while the composition of the top 10 was almost unchanged from the previous day. Plans targeting the top should follow incumbent players, while discovery-oriented plans should watch the bottom tier. Because developer information is absent for every row, today’s data cannot evaluate developer concentration at the top.

Confidence: High

7. Global fixed slots that simultaneously hold top-10 positions in six countries: Canva, Duolingo, Kling AI, Rotate Rings

Canva is top 10 in six countries for both art-and-design free and grossing (all grossing ranks are #1 except KR #2), Duolingo is #1 in education/grossing in six countries, Kling AI is #1 in KR, #2 in DE/GB/HR/US, and #3 in JP, while casual title Rotate Rings is #1 in game/free in DE/HR/US, #2 in GB/JP, and #4 in KR. Rotate Rings was absent on the reference date in DE and HR before reaching #1, making it the only “new” global slot.

Confidence: High

8. Categories that did not move: android-business and android-libraries-and-demo had 0 new entries

android-business (8 charts, 0 new entries, 99% top-10 retention) and android-libraries-and-demo (8 charts, 0 new entries, 100% retention) had no new arrivals today. android-android-wear, android-books-and-reference, android-weather, android-finance, and others also had 100% retention, offering no freshness as content topics. It is rational to focus planning resources on sports, art-and-design, entertainment, and game.

Confidence: High

9. One-off leaders on paid charts: new entries at JP education #1, KR tools #3, and GB personalization #3

Instant English Sentence Training for Rapid Speaking newly entered at JP/android-education/TOP_PAID #1 (also absent on the reference date), PXPlay: Remote Play entered at KR/android-tools/TOP_PAID #3, and MINIMAA: Minimalist Launcher at GB/android-personalization/TOP_PAID #3. Paid charts have smaller bases and larger one-day swings, so their persistence needs to be reconfirmed from tomorrow onward.

Confidence: Medium

Recommended actions

• Put Pokémon TCG Pocket (JP #31 / GB #39 / DE #45) and NTE: Neverness to Everness (JP #24 / KR #38) at the top of tomorrow’s watchlist, and use continued movement from the bottom tier into the mid tier to distinguish a “real event” from one-day noise.
• Treat the HR android-sports inflow (including HNS SEMAFOR #1) as a one-off driven by national-team matches and ticketing; limit it to short-form content that can be consumed within 48 hours. Do not use it for medium- or long-term plans.
• Make AI image and video apps today’s main theme: Momo is US/photography free #1 and grossing #1, vivago.ai is KR #3 (+42), Muselab AI is DE #2 (+41), and Hailuo AI is DE #4 (+40). Momo’s strength in both free and paid monetization is the most useful validation point for planning.
• Treat PDF/file apps (DE #3, JP #6, KR #6, DE/tools #1, GB #17) as a demand category spanning four markets, and create use-case-based roundups rather than individual app spotlights.
• Ask the pipeline team to re-fetch degraded TOP_GROSSING / TOP_PAID sources—especially 22 TOP_GROSSING categories in DE—and the 25 missing charts. New entries and rank changes in monetization charts are structurally undercounted.
• Fix the missing developer field (80,791 rows) at the collection layer. Developer-level concentration and portfolio analysis are currently impossible, and the tier analysis cannot answer who holds the leading positions.
• Add a standard reader-facing note that the reference date is 2026-09-01, the oldest date in the archive, and that “monthly” always means an exactly 30-day, one-sided comparison.

Data quality notes

For the target date, 2026-10-01, 372 charts / 13,789 rows were collected. The collection target was 397 charts (excluding 233 sources not yet published from the configured schedule), and 25 charts were not collected. Of the 372 charts, 339 could be compared with the previous day, 2026-09-30; the other 33 had no prior-day data, so neither “new arrival” status nor movement was calculated for them (this only means there was no comparison target, not that there was no movement). Of recent runs, 6 completed partially and 32 fetches failed; degraded sources are concentrated in TOP_GROSSING and TOP_PAID (22 TOP_GROSSING categories in DE, plus many in GB, HR, JP, KR, and US). As a result, the count of new entries and rank differences in monetization and paid charts may be lower than reality. Missing fields include developer in 80,791 rows, ratingCount in 80,791 rows, and rating in 1,641 rows. Because developer is entirely absent, the tier table’s “developers holding top slots” remains “—,” and developer-based concentration analysis is not possible today. The reference date, 2026-09-01, is the oldest collection date in the archive (30 days ago), so comparison with earlier periods is not possible.