Top growing niches — August 2026
Growth was near-universal in August: 293 of the 316 niches that clear our reporting floors grew month over month, and only 22 fell. Almost every large move is a handful of apps scaling rather than a market opening — the notes below say which.
Fastest growing
- 1Action Rescue & PlatformerGames+388.5%
- 2Simulation: Xianxia & CultivationGames+211.0%
- 3Video Editing & Cleanup ToolsPhoto & Video+97.4%
- 4MOBA & Hero ArenaGames+90.6%
- 5Fishing Simulation & CasualGames+58.5%
- 6Pachinko & Slot SimulationGames+58.4%
- 7Practice ToolMusic+37.3%
- 8Fitness, Rhythm & SimulationGames+30.2%
- 9Open World MMORPG & RPGGames+26.6%
- 10RPG Martial Arts & WuxiaGames+16.4%
Action Rescue & Platformer
+388.5%The month's largest move by a wide margin, and the most concentrated: three apps take 85% of the revenue, so this is a small number of titles scaling rather than a broad market opening.
Simulation: Xianxia & Cultivation
+211.0%Triples on a small base. At $2.1M across 16 earning apps the absolute opportunity stays modest, but the 62% top-three share is the loosest of any fast riser this month.
Video Editing & Cleanup Tools
+97.4%Doubles to $42.8M, and 99% of that sits with three apps. Twelve earning apps in a category this size suggests the tail is not converting.
Open World MMORPG & RPG
+26.6%The most open niche in the top ten: 83 earning apps and a top-three share of just 50%, the only fast-growing niche this month where revenue is genuinely spread.
What fell
| Niche | Category | MoM | Earning apps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiplayer Duel & Strategy | Games | -0.5% | 17 |
| Lifestyle Super App | Lifestyle | -0.3% | 12 |
| Marine & Boating | Navigation | -0.2% | 33 |
| Social Video Platforms | Entertainment | -0.2% | 12 |
| Mahjong & Solitaire Puzzle | Games | -0.2% | 13 |
About these numbers
Figures are modelled worldwide monthly estimates for August 2026, not publisher-reported revenue. A niche appears here only if it earned at least $1M and had at least 10 earning apps, which excludes 2,324 of the 2,640 niches we score — without that floor the ranking fills with two-app niches whose whole movement is one title. Top-three share is the proportion of niche revenue held by its three largest apps.