“play”

The #282 search in Entertainment on the United States App Store in August 2026. 7 of the top 10 have over 100,000 ratings; a new app does not displace them, so use it as a word inside a longer phrase.

Popularity
61/ 100

+0 against a year ago. Apple Ads search popularity, 5 to 100.

Difficulty
91/ 100

Median top-10 app has 269K ratings; 7 above 100K; 6 carry the words in the name; 10 updated in 6 months.

Results
189

Apps Apple returns for the search. Read Sep 27.

Top 10 apps for “play”

Search popularity by month

Jun 2025: 61 · #284Jul 2025: 61 · #296Aug 2025: 61 · #291Sep 2025: 60 · #312Oct 2025: 60 · #332Nov 2025: 60 · #316Dec 2025: 61 · #314Jan 2026: 61 · #290Feb 2026: 61 · #288Mar 2026: 61 · #284Apr 2026: 60 · #298May 2026: 60 · #306Jun 2026: 61 · #295Jul 2026: 61 · #311Aug 2026: 61 · #282
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Jun 2560–61 over 15 monthsAug 26

Apple Ads search popularity, 5 to 100, for the months the term was in a category's top 500. A gap means it was not.

Searches with the same apps ranking

Terms whose top 10 shares apps with this one, most shared first; the rest are its neighbours by demand in Entertainment.

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