App Annie now tracks Android apps in China

Market researcher App Annie announced today that it will now be tracking over 5,000 Android apps in China. It reports that 10 percent of the top 1,000 apps in China are mobile games.

The Google Play Store is still noticeably absent in China, though it’s currently installed on about 3.6 percent of the phones according to a chart by market analyst Newzoo. Though Google has been rumored to be in talks with NetEase to bring the Play Store back to China, in the meantime, the country has a famously fragmented mobile marketplace for Android users. There is a myriad of different app stores to choose from. Newzoo reports that Tencent’s MyApp dominates, as it’s installed on over 25 percent of users’ phones. After that are 360 Mobile Assistant, Xiaomi App Store, and Baidu Mobile Assistant.