Sports League Official App in Japan
Japan — Sports, for consumers. Niche: Sports League Official App.
Data from the week of 19 Oct 2026, refreshed every two weeks.
Our call
We have not checked this against App Store search in Japan yet, so we won’t call it. Checks run every day, highest-scoring openings first.
At a glance
- Demand
- High, in your favour
- 1,269,108 ratings
- Revenue
- Medium, neither for nor against you
- 3 top-grossing
- Competition
- High, against you
- 7 established in Japan
- Leading apps
- Strong, against you
- 4.7★ average
How the score of 49 is made
score out of 100
- Demand91
1,261,469 ratings in the US and UK, 7,639 in Japan
- Revenue49
3 of the top 10 on a top-grossing chart in the last 30 days; 0 paid
- Room locally16
7 established apps in Japan (47+ ratings, scaled to the market’s size)
- Language gap50
Not checked in local search yet — counted as neutral (50) at most
- Incumbent weakness0
4.7 stars on average; 0 of 10 not updated in a year
- AI gap30
10 of the top 10 not built around AI
- Momentum—
History building since 19 Oct 2026 — counted as neutral (50) for now
Why this is an opening
Demand sits at 91 while local competition shows a gap score of 50. There are 3 grossing apps in the top results for Japan, and 10 apps are non-native. Local users rely on localized tools.
What people in Japan see
Not yet checked against local App Store search. Checks run every day, highest-scoring openings first.
How strong the competition is
The leading apps in this niche
The niche’s apps available in Japan, ranked by their share of ratings here and in the United States and United Kingdom; stars in Japan where it has them.
| App | Ratings in Japan | Ratings US + UK | Stars | Japanese | Last update | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League - Scores, News | 5,976 | 913,656 | 4.8 | No | Oct 2026 | No AI |
| The Athletic: All Sports News | 357 | 273,852 | 4.7 | No | Oct 2026 | No AI |
| Chelsea Official App | 443 | 14,650 | 4.8 | No | Oct 2026 | No AI |
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Is demand growing
New ratings each week in Japan, added up over the leading apps. A rating count only grows, so a week’s rise is the people who rated that week.
- Last 4 weeks
- 4 weeks before
- Earlier
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| Week | New ratings |
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| Members | — |
What users complain about
Too few low-star reviews to group into complaints yet.
If you build it
The smallest app that answers what users complain about and what the leaders leave out. Each feature says where it comes from.
- What apps here chargethe leading apps' in-app prices, once we have read themMembers
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The same niche in other markets
- This market
- Other markets
✓ checked against local App Store search. Other markets are named for members.
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| Market | Score | Checked against local search |
|---|---|---|
| Members | 57 | Not yet |
| Members | 50 | Yes |
| Members | 49 | Not yet |
| Japan | 49 | Not yet |
| Members | 44 | Yes |
| Members | 40 | Yes |
| Members | 38 | Not yet |
| Members | 37 | Not yet |
| Members | 36 | Yes |
| Members | 36 | Yes |
| Members | 33 | Yes |
| Members | 33 | Yes |
| Members | 33 | Yes |
| Members | 32 | Yes |
| Members | 32 | Yes |
| Members | 32 | Yes |
| Members | 32 | Yes |
| Members | 31 | Yes |
| Members | 31 | Yes |
| Members | 31 | Yes |
| Members | 30 | Yes |
| Members | 30 | Yes |
| Members | 29 | Yes |
| Members | 28 | Yes |
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Scored 2026-10-26 with score version 4. How the score works. Store data only: we do not estimate revenue or downloads.