Six indie apps rode one national chart to global iOS success — Flappy Bird widest, from Russia to No. 1 in 100 countries

Asked:

“List indie apps in iOS App Store that made top rank in one country and then moved to global App Store top ranking”

A strict live-web scan (research date 18 Oct 2026) found 6 documented indie apps, from Doodle Jump (2009) to Solid Color Wallpapers (2020), each with a dated high rank in one named national iOS App Store followed by worldwide or multi-country chart success. This is a documented-example list, not an exhaustive universe: Apple publishes no historical database of national chart transitions.

overall chart paid chart category chart trending — weaker evidence: no numeric global rank

Flappy Bird charted only in Russia in June before hitting No. 1 in 100 countries (iPhone No. 1 in 88) by Feb 5, 2014 — the widest stated spread. gamesbeat.com

SQUIDS held #1 paid in France for 7 days after its Oct 2011 release, then took #1 RPG in 51 stores including the USA — the best-corroborated row, with 5 sources. gamedeveloper.com

Pop Corny went from #1 paid overall in Greece within 24 hours of launch to top 10 in 20+ stores and category #1 in 10, lifted by an OpenFeint free-game promotion. gamedeveloper.com

Solid Color Wallpapers went from #4 trending in the US to “trending worldwide” in two days — but no numeric global rank is stated, so treat it as the weakest evidence here. indiehackers.com

App	Indie status	Initial national rank	Later international rank	Sources	Links

Documented-example list from live web research, 6 app rows, research date 2026-10-18. Numbers measure chart positions as stated by each source; chart types (overall, paid, category, trending) differ and are not comparable. 6 distinct primary URLs across 5 hosts; no primary source backs more than one row; 2 rows carry a corroborating URL. Full trajectory prose trimmed for space; country counts on the right of the visual are as stated by sources.

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