Market: Afghanistan

Categories where it's easiest to get into the top 100 free apps. Snapshot of 2026-10-23.

2.5M

installs for the top 100 (median)

20%

of the top are new apps

local apps, 0 installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Casino	6.7K	24K	77%	0%
Productivity	21K	173K	18%	0%
Parenting	23K	3.1M	23%	0%
Beauty	54K	29K	19%	0%
Communication	6K	8K	25%	0%
Comics	199K	141K	34%	0%
Dating	268K	3K	25%	0%
Libraries & Demo	386K	45K	13%	0%
Books & Reference	526K	842K	13%	0%
Weather	835K	4M	20%	0%
Casual	886K	649K	33%	0%
Entertainment	887K	92K	37%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	91K	1.6M	14%	0%
Travel & Local	953K	6.2M	8%	0%
Sports	1.1M	1.5M	17%	0%
Strategy	1.2M	4.1K	33%	0%
House & Home	1.2M	691K	25%	0%
Role Playing	2M	1.2M	36%	0%
Events	2.1M	53K	24%	1%
Food & Drink	2.1M	23K	8%	0%
Card	2.5M	104K	22%	0%
Medical	2.6M	17K	8%	0%
Adventure	2.8M	2.5M	19%	0%
Social	4.2M	746K	16%	0%
News & Magazines	5M	6.7M	11%	0%
Shopping	5.8M	165K	6%	0%
Trivia	7M	756K	30%	0%
Music	8.2M	31M	13%	0%
Personalization	13M	5.2M	30%	0%
Word	14M	4.5M	19%	0%
Music & Audio	19M	1.4M	16%	0%
Arcade	2M	32K	6%	0%
Tools	35M	3.4M	28%	0%
Puzzle	35M	6.8M	30%	0%
Video Players & Editors	43M	309K	27%	0%
Action	62M	7K	14%	0%
Simulation	105M	19M	25%	0%
Racing	109M	333K	17%	0%
Educational	11M	41M	1%	0%
Education	137M	478K	24%	0%
Photography	305M	7.6M	30%	0%

Top 100 threshold: Installs of the app at position 100 in the category's free chart: roughly what it takes to get there.
New in the top: Share of the top 200 released in the last 12 months: can newcomers break in.
Local in the top: Share of the top 200 available in no more than 3 countries: do local apps win, or global giants.
Local apps: Live apps available only in this country (and at most two others).

Via the API: GET /api/v1/markets?country=AF