Market: Benin

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

1.7M

installs for the top 100 (median)

23%

of the top are new apps

158

local apps, 3.3M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Events	64K	15K	24%	1%
Maps & Navigation	66K	702K	28%	0%
Sports	78K	18K	49%	0%
Libraries & Demo	85K	206K	14%	0%
Finance	113K	3K	21%	2%
Auto & Vehicles	179K	1.2M	15%	0%
Adventure	239K	394K	30%	0%
Comics	25K	2.7K	34%	0%
Beauty	359K	211K	19%	0%
Entertainment	517K	129K	39%	0%
Travel & Local	953K	4.6M	8%	0%
Dating	984K	366K	24%	0%
Food & Drink	99K	23K	8%	0%
Board	1.4M	42K	16%	0%
Trivia	1.4M	34K	28%	0%
Strategy	1.6M	281K	37%	0%
Music	1.7M	214K	11%	0%
Medical	1.7M	1.6M	8%	0%
News & Magazines	1.8M	597K	10%	0%
House & Home	3M	498K	26%	0%
Parenting	3.4M	43K	24%	0%
Photography	5.1M	19M	29%	0%
Communication	5.1M	761K	17%	0%
Music & Audio	6.3M	3.1K	26%	0%
Casino	7M	314K	52%	0%
Educational	7.4M	52M	7%	0%
Card	8.3M	2.9M	16%	0%
Tools	11M	628K	47%	0%
Shopping	11M	2M	6%	0%
Weather	16M	321K	19%	0%
Video Players & Editors	17M	8.3M	23%	0%
Role Playing	19M	711K	36%	0%
Word	41M	3.4M	19%	0%
Productivity	52M	13M	23%	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=BJ