Market: Cameroon

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

1.4M

installs for the top 100 (median)

24%

of the top are new apps

337

local apps, 7.6M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Education	3.9K	9K	27%	3%
Sports	31K	18K	39%	0%
Communication	38K	1K	23%	1%
Libraries & Demo	85K	46K	14%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	179K	1.2M	15%	0%
Comics	25K	2.7K	34%	0%
Entertainment	325K	255K	41%	0%
Beauty	359K	776K	19%	0%
Productivity	435K	569K	24%	1%
Tools	446K	29K	55%	0%
Music & Audio	521K	16M	22%	0%
Adventure	553K	32M	30%	0%
Medical	74K	366K	8%	0%
Personalization	1.1M	164K	35%	0%
Parenting	1.2M	54K	24%	0%
Finance	1.2M	598	25%	17%
Action	1.4M	163K	12%	0%
Trivia	1.4M	34K	28%	0%
Food & Drink	1.4M	1.5M	8%	0%
Music	1.5M	7M	11%	0%
News & Magazines	1.8M	597K	10%	0%
Dating	2M	493K	24%	0%
Events	2.1M	53K	24%	1%
Video Players & Editors	2.6M	99K	30%	0%
House & Home	3M	498K	26%	0%
Shopping	5.8M	5M	6%	0%
Casino	7M	11M	51%	0%
Weather	7.2M	53M	19%	0%
Educational	7.4M	52M	7%	0%
Card	8.3M	218K	17%	0%
Casual	8.4M	13M	32%	0%
Word	14M	1M	18%	0%
Travel & Local	37M	3M	8%	0%
Puzzle	67M	16K	33%	0%
Photography	81M	2M	33%	0%
Books & Reference	122M	539	13%	0%
Simulation	236M	7.8K	31%	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=CM