Market: Algeria

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

1.2M

installs for the top 100 (median)

26%

of the top are new apps

1 058

local apps, 44M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Comics	693	83K	47%	0%
Simulation	1.6K	858K	27%	0%
Social	1.8K	109M	21%	0%
Maps & Navigation	6K	25K	33%	10%
Casino	6.7K	6K	91%	0%
Business	47K	1.6M	23%	8%
Finance	54K	1.8M	33%	2%
Tools	84K	5.3M	40%	1%
Shopping	102K	88	26%	4%
Events	109K	4.5M	23%	1%
Education	228K	17M	25%	7%
Strategy	246K	2.3M	39%	0%
Photography	299K	852K	32%	0%
Sports	376K	185K	45%	0%
Lifestyle	467K	5.9M	27%	1%
Art & Design	503K	262K	38%	0%
Libraries & Demo	613K	9.7K	14%	1%
Board	744K	4.6K	19%	0%
Communication	1.1M	31K	28%	1%
Personalization	1.4M	4.6M	32%	0%
Casual	1.5M	2.5M	41%	0%
Music & Audio	1.7M	549K	18%	0%
Weather	1.9M	51M	15%	0%
Books & Reference	8.6M	29K	16%	0%
Entertainment	1M	2.3M	45%	0%
Productivity	11M	2.3M	22%	0%
Role Playing	18M	71K	35%	0%
Word	32M	146K	20%	0%
Adventure	37M	508K	25%	0%
Educational	38M	25M	6%	0%
Arcade	43M	22M	11%	0%
Racing	62M	1.3M	16%	0%
Puzzle	7M	6.3M	39%	0%
Health & Fitness	73M	13K	26%	1%
Sports	112M	19M	21%	0%
Travel & Local	136M	9.6K	25%	8%
Action	172M	62M	14%	0%
Video Players & Editors	548M	299K	33%	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=DZ