Market: Kuwait

Categories where it's easiest to get into the top 100 free apps. Snapshot of 2026-10-29.

2.7M

installs for the top 100 (median)

24%

of the top are new apps

510

local apps, 3.9M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Beauty	16K	69K	21%	0%
Comics	17K	42K	33%	0%
Trivia	93K	492K	30%	0%
Libraries & Demo	142K	19K	14%	0%
Events	453K	129K	24%	1%
Puzzle	1.1M	135M	40%	0%
Parenting	1.1M	168K	25%	0%
House & Home	1.2M	18K	23%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	1.3M	1.4M	17%	0%
Medical	1.4M	2.5M	8%	0%
Video Players & Editors	1.4M	4.7M	29%	1%
Card	1.5M	25M	19%	0%
Social	1.9M	104K	32%	0%
Productivity	1.9M	32M	17%	0%
Entertainment	2.1M	14K	48%	0%
Word	2.2M	9.6K	19%	0%
News & Magazines	3.2M	13M	11%	0%
Shopping	3.6M	4K	7%	1%
Finance	5.3M	565K	20%	1%
Dating	5.6M	59K	22%	0%
Books & Reference	5.8M	3.9M	20%	0%
Lifestyle	7.4M	33K	34%	1%
Weather	10M	15K	22%	0%
Casino	1M	4.6K	51%	0%
Communication	12M	742K	24%	1%
Music	16M	42K	12%	0%
Tools	21M	8.8M	35%	0%
Photography	28M	1.7M	41%	0%
Adventure	55M	527K	30%	0%
Simulation	127M	14M	28%	0%
Action	186M	6.1M	13%	0%
Casual	268M	5M	41%	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=KW