Market: Mali

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

1.5M

installs for the top 100 (median)

24%

of the top are new apps

local apps, 16M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Personalization	6.6K	305K	39%	0%
Weather	1K	2.3B	19%	0%
Casual	47K	75M	32%	0%
Events	64K	15K	24%	1%
Sports	77K	109M	53%	0%
Libraries & Demo	85K	7.1K	14%	0%
Education	165K	21K	32%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	179K	1.2M	15%	0%
Comics	25K	2.7K	34%	0%
Beauty	359K	776K	19%	0%
House & Home	419K	529K	26%	0%
Tools	6K	72K	47%	0%
Dating	984K	366K	24%	0%
Food & Drink	99K	1.5M	8%	0%
Action	1.1M	21M	11%	0%
Parenting	1.2M	54K	24%	0%
Music & Audio	1.3M	5.8K	19%	0%
Trivia	1.4M	28K	29%	0%
Music	1.7M	7M	11%	0%
News & Magazines	1.8M	2.5M	10%	0%
Medical	2.6M	5.3M	8%	0%
Card	3.2M	2.9M	16%	0%
Entertainment	5.3M	3.9K	41%	0%
Casino	7M	3.4M	52%	0%
Educational	7.4M	52M	7%	0%
Business	9M	13M	15%	0%
Shopping	11M	5.4M	6%	0%
Word	14M	5.2M	18%	0%
Communication	15M	193K	28%	0%
Photography	25M	12M	28%	0%
Travel & Local	37M	3M	8%	0%
Racing	53M	947K	19%	0%
Simulation	58M	13M	29%	0%
Productivity	88M	29M	24%	0%
Video Players & Editors	143M	11K	29%	0%
Puzzle	528M	16K	34%	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=ML