Market: Qatar

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

2.6M

installs for the top 100 (median)

24%

of the top are new apps

521

local apps, 9.6M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Shopping	5.5K	15K	10%	4%
Casino	29K	31K	93%	0%
Lifestyle	39K	35K	29%	0%
Trivia	93K	626K	30%	0%
Beauty	101K	29K	21%	0%
Card	104K	2M	25%	1%
Libraries & Demo	142K	19K	14%	0%
Sports	261K	12M	50%	0%
House & Home	337K	18K	23%	0%
Events	45K	81K	24%	1%
Social	557K	7.9K	29%	0%
News & Magazines	883K	13K	11%	0%
Parenting	1.1M	168K	25%	0%
Racing	1.3M	418K	18%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	1.3M	1.5M	17%	0%
Word	2.2M	1M	18%	0%
Tools	2.4M	1.2M	35%	0%
Entertainment	2.7M	1.2M	48%	0%
Food & Drink	3.5M	5.1M	8%	0%
Dating	3.9M	42K	22%	0%
Finance	5.4M	565K	20%	1%
Comics	6.9M	42K	34%	0%
Medical	7M	218K	8%	0%
Photography	7.8M	1.7M	40%	0%
Music & Audio	8M	43M	25%	0%
Weather	10M	15K	22%	0%
Puzzle	26M	63M	37%	0%
Productivity	47M	1.1M	17%	0%
Video Players & Editors	52M	4.7M	32%	1%
Communication	7M	5.4M	21%	2%
Casual	97M	118M	41%	0%
Simulation	109M	26K	28%	0%
Arcade	14M	2.8M	7%	0%
Action	226M	105M	17%	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=QA