Market: Somalia

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

2.9M

installs for the top 100 (median)

24%

of the top are new apps

local apps, 268K installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Finance	61	13K	35%	0%
Dating	23K	886K	26%	0%
Weather	27K	6K	20%	0%
Maps & Navigation	66K	12M	28%	0%
Libraries & Demo	85K	206K	14%	0%
Card	135K	277K	20%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	179K	2.2M	16%	0%
Comics	199K	5.8K	35%	0%
Books & Reference	356K	12M	13%	0%
Beauty	359K	114K	19%	0%
Casino	419K	543K	65%	0%
Events	452K	112K	24%	1%
Food & Drink	639K	1.6M	7%	0%
Education	655K	17K	28%	1%
Photography	715K	52K	33%	0%
Role Playing	1.1M	5M	36%	0%
Arcade	1.4M	48M	9%	0%
Medical	1.7M	17K	8%	0%
House & Home	2M	13K	26%	0%
Productivity	2.9M	7.3M	19%	1%
Parenting	3.3M	11K	24%	0%
Strategy	4.5M	4.1K	40%	0%
News & Magazines	5M	6.7M	11%	0%
Action	6.2M	19M	16%	0%
Puzzle	6.9M	181M	36%	0%
Trivia	7M	86K	31%	0%
Music	8.3M	728K	13%	0%
Simulation	8.4M	59M	28%	0%
Music & Audio	8.8M	157K	17%	0%
Personalization	12M	643K	33%	0%
Art & Design	13M	9.6M	42%	0%
Word	14M	4.5M	19%	0%
Travel & Local	14M	16M	8%	0%
Casual	2M	31M	38%	0%
Communication	2M	352M	24%	0%
Entertainment	29M	1.3M	41%	0%
Tools	35M	2.4B	33%	0%
Video Players & Editors	63M	4.7M	24%	0%
Racing	104M	27M	19%	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=SO