Market: Tanzania

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

1.8M

installs for the top 100 (median)

24%

of the top are new apps

1 023

local apps, 17M installs

new local apps in a year

Category	Top 100 threshold	Top 200 threshold	New in the top	Local in the top
Business	5.3K	31	19%	13%
Arcade	18K	12M	11%	0%
Sports	23K	148K	49%	3%
Comics	46K	9K	34%	0%
Libraries & Demo	85K	46K	14%	0%
Books & Reference	122K	16K	22%	0%
Casual	178K	321K	33%	0%
Auto & Vehicles	179K	1.2M	15%	0%
Lifestyle	183K	7.1K	39%	0%
Beauty	208K	1.7M	19%	0%
Dating	291K	1M	24%	0%
House & Home	419K	529K	26%	0%
Events	452K	53K	24%	1%
Sports	634K	35K	21%	1%
Medical	74K	283K	8%	0%
Finance	774K	15M	27%	22%
Food & Drink	99K	1.5M	8%	0%
Communication	1.2M	299K	27%	0%
Trivia	1.4M	34K	28%	0%
Education	1.6M	182K	27%	4%
News & Magazines	1.8M	597K	10%	0%
Health & Fitness	2.4M	1M	29%	1%
Photography	3M	8.2M	29%	0%
Social	3.7M	7K	19%	0%
Parenting	5.2M	12K	23%	0%
Casino	7M	23K	52%	1%
Video Players & Editors	7M	3.7M	31%	0%
Productivity	7.1M	228K	24%	1%
Weather	7.2M	66K	19%	0%
Card	8.3M	2.9M	16%	0%
Role Playing	14M	1.2M	41%	0%
Personalization	18M	375K	26%	0%
Tools	26M	51M	42%	1%
Racing	3M	6.9M	21%	0%
Strategy	37M	1M	43%	0%
Word	41M	3.4M	19%	0%
Simulation	43M	2.3M	33%	0%
Puzzle	52M	13M	36%	0%
Music & Audio	57M	32M	24%	0%
Action	8M	14M	17%	0%
Entertainment	9M	3.5M	41%	4%

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=TZ