Google Play market in United Arab Emirates: which categories are open
Categories of Google Play in United Arab Emirates ranked by how easy it is to reach the top 100 free chart. Snapshot of Oct 23, 2026.
5.1Minstalls to enter a top 100 (median)
26%of the top: apps from the last 12 months
3,739local apps
533Mlocal installs
58new local apps in a year
Categories, easiest first
| Category | Top 100 | New in top |
|---|---|---|
| Trivia games | 171K | 29% |
| Comics | 222K | 47% |
| Events | 239K | 24% |
| Strategy games | 305K | 34% |
| Sports | 357K | 53% |
| Libraries & Demo | 519K | 14% |
| Puzzle games | 522K | 38% |
| Casino games | 669K | 84% |
| Weather | 798K | 19% |
| Simulation games | 858K | 29% |
| Lifestyle | 1M | 27% |
| Art & Design | 1.1M | 40% |
| Entertainment | 1.5M | 50% |
| News & Magazines | 1.8M | 11% |
| Communication | 2.1M | 26% |
| Racing games | 3.2M | 19% |
| Sports games | 3.4M | 17% |
| Maps & Navigation | 3.8M | 26% |
| Shopping | 4.2M | 11% |
| Business | 4.6M | 9% |
| Books & Reference | 5.1M | 18% |
| Parenting | 5.2M | 24% |
| Finance | 5.7M | 16% |
| Education | 7.6M | 33% |
| Photography | 8.7M | 40% |
| Medical | 9.6M | 8% |
| Social | 9.7M | 28% |
| Casual games | 9.8M | 40% |
| Beauty | 11M | 20% |
| Travel & Local | 13M | 9% |
| Music & Audio | 17M | 23% |
| Role Playing games | 19M | 34% |
| Health & Fitness | 28M | 19% |
| Video Players & Editors | 31M | 33% |
| Adventure games | 45M | 30% |
| Personalization | 53M | 34% |
| Action games | 64M | 15% |
| Arcade games | 89M | 8% |
| Educational games | 124M | 7% |
| Productivity | 285M | 18% |
| Tools | 14B | 32% |
How to read it
- Top 100 threshold
- Installs of the app at position 100 of a category's free chart: roughly what it takes to get in. For a country, the median across its categories.
- New in top
- Share of the top 200 released in the last 12 months: do newcomers break through?
- Local in top
- Share of the top 200 offered in no more than 3 countries: do local apps win, or global giants?
- Local apps
- Live apps offered only in this country (and at most two others).