Google Play market in Ethiopia: which categories are open
Categories of Google Play in Ethiopia ranked by how easy it is to reach the top 100 free chart. Snapshot of Oct 23, 2026.
1.8Minstalls to enter a top 100 (median)
26%of the top: apps from the last 12 months
70local apps
399Klocal installs
1new local apps in a year
Categories, easiest first
| Category | Top 100 | New in top |
|---|---|---|
| Puzzle games | 3.8K | 37% |
| Parenting | 23K | 23% |
| Books & Reference | 4K | 18% |
| Beauty | 54K | 19% |
| Entertainment | 62K | 43% |
| Events | 64K | 24% |
| Casino games | 64K | 77% |
| Libraries & Demo | 85K | 14% |
| Dating | 11K | 25% |
| Lifestyle | 132K | 32% |
| Comics | 199K | 34% |
| Education | 231K | 45% |
| Sports | 243K | 54% |
| Art & Design | 273K | 37% |
| Social | 379K | 25% |
| Health & Fitness | 6K | 33% |
| Maps & Navigation | 671K | 38% |
| Weather | 835K | 20% |
| Auto & Vehicles | 91K | 14% |
| Productivity | 1.2M | 26% |
| House & Home | 1.2M | 26% |
| Business | 1.4M | 24% |
| Casual games | 2.2M | 36% |
| Card games | 2.5M | 22% |
| Medical | 2.6M | 8% |
| Strategy games | 3M | 42% |
| Video Players & Editors | 3.3M | 29% |
| Finance | 4.3M | 40% |
| Role Playing games | 4.5M | 37% |
| News & Magazines | 5M | 11% |
| Arcade games | 5.6M | 12% |
| Tools | 6M | 36% |
| Sports games | 6.4M | 20% |
| Trivia games | 7M | 30% |
| Communication | 7.4M | 26% |
| Educational games | 8.5M | 1% |
| Food & Drink | 9.4M | 8% |
| Word games | 14M | 19% |
| Personalization | 14M | 30% |
| Photography | 27M | 32% |
| Simulation games | 41M | 31% |
| Action games | 64M | 16% |
| Music & Audio | 87M | 23% |
| Racing games | 109M | 19% |
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).