Top 5 Shopping Apps on Android in the Middle East - Q1 2022

The first quarter of 2022 saw significant activity in the shopping app category on the Android platform in the Middle East. Here, we delve into the performance trends of the top five shopping apps: SHEIN-Shopping Online, noon Shopping, Food, Grocery, Amazon Shopping, Fordeal - فورديل سوق الانترنت, and Alibaba.com - B2B marketplace.

SHEIN-Shopping Online demonstrated a consistent increase in weekly downloads, starting from around 69K in late December 2021 and peaking at approximately 93K in mid-March. Active users also saw a healthy rise, growing from about 2M to over 2.3M by the end of the quarter.

noon Shopping, Food, Grocery experienced fluctuations in downloads, with numbers ranging from 59K to 70K. Active users showed a slight decline from 1.6M to around 1.5M mid-quarter, before rebounding to 1.56M by the end of March.

Amazon Shopping saw a notable increase in downloads toward the end of the quarter, jumping from around 40K to over 70K in mid-March. Active users remained relatively stable, fluctuating between 1.3M and 1.4M throughout the period.

Fordeal - فورديل سوق الانترنت had a varied download pattern, starting at 54K and dipping to 25K in late January before rising again to 45K by the end of March. Active users showed a slight decline from 551K to 452K over the quarter.

Alibaba.com - B2B marketplace exhibited a significant spike in downloads, peaking at 66K in early March. Active users followed a similar trend, increasing from 662K to over 816K in the same period, before settling at 690K by the end of March.

These insights are derived from Sensor Tower's analytics, and more detailed information is available on their platform.