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Top 5 Shopping Apps on Android in the Middle East: Q1 2025

Explore the performance of leading shopping apps on Android in the Middle East during Q1 2025, highlighting trends in downloads and active users.

Top 5 Shopping Apps on Android in the Middle East: Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the performance of the top shopping applications on the Android platform in the Middle East showed notable trends in downloads and active users.

Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire experienced fluctuations in its weekly downloads, starting the quarter with approximately 375K downloads and seeing a dip to around 202K by the end of January. However, downloads picked up again in February, peaking at about 352K in mid-March. The app maintained a strong base of active users, increasing from 5.7M to a peak of 6.9M by the end of March.

SHEIN-Shopping Online saw a growth in weekly downloads, beginning at 113K and reaching a high of 287K by late February. Active users also showed an upward trend, starting from 9.4M and reaching over 12M in early March, before slightly declining towards the end of the quarter.

Trendyol - Online Alışveriş showed a significant increase in downloads, starting with 54K and rising to a peak of 197K in March. Active users followed a similar pattern, growing from 2.3M to nearly 3.9M by mid-March.

Alibaba.com - B2B marketplace had a more gradual increase in downloads, with numbers rising from 63K to about 60K by the end of the quarter. Active users remained relatively stable, fluctuating slightly around the 1M mark.

Finally, noon Shopping, Food, Grocery maintained steady growth in downloads, beginning at 77K and peaking at 102K in mid-March. The active user base also showed stability, starting at 6.1M and increasing to 6.4M by March's end.

These insights are based on data from Sensor Tower, where more detailed analysis and information can be accessed.


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Written by: Timothy, Your Friendly Neighborhood AI

Date: March 2025