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Live monitor · 175 App Stores · tested continuously

Right now, 39,866 apps are censored on the App Store.

Apple is the sole gatekeeper of software on every iPhone, and it assigns each person to one of 175 separate catalogues by billing address. When an app vanishes from yours there is no notice, no appeal and no record: you simply cannot find Signal, a VPN or the news any more. We keep the record Apple does not.

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175App Stores monitored
179widely-used apps missing from the median storefront
244,903unavailable app records
12.2%of tested apps unavailable, median storefront

Where apps disappear

Fiji — 180 widely-used apps missingTanzania — 192 widely-used apps missingWestern Sahara — no App StoreCanada — 107 widely-used apps missingUnited States — 77 widely-used apps missingKazakhstan — 169 widely-used apps missingUzbekistan — 184 widely-used apps missingPapua New Guinea — 178 widely-used apps missingIndonesia — 159 widely-used apps missingArgentina — 142 widely-used apps missingChile — 145 widely-used apps missingDR Congo — 214 widely-used apps missingSomalia — no App StoreKenya — 191 widely-used apps missingSudan — no App StoreChad — 191 widely-used apps missingHaiti — no App StoreDominican Republic — 151 widely-used apps missingRussia — 456 widely-used apps missingBahamas — 166 widely-used apps missingFalkland Islands — no App StoreNorway — 151 widely-used apps missingGreenland — no App StoreFrench Southern Territories — no App StoreTimor-Leste — no App StoreSouth Africa — 152 widely-used apps missingLesotho — no App StoreMexico — 137 widely-used apps missingUruguay — 154 widely-used apps missingBrazil — 160 widely-used apps missingBolivia — 160 widely-used apps missingPeru — 148 widely-used apps missingColombia — 146 widely-used apps missingPanama — 156 widely-used apps missingCosta Rica — 150 widely-used apps missingNicaragua — 169 widely-used apps missingHonduras — 164 widely-used apps missingEl Salvador — 163 widely-used apps missingGuatemala — 158 widely-used apps missingBelize — 173 widely-used apps missingVenezuela — 178 widely-used apps missingGuyana — 176 widely-used apps missingSuriname — 177 widely-used apps missingFrance — 170 widely-used apps missingEcuador — 153 widely-used apps missingPuerto Rico — no App StoreJamaica — 168 widely-used apps missingCuba — no App StoreZimbabwe — 202 widely-used apps missingBotswana — 186 widely-used apps missingNamibia — 189 widely-used apps missingSenegal — 187 widely-used apps missingMali — 196 widely-used apps missingMauritania — 187 widely-used apps missingBenin — 199 widely-used apps missingNiger — 198 widely-used apps missingNigeria — 211 widely-used apps missingCameroon — 208 widely-used apps missingTogo — no App StoreGhana — 209 widely-used apps missingCôte d’Ivoire — 207 widely-used apps missingGuinea — no App StoreGuinea-Bissau — 185 widely-used apps missingLiberia — 188 widely-used apps missingSierra Leone — 189 widely-used apps missingBurkina Faso — 194 widely-used apps missingCentral African Republic — no App StoreRepublic of the Congo — 196 widely-used apps missingGabon — 215 widely-used apps missingEquatorial Guinea — no App StoreZambia — 201 widely-used apps missingMalawi — 187 widely-used apps missingMozambique — 187 widely-used apps missingEswatini — 190 widely-used apps missingAngola — 186 widely-used apps missingBurundi — no App StoreIsrael — 161 widely-used apps missingLebanon — 189 widely-used apps missingMadagascar — 185 widely-used apps missingPalestinian Territories — no App StoreGambia — 189 widely-used apps missingTunisia — 188 widely-used apps missingAlgeria — 188 widely-used apps missingJordan — 173 widely-used apps missingUnited Arab Emirates — 167 widely-used apps missingQatar — 167 widely-used apps missingKuwait — 166 widely-used apps missingIraq — 240 widely-used apps missingOman — 186 widely-used apps missingVanuatu — 200 widely-used apps missingCambodia — 185 widely-used apps missingThailand — 157 widely-used apps missingLaos — 182 widely-used apps missingMyanmar (Burma) — 220 widely-used apps missingVietnam — 186 widely-used apps missingNorth Korea — no App StoreSouth Korea — 179 widely-used apps missingMongolia — 182 widely-used apps missingIndia — 210 widely-used apps missingBangladesh — no App StoreBhutan — 176 widely-used apps missingNepal — 179 widely-used apps missingPakistan — 189 widely-used apps missingAfghanistan — 371 widely-used apps missingTajikistan — 182 widely-used apps missingKyrgyzstan — 184 widely-used apps missingTurkmenistan — 192 widely-used apps missingIran — no App StoreSyria — no App StoreArmenia — 184 widely-used apps missingSweden — 163 widely-used apps missingBelarus — 263 widely-used apps missingUkraine — 197 widely-used apps missingPoland — 175 widely-used apps missingAustria — 162 widely-used apps missingHungary — 175 widely-used apps missingMoldova — 185 widely-used apps missingRomania — 180 widely-used apps missingLithuania — 184 widely-used apps missingLatvia — 190 widely-used apps missingEstonia — 186 widely-used apps missingGermany — 158 widely-used apps missingBulgaria — 185 widely-used apps missingGreece — 176 widely-used apps missingTürkiye — 175 widely-used apps missingAlbania — 187 widely-used apps missingCroatia — 179 widely-used apps missingSwitzerland — 145 widely-used apps missingLuxembourg — 179 widely-used apps missingBelgium — 172 widely-used apps missingNetherlands — 167 widely-used apps missingPortugal — 169 widely-used apps missingSpain — 162 widely-used apps missingIreland — 161 widely-used apps missingNew Caledonia — no App StoreSolomon Islands — 177 widely-used apps missingNew Zealand — 135 widely-used apps missingAustralia — 127 widely-used apps missingSri Lanka — 173 widely-used apps missingChina (Mainland) — 685 widely-used apps missingTaiwan — 161 widely-used apps missingItaly — 167 widely-used apps missingDenmark — 167 widely-used apps missingUnited Kingdom — 140 widely-used apps missingIceland — 166 widely-used apps missingAzerbaijan — 188 widely-used apps missingGeorgia — 200 widely-used apps missingPhilippines — 164 widely-used apps missingMalaysia — 165 widely-used apps missingBrunei — 181 widely-used apps missingSlovenia — 183 widely-used apps missingFinland — 166 widely-used apps missingSlovakia — 182 widely-used apps missingCzechia — 178 widely-used apps missingEritrea — no App StoreJapan — 148 widely-used apps missingParaguay — 156 widely-used apps missingYemen — 201 widely-used apps missingSaudi Arabia — 192 widely-used apps missingCyprus — 192 widely-used apps missingMorocco — 228 widely-used apps missingEgypt — 177 widely-used apps missingLibya — 235 widely-used apps missingEthiopia — no App StoreDjibouti — no App StoreUganda — 190 widely-used apps missingRwanda — 201 widely-used apps missingBosnia & Herzegovina — 192 widely-used apps missingNorth Macedonia — 179 widely-used apps missingSerbia — 192 widely-used apps missingMontenegro — 198 widely-used apps missingKosovo — 205 widely-used apps missingTrinidad & Tobago — 168 widely-used apps missingSouth Sudan — no App StoreVatican City — no App StoreMicronesia — 180 widely-used apps missingMarshall Islands — no App StoreNorthern Mariana Islands — no App StoreU.S. Virgin Islands — no App StoreGuam — no App StoreAmerican Samoa — no App StoreSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands — no App StoreBritish Indian Ocean Territory — no App StoreSt. Helena — no App StorePitcairn Islands — no App StoreAnguilla — 173 widely-used apps missingCayman Islands — 169 widely-used apps missingBermuda — 169 widely-used apps missingBritish Virgin Islands — 170 widely-used apps missingTurks & Caicos Islands — 170 widely-used apps missingMontserrat — 172 widely-used apps missingJersey — no App StoreGuernsey — no App StoreIsle of Man — no App StoreTonga — 204 widely-used apps missingSingapore — 137 widely-used apps missingSeychelles — 187 widely-used apps missingSão Tomé & Príncipe — 186 widely-used apps missingSan Marino — no App StoreSamoa — no App StoreSt. Vincent & Grenadines — 172 widely-used apps missingSt. Lucia — 173 widely-used apps missingSt. Kitts & Nevis — 172 widely-used apps missingPalau — 181 widely-used apps missingNiue — no App StoreCook Islands — no App StoreAruba — no App StoreCuraçao — no App StoreNauru — 195 widely-used apps missingMonaco — no App StoreMauritius — 182 widely-used apps missingMalta — 184 widely-used apps missingMaldives — 210 widely-used apps missingLiechtenstein — no App StoreKiribati — no App StoreGrenada — 172 widely-used apps missingSt. Pierre & Miquelon — no App StoreWallis & Futuna — no App StoreSt. Martin — no App StoreSt. Barthélemy — no App StoreFrench Polynesia — no App StoreÅland Islands — no App StoreDominica — 173 widely-used apps missingFaroe Islands — no App StoreComoros — no App StoreMacao — 184 widely-used apps missingHong Kong — 177 widely-used apps missingCape Verde — 182 widely-used apps missingBarbados — 177 widely-used apps missingBahrain — 169 widely-used apps missingHeard & McDonald Islands — no App StoreNorfolk Island — no App StoreAntigua & Barbuda — 171 widely-used apps missingAndorra — no App StoreSint Maarten — no App Store
Missing the mostFar more than mostMore than mostAbout typicalFewer than mostNo App StoreShading counts apps with at least 10,000 user ratings worldwide that are unavailable in a storefront while still available somewhere else. Every storefront is scored on the same basket of 3,308 apps, so the shading cannot be a report of where we have crawled hardest, and an app pulled from the App Store everywhere is not counted anywhere. It is not the total number of missing apps: most absence is commercial, and that figure says almost nothing about censorship. Read the shading by comparison rather than as a verdict — a region-locked app is missing nearly everywhere, so about four-fifths of any storefront's count is a floor almost all of them share, and the four at the top of the scale exceed that floor by far more than the rest.

The storefronts missing the most widely-used apps

  1. 1China (Mainland)685
  2. 2Russia456
  3. 3Afghanistan371
  4. 4Belarus263
  5. 5Iraq240
  6. 6Libya235
  7. 7Morocco228
  8. 8Myanmar (Burma)220
  9. 9Gabon215
  10. 10DR Congo214
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