🇪🇬 App Store EG
App Store keywords in Egypt
People in Egypt search the App Store in Arabic, not in English. Here is which localizations count in the Egypt store, how people search there and how to check your rank.
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App Store Egypt: quick facts
- Storefront code
EG- Research language
- Arabic
- App Store localizations
- English (U.K.), Arabic, FrenchDefault first, as listed by Apple.
- Locale LocalASO writes
ar-SA
Which localizations count in Egypt
Apple says people can search for your app using localized keywords in every country or region where the App Store supports that language (Apple). For Egypt, Apple lists 3 localizations (Apple: App Store localizations):
- English (U.K.): also listed in 48 other storefronts covered here.
- Arabic: also listed in 3 other storefronts covered here.
- French: also listed in 4 other storefronts covered here.
Each of these localizations has its own name, subtitle and 100-byte keyword field. Name and subtitle are visible to users, so keep them real text in that language. See App Store localization for keywords.
How people search in Egypt
Translate the intent, not the words: find the phrase people in Egypt type for the same need, then check that the top results are apps like yours. A step-by-step method is in App Store keyword research.
Check your App Store rank in Egypt
Your iPhone only shows the store of your Apple Account’s country. Apple’s public search data returns the top 200 apps for a term in any storefront; your rank is your app’s position in that list:
https://itunes.apple.com/search?term=your%20keyword&country=eg&entity=software&limit=200More on reading and tracking ranks: App Store ranking by country.
Other storefronts that search in Arabic
LocalASO researches these storefronts in Arabic too. The phrase can be the same, but competition and ranks differ per store:
Egypt in LocalASO
- Add your app and your keywords.
- Click “Localize”: LocalASO asks your AI for the Arabic phrase people in Egypt type and checks it in the EG store.
- Read rank, estimated volume and difficulty for Egypt next to every other country, and track the rank daily.
- In Optimize, get a name, subtitle and keyword field for the
ar-SAlocalization.
Do this for every country, in minutes