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Appistan

Appistan is a weekly newsletter demystifying the latest trends across major mobile apps in emerging markets

The Most Downloaded Apps in Pakistan

We look at the most downloaded apps in Pakistan and how we stack up against other emerging markets.…

by Mutaher Khan Natasha Uderani Umaima Khan
February 1, 2023

How InDrive won ride-hailing in Pakistan

Hello everyone, Appistan is now a bi-monthly feature instead of a weekly one since absence makes the heart…

by Natasha Uderani
March 3, 2023

Who’s winning the Meta vs. ByteDance faceoff?

Hello everyone, due to some other commitments and deadlines, we have been sending out Appistan twice a month…

by Mutaher Khan
February 17, 2023

The Most Downloaded Apps in Pakistan

We look at the most downloaded apps in Pakistan and how we stack up against other emerging markets.…

by Mutaher Khan Natasha Uderani Umaima Khan
February 1, 2023

Pakistan is the fastest growing apps market, again

Pakistan is the fastest growing apps market as downloads rose 35% to reach 3.5B in 2022.…

by Mutaher Khan Natasha Uderani
January 12, 2023

How Jazz recouped from Veon’s failure to build the largest apps portfolio in Pakistan

Jazz's journey of failing at Veon to building the largest apps portfolio.…

by Mutaher Khan Natasha Uderani
January 5, 2023
food delivery apps

Cloudy with a chance of unfulfilled orders: Pakistan’s Food Delivery Apps 

Welcome to the 12th issue of Appistan. For the new subscribers who aren’t familiar, here we talk about…

by Natasha Uderani Mutaher Khan
December 29, 2022
Instant lending apps

Instant Loan Apps: how to get SECP’s blessing and defraud people

Despite their notoriety and a brief period where SECP & Google cared, instant loan apps are still at…

by Mutaher Khan Natasha Uderani
December 22, 2022
Pakistani Healthtech Market Map

What’s ailing Pakistani healthtech apps?

Despite over $48 million in VC funding, Pakistani healthtech players are yet to scale…

by Natasha Uderani Mutaher Khan
December 15, 2022

The Fallout from Direct Carrier Billing Suspension

It was the usual suspects in Data.ai’s Active Users Ranking, with Daraz topping the charts yet again from…

by Mutaher Khan
December 1, 2022

Revenge of the nerds: How edtech evolved in Pakistan

Welcome to the eighth edition of Appistan. In the last issue, we explored the evolving audio streaming habits…

by Natasha Uderani Mutaher Khan
November 24, 2022
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Authors

  • Umaima Khan

    Umaima Khan is an undergraduate student majoring in mathematics and minoring in economics. She is currently a Research Analyst at Data Darbar.
  • Natasha Uderani

    Natasha Uderani is the co-founder of Data Darbar and has been involved with the technology ecosystem since 2017, last working as the Startup Engagement Manager for the National Incubation Center Hyderabad, She has previously worked with Careem and Cheetay.
  • Mutaher Khan

    Mutaher Khan is the co-founder of Data Darbar and has been mapping Pakistani startups and markets for the past five years.
  • Imran Khan

    Imran Khan is the co-founder of Raptr Games, a local startup working to create a holistic gamer ecosystem in the country. He previously co-founded RapidCompute, Pakistan’s largest local cloud provider.
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