Cafe Bazaar
Cafe Bazaar (Persian: کافه بازار) is an Iranian app store for the Android operating system, founded in April 2011 by Reza Mohammadi and Hessam Armandehi. Cafe Bazaar tailors its services specifically towards Persian-speaking users and offers more than 25,000 downloadable Iranian and international apps for gaming, social media, messaging and other uses.
Native name | کافه بازار |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Founded | 6 April 2011 |
| Founder | Hessam Armandehi, Reza Mohammadi |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Shahab Khodabakhsh (CEO) |
| Total equity | €380 million |
| Website | cafebazaar |
In April 2019 Cafe Bazaar announced it has surpassed 40 million users. It gets roughly 20 million visits a week within Iran and its value is estimated at €380 million.
Cafe Bazaar is by far the most popular app store among Iranians, controlling 97% of the market. Cafe Bazaar is owned by Hezardastan Information Technology Development Group which also operates Divar (lit. The Wall), a popular online classified ad service similar to Craigslist. According to an April 2018 report, Cafe Bazaar has 36 million users, with 29 million using the platform every month and 5.3 million using it every day. In 2017, Cafe Bazaar participated in the World Mobile Congress event in Barcelona, the world's largest mobile gathering, to introduce Iran's local mobile ecosystem resulting in many new partnerships.