# ar-SA on the App Store: the 11 storefronts that read it

URL: https://storelift.net/guide/app-store-language/ar-sa/
Language: en
Updated: 2026-09-12

ar-SA is the default search language in 11 of the 128 App Store storefronts we measure — 9% of them. Metadata written once in ar-SA is what search reads in every one of them, so the cost of that text is amortised across 11 markets rather than one.

## What one listing covers

Of the 42 language slots across the 128 storefronts, ar-SA is the third widest. The widest is en-GB at 40 storefronts; 29 slots reach exactly one storefront each, where the same translation work buys a single market instead of 11.

## The storefronts

| Storefront | Code | Storefront ID |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Algeria | DZ | 143563 |
| Bahrain | BH | 143559 |
| Egypt | EG | 143516 |
| Jordan | JO | 143528 |
| Kuwait | KW | 143493 |
| Lebanon | LB | 143497 |
| Oman | OM | 143562 |
| Qatar | QA | 143498 |
| Saudi Arabia | SA | 143479 |
| Tunisia | TN | 143536 |
| Yemen | YE | 143571 |

Each of these 11 rows was verified against three Apple endpoints: the storefront ID returns suggestions, search returns results in that country, and Apple accepts the language code. Two storefronts that failed were dropped rather than listed.

NOTE: Default is not the only language. Apple can index more than one language in a storefront; this list is the language each storefront's search reads by default. It answers “where does this text land”, not “which languages are indexed here”.