# ru-RU on the App Store: the 6 storefronts that read it

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

ru-RU is the default search language in 6 of the 128 App Store storefronts we measure — 5% of them. Metadata written once in ru-RU is what search reads in every one of them, so the cost of that text is amortised across 6 markets rather than one.

## What one listing covers

Of the 42 language slots across the 128 storefronts, ru-RU is the fifth 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 6.

## The storefronts

| Storefront | Code | Storefront ID |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Armenia | AM | 143524 |
| Azerbaijan | AZ | 143568 |
| Belarus | BY | 143565 |
| Kazakhstan | KZ | 143517 |
| Russia | RU | 143469 |
| Uzbekistan | UZ | 143566 |

Each of these 6 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”.