We monitor 217 Google Play storefronts to answer one question —

Is Ajebuta censored by Google?

Yes.

Google offers Ajebuta in only 2 of the 217 Google Play countries it operates: India and the United Arab Emirates. 4.48B people cannot install it. It has been unavailable in mainland China since Dec 12, 2024.

544 tests on record·last checked 22 hours ago

Why it is unavailable

Five things can put an app out of one Google Play. Each is weighed below against what can be seen from outside — open a card for the reasoning.

  • A government or a court demanded itPossible

    and Google complied. Google publishes a count of these per country each year and never says which apps they were. Google’s Transparency Report

  • A local rule about paying for itPossible

    gambling licences, financial rules, tax — the kind of law that governs a transaction. Google can obey every one of them by refusing the payment, which is why this is the only restriction we would accept and the only one that cannot touch a free app.

  • Google applied a rule, unaskedPossible

    either its own review guidelines, or its own reading of a local law, with nobody having demanded anything. This is the largest category in Google’s own removal figures by a wide margin, and it covers distribution permits as well as content — Google kept a free Bible app out of mainland China in 2021 for want of one. Google’s Transparency Report

  • The developer withheld itPossible

    freely, or under legal advice of their own, or because Google’s guidelines require that kind of app to be limited to certain countries. Switching a country off is easy for a developer to do in Google’s own tools: it needs no new version of the app, and it leaves no public trace other than the app being unavailable.

  • Something brokeUnlikely

    a rejected update, a lapsed certificate, a payment or licensing problem, a mistake nobody has got round to noticing.

    • Gone for 1 years.
How this is weighed, and what it cannot tell you

Weighed from the evidence under each card, not from a model. There is no published figure for how Google’s removals divide up, so these are ordered words rather than percentages. For scale on the same-day counts: across the whole record an app leaves a storefront with fewer than two others, so a dozen at once is not a dozen coincidences.

None of this is certain, and a citation does not make it so: Google naming a Chinese agency tells you what Google said, not everything that happened. What can be said is that the readings alone cannot separate these five — a developer switching off a country and a government ordering it removed arrive at Google’s catalogue looking identical — and that nobody has ever measured how they divide across Google Play. The one careful study of the question was done on Google's store, using an error message Google does not emit.

Google publishes no record of which apps are unavailable in which countries. Its Transparency Report counts the removal requests governments send it, across its products together, and names no app in any of them — so even the part it does disclose cannot be matched to a single thing missing from your store. Where a reason reaches the public at all, it is usually because a developer chose to say so. Google’s Transparency Report

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Ajebuta

Developer: AJEBUTA · Released: Aug 31, 2024 · Rating: 4.8★

View in Google Play ↗
2stores where available
123stores where blocked
4.48Bpeople behind the block
125of 217 stores tested
544tests on record

Life of this app

  1. Aug 31, 2024Released on Google Play
  2. Apr 17, 2025First tested by GooglePlayCensorship
  3. May 22, 2025Gone from 123 storefronts
  4. Sep 27, 2026Last seen available anywhere
  5. Sep 28, 2026Most recent test

Testing history

One column per month, every month from the first reading to the last. Height follows how many readings we took that month; red is the share of them that found the app unavailable. An empty month is one nobody tested.

2024-082026-09

Found availableFound unavailable

Availability by storefront

Every storefront we test, current status first. Data is a measurement, not a promise: each row carries its own date.

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AlbaniaAL↗UnavailableJul 21, 202514 months ago
AlgeriaDZ↗UnavailableOct 28, 202511 months ago
AndorraAD↗UnavailableApr 17, 202512 months ago
AngolaAO↗UnavailableJun 28, 202515 months ago
AnguillaAI↗UnavailableApr 19, 202515 months ago
ArgentinaAR↗UnavailableMar 20, 202513 months ago
ArubaAW↗UnavailableJan 8, 202515 months ago
AustraliaAU↗UnavailableJul 22, 202514 months ago
AustriaAT↗UnavailableJul 1, 202515 months ago
BangladeshBD↗UnavailableOct 15, 202511 months ago
BelarusBY↗UnavailableMay 4, 202510 months ago
BelgiumBE↗UnavailableMay 22, 202522 hours ago
BeninBJ↗UnavailableMay 4, 202510 months ago
BermudaBM↗UnavailableApr 25, 202511 months ago
BoliviaBO↗UnavailableDec 24, 202415 months ago
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA↗UnavailableFeb 12, 202515 months ago
BotswanaBW↗UnavailableJan 11, 202514 months ago
British Virgin IslandsVG↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
BruneiBN↗UnavailableFeb 28, 202515 months ago
BurundiBI↗UnavailableJun 27, 202515 months ago
CambodiaKH↗UnavailableJul 10, 202515 months ago
CameroonCM↗UnavailableSep 28, 202512 months ago
Cape VerdeCV↗UnavailableJul 30, 202513 months ago
Cayman IslandsKY↗UnavailableSep 29, 202510 months ago
Central African RepublicCF↗UnavailableMay 26, 202516 months ago
ChileCL↗UnavailableJun 28, 202512 months ago
China (Mainland)CN↗UnavailableDec 12, 202422 hours ago
Christmas IslandCX↗UnavailableFeb 4, 202510 months ago
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCC↗UnavailableDec 15, 202410 months ago
ColombiaCO↗UnavailableDec 10, 202510 months ago
Cook IslandsCK↗UnavailableJun 21, 202515 months ago
Costa RicaCR↗UnavailableJul 14, 202514 months ago
CroatiaHR↗UnavailableMar 19, 202514 months ago
CuraçaoCW↗UnavailableMar 19, 20252 days ago
CzechiaCZ↗UnavailableFeb 23, 202515 months ago
DjiboutiDJ↗UnavailableFeb 3, 202516 months ago
EgyptEG↗UnavailableMay 26, 202516 months ago
EstoniaEE↗UnavailableJul 1, 202515 months ago
EswatiniSZ↗UnavailableJul 20, 202514 months ago
EthiopiaET↗UnavailableJun 23, 202515 months ago
FijiFJ↗UnavailableJul 2, 202512 months ago
FranceFR↗UnavailableMay 28, 202516 months ago
GabonGA↗UnavailableOct 17, 202511 months ago
GambiaGM↗UnavailableJan 28, 20259 months ago
GrenadaGD↗UnavailableMay 16, 20257 days ago
GuernseyGG↗UnavailableMay 22, 20259 months ago
GuineaGN↗UnavailableJan 9, 202512 months ago
Guinea-BissauGW↗UnavailableAug 27, 202513 months ago
GuyanaGY↗UnavailableDec 12, 202411 months ago
HaitiHT↗UnavailableFeb 3, 202516 months ago
IndonesiaID↗UnavailableDec 10, 202510 months ago
IrelandIE↗UnavailableApr 17, 202511 months ago
Isle of ManIM↗UnavailableFeb 27, 202511 months ago
ItalyIT↗UnavailableApr 25, 202511 months ago
JamaicaJM↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
JapanJP↗UnavailableFeb 16, 202516 months ago
JerseyJE↗UnavailableJul 21, 202511 months ago
KazakhstanKZ↗UnavailableJun 6, 202511 months ago
KosovoXK↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
KuwaitKW↗UnavailableDec 12, 202415 months ago
KyrgyzstanKG↗UnavailableMar 18, 202514 months ago
LatviaLV↗UnavailableApr 26, 202511 months ago
LibyaLY↗UnavailableDec 25, 202414 months ago
LuxembourgLU↗UnavailableMar 2, 20252 days ago
MadagascarMG↗UnavailableJan 13, 202516 months ago
MalawiMW↗UnavailableSep 19, 202512 months ago
MalaysiaMY↗UnavailableMay 6, 20259 months ago
MaldivesMV↗UnavailableJan 12, 202515 months ago
MaliML↗UnavailableJul 23, 202513 months ago
MaltaMT↗UnavailableDec 25, 202416 months ago
MauritaniaMR↗UnavailableFeb 24, 202510 months ago
MexicoMX↗UnavailableJan 12, 20257 months ago
MicronesiaFM↗UnavailableJan 30, 202522 hours ago
MonacoMC↗UnavailableJan 20, 20259 months ago
MontserratMS↗UnavailableSep 21, 20268 days ago
MoroccoMA↗UnavailableJul 2, 202515 months ago
Myanmar (Burma)MM↗UnavailableAug 25, 202513 months ago
NamibiaNA↗UnavailableSep 26, 20263 days ago
NepalNP↗UnavailableOct 2, 202512 months ago
NigerNE↗UnavailableJan 20, 202516 months ago
NigeriaNG↗UnavailableJun 21, 202515 months ago
Norfolk IslandNF↗UnavailableOct 2, 202510 months ago
NorwayNO↗UnavailableApr 14, 202512 months ago
OmanOM↗UnavailableMay 29, 202516 months ago
PakistanPK↗UnavailableJul 11, 202515 months ago
PanamaPA↗UnavailableJun 28, 202515 months ago
Papua New GuineaPG↗UnavailableMay 27, 202516 months ago
ParaguayPY↗UnavailableMay 4, 202512 months ago
PeruPE↗UnavailableJan 11, 202511 months ago
PolandPL↗UnavailableMay 28, 202516 months ago
PortugalPT↗UnavailableNov 29, 202510 months ago
QatarQA↗UnavailableMay 27, 202511 months ago
RwandaRW↗UnavailableDec 28, 20259 months ago
SamoaWS↗UnavailableApr 14, 202512 months ago
San MarinoSM↗UnavailableJun 15, 202515 months ago
São Tomé & PríncipeST↗UnavailableMay 26, 202512 months ago
Saudi ArabiaSA↗UnavailableSep 29, 202512 months ago
SenegalSN↗UnavailableMar 20, 202514 months ago
SeychellesSC↗UnavailableDec 11, 20257 days ago
Sierra LeoneSL↗UnavailableSep 28, 202622 hours ago
Solomon IslandsSB↗UnavailableAug 25, 202513 months ago
SomaliaSO↗UnavailableMar 18, 202511 months ago
South AfricaZA↗UnavailableApr 25, 20258 days ago
St. HelenaSH↗UnavailableSep 28, 202512 months ago
St. Kitts & NevisKN↗UnavailableMay 4, 202515 months ago
St. LuciaLC↗UnavailableJul 22, 202512 months ago
St. Vincent & GrenadinesVC↗UnavailableMay 26, 20253 days ago
SurinameSR↗UnavailableDec 15, 20246 months ago
SwedenSE↗UnavailableDec 15, 202414 months ago
SwitzerlandCH↗UnavailableJan 30, 202522 hours ago
TaiwanTW↗UnavailableFeb 24, 202515 months ago
Timor-LesteTL↗UnavailableNov 5, 202511 months ago
TokelauTK↗UnavailableFeb 19, 20267 months ago
TongaTO↗UnavailableJul 10, 202515 months ago
Trinidad & TobagoTT↗UnavailableMay 20, 202512 months ago
TürkiyeTR↗UnavailableJun 23, 202513 months ago
United StatesUS↗UnavailableDec 12, 202422 hours ago
UruguayUY↗UnavailableJul 12, 202515 months ago
VanuatuVU↗UnavailableJun 5, 202515 months ago
Vatican CityVA↗UnavailableJul 1, 202515 months ago
VenezuelaVE↗UnavailableMar 2, 202515 months ago
Western SaharaEH↗UnavailableDec 15, 202416 months ago
ZambiaZM↗UnavailableFeb 27, 202515 months ago
IndiaIN↗Available—10 months ago
United Arab EmiratesAE↗Available—2 days ago
AfghanistanAF↗Not tested——0
Antigua & BarbudaAG↗Not tested——0
ArmeniaAM↗Not tested——0
AzerbaijanAZ↗Not tested——0
BahamasBS↗Not tested——0
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BelizeBZ↗Not tested——0
BhutanBT↗Not tested——0
BrazilBR↗Not tested——0
BulgariaBG↗Not tested——0
Burkina FasoBF↗Not tested——0
CanadaCA↗Not tested——0
Caribbean NetherlandsBQ↗Not tested——0
ChadTD↗Not tested——0
ComorosKM↗Not tested——0
Côte d’IvoireCI↗Not tested——0
CubaCU↗Not tested——0
CyprusCY↗Not tested——0
DenmarkDK↗Not tested——0
DominicaDM↗Not tested——0
Dominican RepublicDO↗Not tested——0
DR CongoCD↗Not tested——0
EcuadorEC↗Not tested——0
El SalvadorSV↗Not tested——0
Equatorial GuineaGQ↗Not tested——0
EritreaER↗Not tested——0
Falkland IslandsFK↗Not tested——0
FinlandFI↗Not tested——0
GeorgiaGE↗Not tested——0
GermanyDE↗Not tested——0
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MongoliaMN↗Not tested——0
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NetherlandsNL↗Not tested——0
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NicaraguaNI↗Not tested——0
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North MacedoniaMK↗Not tested——0
Palestinian TerritoriesPS↗Not tested——0
PhilippinesPH↗Not tested——0
Pitcairn IslandsPN↗Not tested——0
Republic of the CongoCG↗Not tested——0
RomaniaRO↗Not tested——0
RussiaRU↗Not tested——0
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SingaporeSG↗Not tested——0
SlovakiaSK↗Not tested——0
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South KoreaKR↗Not tested——0
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Sri LankaLK↗Not tested——0
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ThailandTH↗Not tested——0
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TurkmenistanTM↗Not tested——0
Turks & Caicos IslandsTC↗Not tested——0
TuvaluTV↗Not tested——0
UgandaUG↗Not tested——0
UkraineUA↗Not tested——0
United KingdomGB↗Not tested——0
UzbekistanUZ↗Not tested——0
VietnamVN↗Not tested——0
YemenYE↗Not tested——0
ZimbabweZW↗Not tested——0

Testing asks Google whether it will sell this app in that storefront, right now, by the same method the crawler has used since 2019. Your browser asks Google directly, so the answer describes what Google serves your connection — and if your browser cannot reach Google at all, we ask on your behalf and say so. The result is a link: open it to see Google’s own answer and check ours. Readings are added to the record above; roughly a quarter of the readings taken each day come from people testing.

How we test

Availability is checked against Google’s own catalog servers for every storefront, the same way Google Play app asks. "Unavailable" means Google’s servers say the app cannot be offered in that country — it does not say who asked for the removal. Removals initiated by the developer and removals demanded by governments look the same from outside; the history and context on this page are how we tell them apart.