Distimo study reveals strong local appeal of huge number of apps.
The analytics firm's latest monthly update focuses on regional differences in the app store catalogues and the different preferences of users around the world.
Globally, the average number of iPhone App Store apps that are popular exclusively in just one country is 27 per cent.
And the biggest local bias is in Japan and China, with consumers there most likely to download apps published exclusively in their respective countries.
Distimo found that 67 per cent of the most popular iPhone apps in Japan are popular in that country only, while in China, it's 56 per cent.
The study also looked at app stores with the most localised offerings. Nokia's Ovi Store had overwhelmingly the highest proportion of products published in only one country at 29.4 per cent,
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It's a long way ahead of the rest, which offer between 3.4 per cent to 5.2 per cent of one-country-only apps.
The other major findings are:
* Google Android Market has a higher proportion of content that is uniquely available in one country than the Apple App Store for iPad: 4.9 per cent vs. 3.4 per cent.
* The US is the country with the most exclusively published apps: the total number of applications published in the Apple App Store for iPhone in the US alone is 7,158.
* The most popular apps in the US are highly similar to other countries: only 19 per cent of the most popular apps in the Apple App Store in the US are popular in the US only.
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