How to explore web-based Google Play in another country?

Question

if I go to play.google.com, it automatically recognizes my country and allow me to browse the apps for that country. I can change the language through the dropdown in the footer, or I can add &hl=code in the querystring...but that only changes the language...not the store content (the app lists and rankings remain the same)

I guess there must be some other querystring parameter or header parameter, because I'm sure Google devs don't use country-specific proxies or PCs located in locations in 50+ countries to see how the store appears there.

Any clue how this can be done?

Answer 1

Looking for a solution to this exact problem brought me here, but unfortunately nobody gave the right answer. Here it is: Add the parameter gl=(countrycode).

For example, to see the list of top free business applications in your country, use this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/BUSINESS/collection/topselling_free

Adding gl=ru gives you the list for Russia:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/BUSINESS/collection/topselling_free?gl=ru

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Here are list of nice clickable links for lazy people like me:

• https://play.google.com/?gl=al Albania
• https://play.google.com/?gl=dz Algeria
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ao Angola
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ag Antigua and Barbuda
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ar Argentina
• https://play.google.com/?gl=am Armenia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=aw Aruba
• https://play.google.com/?gl=au Australia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=at Austria
• https://play.google.com/?gl=az Azerbaijan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=bs Bahamas
• https://play.google.com/?gl=bh Bahrain
• https://play.google.com/?gl=bd Bangladesh
• https://play.google.com/?gl=by Belarus
• https://play.google.com/?gl=be Belgium
• https://play.google.com/?gl=bz Belize
• https://play.google.com/?gl=bj Benin
• https://play.google.com/?gl=bo Bolivia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ba Bosnia and Herzegovina
• https://play.google.com/?gl=bw Botswana
• https://play.google.com/?gl=br Brazil
• https://play.google.com/?gl=bg Bulgaria
• https://play.google.com/?gl=bf Burkina
• https://play.google.com/?gl=kh Cambodia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=cm Cameroon
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ca Canada
• https://play.google.com/?gl=cv Cape Verde
• https://play.google.com/?gl=cl Chile
• https://play.google.com/?gl=co Colombia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=cr Costa Rica
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ci Cote d' Ivore
• https://play.google.com/?gl=hr Croatia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=cy Cyprus
• https://play.google.com/?gl=cz Czech Republic
• https://play.google.com/?gl=dk Denmark
• https://play.google.com/?gl=do Dominican Republic
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ec Ecuador
• https://play.google.com/?gl=eg Egypt
• https://play.google.com/?gl=sv El Salvador
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ee Estonia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=fj Fiji
• https://play.google.com/?gl=fi Finland
• https://play.google.com/?gl=fr France
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ga Gabon
• https://play.google.com/?gl=de Germany
• https://play.google.com/?gl=gh Ghana
• https://play.google.com/?gl=gr Greece
• https://play.google.com/?gl=gt Guatemala
• https://play.google.com/?gl=gw Guinea-Bissau
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ht Haiti
• https://play.google.com/?gl=hn Honduras
• https://play.google.com/?gl=hk Hong Kong
• https://play.google.com/?gl=hu Hungary
• https://play.google.com/?gl=is Iceland
• https://play.google.com/?gl=in India
• https://play.google.com/?gl=id Indonesia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ie Ireland
• https://play.google.com/?gl=il Israel
• https://play.google.com/?gl=it Italy
• https://play.google.com/?gl=jm Jamaica
• https://play.google.com/?gl=jp Japan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=jo Jordan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=kz Kazakhstan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ke Kenya
• https://play.google.com/?gl=kw Kuwait
• https://play.google.com/?gl=kg Kyrgyzstan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=la Laos
• https://play.google.com/?gl=lv Latvia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=lb Lebanon
• https://play.google.com/?gl=li Liechtenstein
• https://play.google.com/?gl=lt Lithuania
• https://play.google.com/?gl=lu Luxembourg
• https://play.google.com/?gl=mk Macedonia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=my Malaysia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ml Mali
• https://play.google.com/?gl=mt Malta
• https://play.google.com/?gl=mu Mauritius
• https://play.google.com/?gl=mx Mexico
• https://play.google.com/?gl=md Moldova
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ma Morocco
• https://play.google.com/?gl=mz Mozambique
• https://play.google.com/?gl=na Namibia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=np Nepal
• https://play.google.com/?gl=nl Netherlands
• https://play.google.com/?gl=an Netherlands Antilles
• https://play.google.com/?gl=nz New Zealand
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ni Nicaragua
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ne Niger
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ng Nigeria
• https://play.google.com/?gl=no Norway
• https://play.google.com/?gl=om Oman
• https://play.google.com/?gl=pk Pakistan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=pa Panama
• https://play.google.com/?gl=pg Papua New Guinea
• https://play.google.com/?gl=py Paraguay
• https://play.google.com/?gl=pe Peru
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ph Philippines
• https://play.google.com/?gl=pl Poland
• https://play.google.com/?gl=pt Portugal
• https://play.google.com/?gl=qa Qatar
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ro Romania
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ru Russia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=rw Rwanda
• https://play.google.com/?gl=sa Saudi Arabia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=sn Senegal
• https://play.google.com/?gl=rs Serbia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=sg Singapore
• https://play.google.com/?gl=sk Slovakia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=si Slovenia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=za South Africa
• https://play.google.com/?gl=kr South Korea
• https://play.google.com/?gl=es Spain
• https://play.google.com/?gl=lk Sri Lanka
• https://play.google.com/?gl=se Sweden
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ch Switzerland
• https://play.google.com/?gl=tw Taiwan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=tj Tajikistan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=tz Tanzania
• https://play.google.com/?gl=th Thailand
• https://play.google.com/?gl=tg Togo
• https://play.google.com/?gl=tt Trinidad and Tobago
• https://play.google.com/?gl=tn Tunisia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=tr Turkey
• https://play.google.com/?gl=tm Turkmenistan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ug Uganda
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ua Ukraine
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ae United Arab Emirates
• https://play.google.com/?gl=gb United Kingdom
• https://play.google.com/?gl=us United States (including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau and US Virgin Islands)
• https://play.google.com/?gl=uy Uruguay
• https://play.google.com/?gl=uz Uzbekistan
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ve Venezuela
• https://play.google.com/?gl=vn Vietnam
• https://play.google.com/?gl=ye Yemen
• https://play.google.com/?gl=zm Zambia
• https://play.google.com/?gl=zw Zimbabwe

If you spot any incorrect ones, feel free to edit of course.

You can also change language using the hl parameter, like this:

• https://play.google.com/?hl=ar