App Download Metrics
Commenters debate the validity and limitations of using mobile app download counts as a measure of popularity or success, emphasizing that downloads do not equal active users, installs, or unique developers.
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Please add a source for "few apps are downloaded each month".
It's number of downloads btw. Some might have downloaded it once and never used, some could have used for just one app, some removed and downloaded again.
"Measure it in app downloads!"
Is this list weighted for how many people have the app in the first place?
Wish they listed out how many installs.
80-20 principle working here. Not to be picky, but I think most app must've been downloaded at minimum a few times, if it's even by friends of the app builder.
1 billion installs does not imply 1 billion users.
50K downloads is not 50K users.
download numbers are absolute, independent of any version or uninstalls of the app. the store updates the number with a lag. the ratings can be done only after download and are shown faster.
This is all about download counts and who's more popular. That's it.