I don't think Google will give out how it calculates the 'popularity' ranking, like it won't give out the algorithm for its 'page rank' calculation. They probably do this to avoid people gaming the calculations.
I think it is based not only on total items sold and user-rating, but also on installed base (=(total downloads - uninstalls)/total downloads) and probably some other factors as well. On Apr 15, 2:41 pm, Mattaku Betsujin <[email protected]> wrote: > I am a bit confused about how the Market calculate the "popularity" for the > apps. For example, I dont' understand why one app, with 5000-10000 > downloads, rated 3.51 with a total 68 reviews, is considered more popular > than another app, with 10000~50000 downloads, rated 4.47 with a total of 398 > reviews. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
