My app's active install jumped from 3618 to 6953, while the total download increased only about 100. I can't imagine that all a sudden 3000 users who previously have uninstalled my app decide to reinstall it on the same day.
Something is very fishy. My guess is that Google doesn't really know who has actively installed what app. So when the numbers seems to low, they randomly add some back to make everybody happy. What is really bad about this is the "active install" is used in the market ranking algorithm. So on the days of "active install tax refund", you'd see the rankings get a big shake down. Well, this time it moved my app up by 6 places, so I guess I shouldn't be complaining .... ... but I don't think this is right. On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > Actual number of devices that currently have your application installed. > 30% means that of your total downloads only 30% are installed. > > > On Apr 23, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > > And again. > From yesterday evening to this morning the number of active installs of my > app jumped by 30% while the number of downloads stayed constant. > > It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling when those numbers change at will and > without any explanation. It could be worse they could drop. > > I have total trust in these numbers! > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> I was always wondering what that number is about. My assumption was that >> this is the number of people who have my app installed. And the percentage >> shows the relation to the downloads. >> >> Wouldn't that mean that the percentage will get lower with each update >> as the number of users stay the same, but the app is (re-)downloaded. Or are >> the redownloads not counted? >> >> From about 6 hours ago to right now the active install percentage of my >> app jumped from 23% to 31%. I am wondering why that is? The number of >> downloads didn't change all that much, for the sake of this argument is >> stayed constant. >> >> Cheers, >> Mariano >> > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
