25% to 36%, so a 40% increase (or 11 percent points). On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Mattaku Betsujin < [email protected]> wrote:
> Did you active installs jump from 6% to 36%, or 36% to 66%? > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yeah, so your understanding of active install is guesswork, like >> everybody's else. >> Oh as we are just guessing away, I have a guess to add on my own ;-) >> >> Downloads doesn't mean downloads (which would include downloads of every >> new release), but the number of devices this app has ever seen over it's >> lifetime (all releases). >> >> But it doesn't really matter. Those observations lead to nothing as the >> numbers just don't add up. >> In my case the app is out since the beginning of January and I have 36% >> active installs? That would mean that only two thirds of the people trying >> out my app have uninstalled it. That's highly unlikely. >> >> It would be so great to have official documentation that explains those >> numbers and their accuracy. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Incognito <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Ok my mistake. I now what active install means because I have two apps >>> in the market and it's behaviour is just as I described. >>> >>> >>> On Apr 23, 2009, at 4:14 AM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> It all looks like one big magic show! >>> Incognito, the number of active installations jumped by 30%, not to 30%, >>> ok? >>> Where do you get your knowledge about what "active installations" really >>> is? Guessing of what the words might mean or hard evidence / Google's >>> official explanation (yeah, I am new here and also believe in Santa)? >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Mattaku Betsujin >>> <<[email protected]> >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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]> >>>> [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]> >>>>> [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]><[email protected]> >>>>> [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
