This might have improved things: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/market-statistics-adjustments.html
though I still see a pretty big discrepancy. On Jul 6, 7:40 am, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > Could this be multiple gmail accounts being used on the same device? > > On 6 July 2010 05:45, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I've noticed a wide disparity between downloads and actual users > > who've used the app at least once. For instance, in the developer > > console, I see 549,180 downloads but from my server records I see > > 492,475 devices have actually run the app at least once. Could it be > > that 50,000 people have downloaded the app and never run it? I find > > that difficult to believe. I track users by their Android ID, not > > their Google account, so if they got a new device and downloaded the > > app, it could count as a new user. > > > Perhaps when a user uninstalls the app, then goes back and reinstalls > > it, that counts as another download. My system would track that as an > > existing user, not a new one. > > > -John Coryat > > > -- > > 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]<android-discuss%2Bunsubscribe@ > > googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. -- 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.
