I think the "hotness" of the app is taken into account-- That is, when an app is new and there are lots of downloads/day, the app gets a boost in popularity. When the app has saturated its market, its popularity settles down.
Mattaku Betsujin 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
