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 <androind...@yahoo.com> 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 <mariano.k...@gmail.com> 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 > <<mattaku.betsu...@gmail.com> > mattaku.betsu...@gmail.com> 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 < <androind...@yahoo.com> >> androind...@yahoo.com> 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 < <mariano.k...@gmail.com> >>> mariano.k...@gmail.com> 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 >>> <<mariano.k...@gmail.com><mariano.k...@gmail.com> >>> mariano.k...@gmail.com> 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 android-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
