This is exactly what he (Carl) was talking about in his thread. Before, they added the number of installs to the number of users, now, they are stable enough to show the number as it is.
☆PhistucK On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 07:19, Eliot <eliot...@gmail.com> wrote: > hey folks, > Did anyone notice a big change today in the number of "users"? > > With my own extension, as well as with many other extensions as far as > I can tell, the number of Users has decreased dramatically, while the > Weekly Installs has stayed the same. > > For example, today my extension went from over 1000 users to just over > 400; while the Weekly installs remained at just over 600. > > I'm a little confused as to how the total number of Users (if that's > what the number represents) can be less than the number of Weekly > installs. > > > On Dec 15, 9:02 pm, Carl Nygaard <cnyga...@chromium.org> wrote: > > Sorry about the confusion regarding statistics in the gallery. I've > > posted an update here: > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions/browse_thread/thre... > > > > I hope that clarifies everything mentioned in this thread. > > > > Thanks, > > Carl > > > > On Dec 13, 11:07 pm, Mohamed Mansour <m...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't know when the week ends, but maybe the week ends Sunday (don't > know > > > which timezone) people usually use UK time (6PM EST) since that is the > > > center of the world. > > > > > I don't know what Google uses, I am not a Googler to know what they use > in > > > their magic code :x I am just a Chromiumer. It might be a timing bug. I > > > don't know :) > > > > > -Mohamed Mansour > > > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Max <max...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > That makes sense, but at the same time, you can see that extensions > > > > that were released today also typically have "weekly installs" lower > > > > than "users". Example: > > > > > https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/fbmlldeibipeppiabbdjajcne... > > > > > > On Dec 13, 6:34 pm, Mohamed Mansour <m...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > > > Depends when the week started :) It might seem the first day (or > two) was > > > > > the most installations. Then the week rolled. > > > > > > > -Mohamed Mansour > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Max <max...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks, Nick, but I'm also getting some numbers that don't make > sense > > > > > > even after your explanation. For example, I have an extension* > less > > > > > > than a week old which has 3.8K "weekly installs" yet 6.1K > "users". > > > > > > Wouldn't a user need to install the extension before updating it, > if > > > > > > the users are counted by update pings? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Max > > > > > > > > * The extension in question: > > > > > > > https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ipdjaafajlfiopcppipdinmcj. > > > > .. > > > > > > > > On Dec 13, 2:03 am, Nick Baum <nickb...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Good questions, responses inline. Note that numbers are > computed > > > > daily > > > > > > for > > > > > > > now, so don't expect them to change in real-time. > > > > > > > > > -Nick > > > > > > > > > 2009/12/12 Riccardo Govoni ☢ <battleho...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > Maybe a bit dumb ... but what do they actually represent? > > > > > > > > > > 'weekly installs' is fairly straightforward. I assume it is > the > > > > number > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > installs in the last week, or maybe a rolling average over > the past > > > > few > > > > > > > > weeks. > > > > > > > > > Number of installs in the last week. > > > > > > > > > > But what about 'users' ? Is this the number of users that > > > > _currently_ > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > the extension installed ? The total number of users that have > ever > > > > > > installed > > > > > > > > the extension, even if they have removed it afterward? Does > > > > Chromium > > > > > > notify > > > > > > > > the gallery when an extension is removed (to decrease the > counter) > > > > ? > > > > > > Are > > > > > > > > those unique users (according to some uuid I'm not aware of)? > If I > > > > > > install > > > > > > > > an extension twice on the same browser (install - remove - > > > > install), do > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > get 2 users? > > > > > > > > > This is computed from update pings in the last week. > > > > > > > > > I'm asking because I noticed the number of users of my > extension > > > > > > increasing > > > > > > > > > > and then decreasing a bit wildly. It may have been a glitch > in the > > > > > > counting > > > > > > > > code, but it caused the above questions to pop into my mind. > > > > > > > > > These will be quite variable for the first few weeks. > > > > > > > > > > Are there any docs for my questions? 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