The mobile market analysis company Distimo has discovered, after the analysis of the App Store American, how to get an application to appear in the different rankings of the most downloaded, whether they are from paid, free or by income Something which, it seems, is more difficult in the American market than in the rest of the world Thus, with 23.000 downloads a day, a developer can get to appear in the Top 50 of free applications A dizzying figure that not everyone can achieve.
In this way, Distimo has discovered, after studying the American App Store during the past month of May, which with more than 23,000 downloads per dayappears in this ranking, the number of downloads required being much lower in the case of the Top 50 paid applications, only 950 downloads per day Finally, in As for Top 50 Revenue, App Developer must achieve Profit of more than $12,000 per dayto be able to appear in said ranking. A position that not only means the recognition of an application, but a new boost thanks to the visibility of said lists.
Undoubtedly some very high figures that make it really difficult to be able to compete for a prominent place in this application market And it is that Distimo has discovered that the American App Store is the toughest, with greater competitiveness and where the numbers needed to position yourself in these rankings are higher Thus, compared to theJapan App Store, for example, it takes 40 percent lower numbers to rank an application in one of these Tops and get even more visibility in the Japanese market.
But these are not the only interesting data that have emerged from this study. Despite not being able to be extrapolated to the Spanish market, Distimo has verified that the download numbers they are also important to throughout the different days of the weekThus, during the weekend it is necessary to achieve a greater number of downloads than on Monday to Friday to appear in these lists, being respectively Thursday and Sunday the days where the lowest and highest number of downloads (or dollars) to appear in the different rankings, whether free, paid or by income
The figures are even higher if you want to aim high and reach the Top 10 of these download lists. Thus, a free application would need more than 70,000 downloads per day, reducing its number to more than 4,000in the case of applications of payment, and a not inconsiderable figure of 47,000 dollars of daily profit in the case of Top 10 according to income An ideal place for the promotion of these applicationsbut where there is only room for the best.
Distimo also offers various lighter facts about apps intended for iPad , and his study focuses on exclusives for iPhone Thus, getting an application or tool to be positioned in the Top 50 free requires a number of downloads greater than 8,200 per day, significantly reducing the number in the case ofTop 50 paid, with only 480 downloads
In short, some figures that show the situation of the elite market in the world of applications, where the competition is fierce and the numbers to get visibility are extremely high Something that does not prevent the App Store continue its growth rate without no slowdown, remaining the app marketmore profitable in terms of economic benefits is concerned.
