Google Play Store will show if apps are gaining or losing popularity

When we consider what applications or games to download, many of us look at the popularity rankings of the Google Play Store. In them we can find a list with the most downloaded applications and games of each category. But now comes a rather interesting novelty, and that is that we will have arrows that indicate whether that popularity is going up or down

Up and down indicator

From now on, when we enter the app store rankings, we can find next to each app an arrow that goes up or down low. This arrow will indicate if its popularity is growing or falling.

We can find these arrows both in the general ranking in which we find all the most popular apps and in each of the categories Thus For example, if we want to download a new educational application, we can enter the ranking that indicates all the applications of this type and see which ones are going up and which ones are going down. Thus, it will be easier for us to keep track of which applications are becoming fashionable and which are giving way to other options.

As this option has appeared new and by surprise, we are left with the question of when the Google Play Store started to take into account the number of downloadsto tell us if an application has gained popularity or, on the contrary, has been losing it.

Interesting first trends

However, we can already see some interesting trends. For example, we have been able to see how applications to watch streaming videos such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Disney+ have experienced a rise, which could be due to fear of a new confinement that makes us have to spend more time at home consuming this type of content.

However, it is surprising to see that they do not appear as uploads Telegram or Signal, apps to which many WhatsApp users are migrating in the last weeks.

This would indicate that the rises or falls may not reach a period of time that is too long If we try to see the variations in a day or two, the reality is that we should not notice very large differences between the trends of one day or another. The proof of this is that, if we enter the Google Play Store, we can see that a large number of applications do not have an arrow going up or down, which would indicate that they have remained more or less in the same range.

Why do I want to know the trends of the Google Play Store?

And what good is it for me to know if an application is gaining popularity or not? Well, basically, it's an interesting way to get to know the trend After all, if an application gets a large number of downloads in a short period of time, it's a sign of that many users are liking. But it doesn't seem like it's going to significantly influence downloads.

In the end, almost all of us focus more on the ranking itself than on whether the trend is ascending or descending. If an app is the most popular, it will attract us more even if the trend in recent weeks is not necessarily upward. Therefore, deep down it does not seem that this new function is going to serve us at the moment of truth for much more than to to satiate curiosity pure and hard .We already know that trends and numbers are something that always attracts attention.

It must be taken into account that since last year 2020, probably as a consequence of the pandemic and spending more time at home, the consumption of apps in general has experienced a growing rise Therefore, now having data about how they are evolving becomes more interesting than ever. And if you are a fan of numbers and data, now you have at your disposal some more information to take into account when downloading.