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Re:Facebook has lost $100B in 10 days and now advertisers ar... by owenversteeg on Monday March 26, 2018 @10:33PM (#16684683)
Do walkie talkie apps actually shoot to the "top"? I assume that requires massive amounts of downloads in a huge geographical region, for example tornadoes in one part of the country might only affect 20MM of 320MM people in the US. Even if there were twenty times as many people downloading walkie talkie apps, that wouldn't put them close to Facebook.

In particular, I'd love to see detailed statistics on top free apps, changes, and what causes them.

Re:Facebook has lost $100B in 10 days and now advertisers ar... by htormey on Monday March 26, 2018 @10:38PM (#16684714)
Here is a story on the walkie talkie app I mentioned:

http://www.businessinsider.com/zello-walkie-talkie-tops-app-...

Unfortunately I don’t have any good articles to hand on seasonality and the App Store.

I’m mobile developer so I follow the App Store rankings throughout the year. It’s something you definitely notice.