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		exikyut on Dec 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects i... TIL the number represents how many times an app has been (re)downloaded, not how many active users it has! Makes perfect sense really... especially considering it's so easy to assume "downloads" = "users"...

binwiederhier on Dec 24, 2021 | [–]

Yeah I didn't know that until I had my own app in the Play store. It is quite surprising even though it says Downloads.

jonwinstanley on Dec 24, 2021 | [–]

Does that include updated versions too? So 10 updates would count as 10 downloads for a single user?

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