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R4chi7
R4chi7

Reputation: 863

How long does Google Play Store take to update install count

I have an app on the Play Store. I recently completed 500 downloads of the app. The Google Play Developer Console is showing 525 installs as of 2 days ago (29th May):

Play Console Stats

So, the data is already 2 days old. But on the play store, it still shows 100-500 in the Installs section:

Play Store Stats

If it is already updated in the Play Developer Console, then it should be updated in the Play Store. So, my question is, how long does the play store take to update this stat?

Update

It got updated. I guess I was just being impatient :)

Upvotes: 10

Views: 18499

Answers (2)

Mikhail
Mikhail

Reputation: 884

I had the same problem recently so I contacted Google Play developers support and they clarified the issue.

The number shown in Developer's console statistics "New users acquired" and on the "Installs" badge in Google Play are computed using different algorithms. The first one shows raw installs while the second one shows the somehow corrected data. In particular, install metrics may be discounted or even removed entirely if Google detects fraudulent installs.

Upvotes: 2

Viral Patel
Viral Patel

Reputation: 33438

The count of installs on your app page is rounded up (or for better understanding milestone based). As and when you reach thresholds the displayed count changes.

You have crossed 500 now so it shows 500. Your next milestone is 1000. Once you cross 1000 downloads the number on your app page on play store will show 1000 downloads. There after 5k, 10k, 50k, 100k, 500k, 1M and so on.

Also the updates take time and are not instantaneous. It may sometimes take over a week and sometimes just a day. Depends on when google's data processing jobs to update the statistics executes.

Upvotes: 26

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