How many downloads do you need to get into top 10 on iOS and Android? This is what I found out

It's really hard to get to any real numbers if you don't want to pay lots of money. If you have them you can try companies like www.xyologic.com or www.distimo.com. Otherwise my researched data from last few weeks show following. These numbers are from various sources so they're not really consistent. I will update them as I get new data.

iOS

Germany

Free: 500 000 - 5 000 000 total downloads per month (February 2011)
Paid: 30 000 - 100 000 total downloads per month (February 2011)

U.S.

Free: 30 000 - 120 000 downloads per day (120k is already in top 5)

France

Free: 400 000 - 1 800 000 total downloads per month (February 2011)
Free: <16 0000 downloads per day

Paid: similar to free 

Android

U.S.

Free: <250 000 downloads per day of all aps
Free: 1 million - 6 million downloads per month

Paid: 25 000 - 50 000 per month

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