When a user enters the App Store, often one of the first places they look is the Top Apps lists, both paid and free. For an app to make it onto the Top Ten, it must be incredibly popular and gross huge amounts of money, but how much exactly does it take to make it into the top ten According to Distimo, about $47,000 a day in paid downloads is the magic number. In downloads, that translates to around 4,000 downloads a day for a paid app, or 72,000 a day for free apps.
Even to make it into the top 50 apps should be considered an accomplishment. To break into the Top 50 apps involves selling $12,000 a day with in-app purchases, or 23,000 downloads a day for free apps. Distimo’s data also shows that the day that is normally slowest for app downloads is Thursday, while the day people most download apps is Saturday.
Source: Ubergizmo
