Some time in the last 36 hours, Apple has changed the popularity meter once again. The change affects applications that accumulated free sales and then switched to paid. These applications previously enjoyed an increased popularity score due to the fact that their sales, while free, were not discounted since they were now considered a paid app. With the new change, now only an applications paid sales will significantly contribute to the apps popularity meter. This mirrors the change made to the algorithm used to determine the top-100 lists. Now, it is no longer important whether an application is free or paid. Instead, it is important whether sales were made while the app was free or paid.
Has anyone else noticed this change?
Has anyone else noticed this change?