Disclaimers: 1. All these data points are for the US APP STORE. When you see big numbers from taptaptap, etc, they are referring to worldwide numbers, which do

Disclaimers: 1. All these data points are for the US APP STORE. When you see big numbers from taptaptap, etc, they are referring to worldwide numbers, which do not really help with rankings since rankings are different in each market. That said, USA is by far the biggest market, so most developers brag about US Store rankings. 2. Rankings vary quite a bit depending on the season. For example, Christmas day sales are generally 3x normal, and it stays at about 1.5-2x for a few weeks afterwards. When new devices hit the market, there is also a surge in sales. Data points from my own apps: Overall: #66 Top Paid Overall iPhone = ~ 1200 sales/day #60 Top Grossing Overall iPhone: ~$2500/day Sports Top Paid iPhone(Varies a TON depending on what sports season it is): #25 = ~ 50 sales/day #10 = ~ 100 sales / day #5 = ~ 250 sales / day #2 = ~ 500 sales / day Sports Top Paid iPad: #5 = ~ 150 sales / day Data points from other developers apps who have shared their data with me: #7 Overall Paid iPhone = ~ 16,000 sales / day #10 Overall Paid iPhone = ~ 7,000 sales / day #1 Overall Free iPad = ~ 40,000 downloads / day #15 Overall Paid iPad = ~ 1,000 sales / day