This just reminded me of my own experience with the app stores. If Google or Apple put you on one of their "top whatever" lists, it's an incredible difference

This just reminded me of my own experience with the app stores. If Google or Apple put you on one of their "top whatever" lists, it's an incredible difference in number of downloads. It's not even comparable to word of mouth or third party advertising for your app. That "front page" real estate is gold.