Both Apple and Google should take app engagement instead of pure downloads as the main metric to base these top lists on. As Marco says, pure downloads becomes

Both Apple and Google should take app engagement instead of pure downloads as the main metric to base these top lists on. As Marco says, pure downloads becomes a self fulfilling prophecy, easy to game and does not expose you to new interesting apps. http://blog.mobtest.com/2013/05/app-engagement-is-a-much-better-metric-than-downloads/ http://blog.mobtest.com/2013/05/app-engagement-is-a-much-bet...