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We parsed a lot of the data from App reviews (about 100 million) in different countries. Languages used are predominantly skewered toward english or other europ
by diziet 13y ago
We parsed a lot of the data from App reviews (about 100 million) in different countries. Languages used are predominantly skewered toward english or other european languages. For example, in Israel, 51% of all reviews are in english while only 46% are in Hebrew.
Writeup on major countries: http://blog.sensortower.com/blog/2013/11/27/what-apple-app-store-reviews-can-tell-you-about-foreign-language-app-users/ http://blog.sensortower.com/blog/2013/11/27/what-apple-app-s...
- minimax 13y agoThat's pretty cool analysis. Do you think the high proportion of English relative to other non-native languages could be related to the general affluence of Apple users? It would be interesting to see how these ratios stack up relative to the languages used in reviews on some of the Android app stores in their respective countries. Thanks for sharing.
- diziet 13y agoI suspect the affluence of smartphone users in general is more selected towards those that can speak/write english. Also, most apps are not localized to native languages, and so the people that use apps are exposed to english more often. It's much harder to get reviews on Android, especially for different countries.