It is worth keeping in mind that the download stats which determine popularity [0, 1] should consumed with care. They represent HTTP requests which hit the serv

It is worth keeping in mind that the download stats which determine popularity [0, 1] should consumed with care. They represent HTTP requests which hit the server to download a particular apk file. Thus, things such as web crawlers can trigger downloads, which result in incrementing the download count. Having said this, they definitely seem to be useful as a general rule of thumb about how apps are more popular, _relative to other apps_. [0] - https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/blob/master/stats/total_downloads_app.txt https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/blob/master/stats/total... [1] - https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/blob/master/stats/total_downloads_app_version.txt https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/blob/master/stats/total...