Popularity / Frequency bar in iTunes store

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Popularity / Frequency bar in iTunes store

What does the bar say? The number of downloads? If so, how can one see how many times it has been downloaded. My questions derives from a podcast I submitted and the frequency bar was suddenly with may length ...

It could also be the number of accesses (which does not necessarily mean downloads).

Particularly, as a podcast owner it would be of interest how often the item is downloaded.

Does anyone know?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.2), ipod Touch 8GB

Posted on Apr 14, 2008 12:05 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 14, 2008 12:17 PM in response to Frizzante

Hi Frizzante,

In the Podcast case, I'm pretty sure it is based on the number of subscribers who added the show to their iTunes podcast catcher.

Hope this helps!

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Frizzante Author

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Apr 14, 2008 12:45 PM in response to Community User

The frequency bar of my specific podcast changes virtually every day. Sometimes, it is maximum length and sometimes the length is only two dots. Therefore, I would like to know how many, for instance, subscribe/d it.

I suspect that the length of the bar is not an indicator to absolute numbers but stands in relation to the other titles within the search criteria.

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Answer 3

Chris CA

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Apr 14, 2008 3:31 PM in response to Frizzante

http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/podcasts
http://www.feedforall.com/measuring-rss.htm
http://forums.feedburner.com/viewtopic.php?t=7603
http://www.geekbrief.tv/podcasting-tips

http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html#tracking
"*Tracking Usage*
Please note that iTunes does not provide usage statistics, because we do not host feeds or episodes"

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Answer 4

Frizzante Author

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Apr 14, 2008 11:29 PM in response to Chris CA

Thank you!

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