iTunes Search API returns Different Rating Count

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iTunes Search API returns Different Rating Count

Hi everyone,

When I view this item (iBooks) from iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8
I got the rating like this:
Stars 3.5 | 79 ratings (Average Rating For Current Version)
Stars 3.5 | 9264 ratings (Average Rating For All the Versions)
But when using the the Search API https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=364709193, I got:

"averageUserRatingForCurrentVersion":3.5, "userRatingCountForCurrentVersion":608,
"averageUserRating":3.5, "userRatingCount":83819

The User Rating Cont numbers don't match: 79 vs 608 and 9264 vs 83819.

Can anyone explain the differences?

Thanks in advance,

Robin

Posted on Mar 26, 2013 10:05 AM

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ME_Texan

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Oct 10, 2013 2:15 PM in response to robin6510

Hey Robin - just saw this and I've been digging through this stuff the last few days. I think I know the answer to your question.. its that you have the canada store in the web page reference and in the search API you arent limiting it to just Canada..

So esentially you're seeing the difference between this:

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8

and this:

https://itunes.apple.com/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8

Drew

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robin6510 Author

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Nov 13, 2013 1:23 PM in response to ME_Texan

Sorry I didn't notice 'ca' in the URl. Thank you so much Drew for your time!

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