Category Archives: Statistics

The recent statistics Microsoft handed out about regarding the Windows Store made me think a bit. Microsoft noted that some apps on the store have had significant numbers of downloads. The fact that several “parts of Windows 8 and Windows … Continue reading →

Posted on December 2, 2012 by wmiller | 7 Comments

Windows Store: Taking Inventory at Launch

Posted on October 26, 2012 by wmiller

The last 48 hours have been very significant for the Windows Store. More than the count – which is up significantly just in the last 2 days – apps from many mainstream news and entertainment sources have begun to arrive, … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, Statistics, Windows, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Store | 4 Comments

Windows Store: The (almost) Final Countdown

Posted on October 24, 2012 by wmiller

Quick post today, working to have a comprehensive rundown of Windows Store stats about mid-day Friday (pending any sort of explosion in either the number of apps or my system that counts them). But today, wanted to run through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, Statistics, Windows, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Store | 9 Comments

Windows Store: Top Markets

Posted on October 18, 2012 by wmiller

A reader earlier today asked if the overall growth of the global count of apps while US English stayed at a lower count generally meant that non-English markets were growing well. The answer is yes – in fact I pointed … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, Statistics, Windows, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Store | 17 Comments

Windows Store – Wednesday Number Time

Posted on October 10, 2012 by wmiller

Apologies for the brevity of today’s post – didn’t time my travel to Chicago well. This week has been a rather slow week, as I think next week may be as well. I’m anticipating things really picking up as we … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, Statistics, Windows, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Store | 3 Comments

Windows Store: Show me the numbers.

Posted on October 3, 2012 by wmiller

If you haven’t yet read my post from yesterday, please do. It’s very relevant to this conversation. As I stated – The Windows Store doesn’t need a large number of apps to be successful. It needs a number of great apps … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps, Statistics, Uncategorized, Windows RT, Windows Store | 9 Comments

Windows Store: Two-thousand, seventy-nine

Posted on September 21, 2012 by wmiller

Milestones. Every one counts. Sure, the iOS app store has considerably more apps than the Windows Store today – that’s not news. But developers are adding to the Windows Store every day – and though some apps are removed from … Continue reading →

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Windows Store: What’s new? A day in the life of the Windows Store

Posted on September 19, 2012 by wmiller

The most common request I’ve gotten so far is “what is new on the store?” The Windows Store app on Windows 8 shows you in general what’s been added, but doesn’t do much to break it down for you. Though … Continue reading →

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Windows Store: How many apps? How many developers? What’s the ratio?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by wmiller

I swear – there are other people asking for information too – but the other day Jason again gave me a good question for which I had the data in hand. He asked: As of yesterday, Sept. 18, 2012: There … Continue reading →

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Flashlight apps – lighting their way into the Windows Store

Posted on September 17, 2012 by wmiller

As I mentioned yesterday, I asked my Twitter followers what Windows Store statistics they’d like to see. He likely meant it as a joke, but follower @databasejase asked: I figured I’d actually take a look at this one, just to … Continue reading →

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