Music + Widgets = Downloads
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You know what I haven't seen in a while on the App Store? A widget making it to the top of the charts.
Scrolling through the top charts this week, however, I found a potential candidate. And if it does that, I don't think it'll be there for a short time because the idea is pretty interesting.
Airbuds, not to be confuse with Airchat, is the app and its promise is simple - install it and you'll always know what others are playing. Sounds pretty simple.
Its downloads have been on the rise since the end of 2023, after a few spikes in 2022 and a fairly stagnant 2023.
According to our estimates, Airbuds' weekly downloads started at 51K early in 2024 and maxed out at 156K last week.
The majority of the downloads are coming from the App Store. This year, 1.3M downloads came from the App Store and 215K downloads came from Google Play, according to our estimates.
Country-wise, the US is the leader followed by the UK and Canada.
This growth is great but the numbers are still somewhat small. However, if Airbuds catches on it could get there.
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