Rob Walsh
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The top 200 list in iTunes is based on the total number of new subscribers in the last seven days with a weighted average for the last 24, 48, and 72 hours.
It does not factor in
Ratings and reviews in the top 200 list.
Or number of downloads.
Or total number of downloads for that episode.
It's not.
It's based on new subscribers in the last seven days.
And that's it.
So that's why you'll see some shows that peak up high.
I've looked at the top 200 overall.
And one week I was looking and number 12 had two and a half million downloads for the episode that was released most recent.
And number 15 had 979.
Wow.
So it has nothing to do with number of downloads.
Zero.
Nothing.
It's how many new subscribers they've gotten.
And it's just because that show that had 979 was a new show had gotten all those new 979 in the last week.
That's why.
So if I was in the top 200.