2022-09-18, 03:00
I wasn't sure where to ask this, so please let me know if I should move it.
2 years ago I published this picture add-on. I remember checking it a while after publishing, and it only had a very small amount of downloads, something like less than 100. I haven't kept up with Kodi or my add-on since then, but I was curious and finally checked the download count after 2 years, and now it has almost 180,000 downloads. I find it hard to believe that this simple add-on would be downloaded that much. If you Google it, you won't find anybody talking about it. I've never had any issues or pull requests reported in that time either, which I guess is possible, but maybe not so likely with that many downloads.
So my questions are: Does anyone know how these download counts are calculated? Are they accurate? Could my add-on have been added to some sort of package that adds towards the count?
Thanks!
2 years ago I published this picture add-on. I remember checking it a while after publishing, and it only had a very small amount of downloads, something like less than 100. I haven't kept up with Kodi or my add-on since then, but I was curious and finally checked the download count after 2 years, and now it has almost 180,000 downloads. I find it hard to believe that this simple add-on would be downloaded that much. If you Google it, you won't find anybody talking about it. I've never had any issues or pull requests reported in that time either, which I guess is possible, but maybe not so likely with that many downloads.
So my questions are: Does anyone know how these download counts are calculated? Are they accurate? Could my add-on have been added to some sort of package that adds towards the count?
Thanks!