How Are "Downloads" Counted on JetBrains Marketplace Plugin Pages?
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I have a question about the "Downloads" count displayed on JetBrains Marketplace plugin pages. Could you please clarify how this number is calculated? Specifically:
- Does the count increase by 1 whenever a user installs the plugin via the IDE (Even if the user had installed before)?
- If the same user installs the plugin on a different computer, will the count increase again?
- If someone clicks “download version” button and downloads the .zip version of the plugin from the webpage but does not install, does this action also increase the count?
- I need to promote my plugin and have placed its download page, such as https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter, on a website. Is it possible to track the number of downloads brought by this website? (Excluding users who clicked the link but did not download the plugin.)
I’d appreciate your clarification on this. Thank you!
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Hi,
A brief explanation is provided in the Marketplace documentation: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/marketplace/analytics-tab.html#plugin-downloads
I asked my colleagues from the Marketplace to clarify the rest. Please be patient.
Hello,
Does the count increase by 1 whenever a user installs the plugin via the IDE (Even if the user had installed before)?
Yes, it does. Though you can filter such downloads by selecting “Unique downloads only”. If a user has made several downloads within a specified period of time, those downloads will be displayed as 1 download with that filter.
Yes, it will increase (as the unique user ID, which we count, is bound to the computer OS).
Yes, we count downloads only (not installations).
Unfortunately, it is not possible yet! Though I created a feature request for this: MP-7139 Show plugin download source