Best West Index - Top Facebook Applications (Open Web Edition) - And the Winner is…
April 14, 2008 — GeraldWelcome to the Open Web Edition of the “Best of the West Top Facebook Application Index” compiled to highlight the most popular social web services designed or developed in Canada’s West (including in and around the Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, etcetera metros).
The index uses the Facebook data tracked by the Adonomics service and includes the Adonomics estimate of the Facebook application valuation in $$$.
Consider the list in “Beta” since we accept more and new apps getting listed. We have compiled the index using all apps from the last two Vancouver Facebook Developer Garage events. Interested in getting listed? Add a comment to this posting or better add yourself to the SocialCamp event wiki to showcase your Facebook service live at App Nite hosted at the Open Web Vancouver 2008 conference at Canada Place on Day 2 on April 15th.
| Rank | App | Installs | Active Users/Day | Valuation($$$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Scratch and Win | 449,900 | 71,984 (16%) | $408,363 |
| 2. | Hockey Pool | 347,793 | 48,691 (14%) | $247,020 |
| 3. | Are You Normal? | 572,300 | 5,723 (1%) | $95,077 |
| 4. | I’m Reading | 61,400 | 614 (1%) | $17,888 |
| 5. | Friend of the Month | 31,825 | 1,273 (4%) | $13,844 |
| 6. | Hockey Pool Pro | 20,300 | 203 (1%) | $4,937 |
| 7. | The Snow Report | 18,200 | 182 (1%) | $6,020 |
| 8. | Eat-A-Rama | 17,800 | 30 (0%) | $265 |
| 9. | Green Gifts | 7,400 | 74 (1%) | $403 |
| 10. | These Are My Kids | 4,200 | 126 (3%) | $815 |
| 11. | Up4 | 4,700 | 10 (0%) | $70 |
| 12. | 10 Friends Notes | 3,773 | 415 (11%) | $1,805 |
| 13. | MyBus | 2,300 | 23 (1%) | $144 |
| 14. | Vibrator | 1,700 | 5 (0%) | $80 |
| 15. | Mixx Maker | 1,000 | 20 (2%) | $130 |
April 15, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Thanks for the mention of Kinzin. This list is some great company to be in, for sure. The numbers you have for us aren’t accurate, though. I’m not sure where Adonomics gets their data, but we have (and Facebook confirms) 845,000 installs.
Also, a suggestion: you may consider giving some weight to end user reviews (rather than just active daily users, which alone is not a measure of how well an app does what it’s designed to do).
I’m not a fan of Adonomics and their completely arbitrary valuation number, either. I’d much rather it wasn’t there.
April 16, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Fun list Gerald!
@Michael - the Adonomics number comes from dividing your # of active users (5,723) by the percentage (1%). Not accurate but the best they can do. The margin for error is large when the active user percentage is small. FOTM has a low percentage too (4%, because people tend to access the app once every 30 days) and it’s getting shortchanged about 6k users.