Lots of threads talked about popular apps in some way. Here is another view: a snapshot of popular apps (top viewed) for the last week (before 10-03-2010) from Android market mirror androidzoom.com.
http://www.androidzoom.com/top_views_of_the_week
I am sure you see a lot of familiar apps in this list :)
Just a few observations: I am pretty surprised there is no games in the top 10 apps. Only something serious (ROM Manager etc) or not so serious (Just Jokes etc). Looks like Android users are not that interested in games, or there is simply not enough high quality games to be really interested in.
From the other side, I guess there is also a huge interest in utilities.
Some 20 or so apps out of 30 could be categorized as some kind of utilities.
I thought the whole top list would consist of only free apps. Turns out, there are some paid apps that somehow got into the list: iSyncr for PC, SwitchPro Widget, Deluxe Moon.
I have also included cool videos for some apps.
1. BeNaughty FREE
2. ADW.Launcher FREE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gRgpuQE_k
3. ROM Manager FREE
4. Just Jokes FREE
5. TiKL FREE
6. Talking Tom Cat Free FREE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3i3CLs5HA4
7. Barcode Scanner Team FREE
8. 2ndrive for Android FREE
9. MSN Talk FREE
10. MSN Droid FREE
11. Alchemy FREE
12. Box Tower FREE
13. ASTRO File Manager FREE
14. iSyncr for PC $2.99
15. Retro Camera FREE
16. Alchemy Classic FREE
17. The Official WRC App FREE
18. SwitchPro Widget $0.99
19. Desktop Visualizer FREE
20. jetVD - YouTubeAid FREE
21. App 2 SD FREE
22. EasyTether Lite FREE
23. Sex Position & Animation FREE
24. Angry Birds Lite Beta FREE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-hjAY0XpvE
25. Calendar Pad FREE
26. DroidCam Wireless Webca FREE
27. Flash Player 10.1 FREE
28. Sleep Bot Tracker Log FREE
29. Advanced Task Killer FREE
30. Deluxe Moon $4.77
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00sWw_OA1Mo
Enjoy!