Back in mid-March I finally hit the button on v1.0 of The Daily Smark, the first version where anyone could download the app, poke around, and create a free account. Four months in, it felt like the right time to open up the logs and share how it's actually going.
The short version: you've kept me busy.
Since launch day, The Daily Smark has handled more than 165,000 requests for news, shows, bookmarks, and podcasts, with fans checking in every single day. For a v1.0 built by one person, I'll take it.
There's a clear rhythm to it too: activity climbs through the afternoon and peaks in the evening, right when the shows do. The Daily Smark is apparently what you reach for when the card is about to start.
No surprise to anyone who knows a smark: the news feed is king. Nearly half of everything the app serves is article and video feeds, with the events and shows section right behind it at about a third.
v1.0 introduced free accounts, which allow you to sync all your settings across devices, and many of you have created accounts since launch.
v1.0 was a starting line, not a finish line. In the four months since launch I've released 4 updates (1.0.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, and 1.1.2), fixing the rough edges. Not to mention I've been building the Android version for The Daily Smark.
Today, over 90% of The Daily Smark's traffic is on 1.1.2, the latest and most stable build. If you're one of the holdouts on an older version, go for an update. It's a better app than the one you downloaded in March.
Four months of real usage taught me more than a year of planning did.
Thank you to everyone for downloading a v1.0 from one person and trusting it with your fandom. The Daily Smark is a wrestling app built for wrestling fans by a wrestling fan.
If you haven't yet, get The Daily Smark for iPhone or see what's coming to Android.
— Rich