# Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab

> Taken from the public Google Play listing. Every figure below carries the date it was updated.
> Nothing is modelled or estimated. A new collection starts at 00:00 UTC daily and takes several hours; an individual app's reading lands at some point inside that window.

Source page: https://appcurves.com/app/merlin-bird-id-by-cornell-lab

- Package: `com.labs.merlinbirdid.app`
- Developer: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Category: Books & Reference
- Platform: Android (Google Play)
- Released: Jun 26, 2014
- Lifetime downloads: 12,453,879 (updated 2026-09-21)
- What the store shows instead: 10,000,000+
- Rating: 4.90 from 181,064 ratings
- Downloads added: none — the counter held between 2026-09-20 and 2026-09-21
- Readings kept: 46 (2026-08-04 → 2026-09-21)
- Chart positions on 2026-09-21 (Top Free): #1 FR, #3 BE, #3 GB, #3 NL, #4 AU, #6 CA, #6 CH, #8 SE (best 8 shown) — charts in 125 of 203 markets scanned

### Latest readings

| Date (UTC) | Lifetime downloads | Added |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026-09-15 | 12,407,880 | — |
| 2026-09-16 | 12,432,498 | +24,618 |
| 2026-09-17 | 12,432,498 | held |
| 2026-09-18 | 12,453,879 | +21,381 |
| 2026-09-19 | 12,453,879 | held |
| 2026-09-20 | 12,453,879 | held |
| 2026-09-21 | 12,453,879 | held |

"held" means Google's own counter showed the same figure as the day before — it is a real reading, not a missed one.

Showing the latest 7 of 46 readings. Signed-in followers see the full curve from the day they followed.

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Site last completed a reading on 2026-09-21. AppCurves is not real-time.
When citing, include the reading date. https://appcurves.com/faq answers where the figure comes from.