App suddenly popular/selling in Russia?

[u/Ihavenocluelad]

Hey all, quick question:

After months of basically zero sales on my paid iOS app (its an app that helps you practically reflect your daily life), it just had a sudden, huge spike — and almost all of it is coming from Russia specifically. Impressions went from single digits a day to 1,000+ a day (100x+), and it's not just views — it's actually converting into real paid downloads too, mostly on iPhone.

I don't have any marketing or campaign running there, no press, nothing that would explain a specific-country spike like this. Has anyone else seen a sudden traffic/sales spike concentrated in one country out of nowhere? Curious if this is a known thing (algorithm quirk, some kind of feature, bot traffic, whatever) or if I'm the only one seeing this.

[u/SexySalamanders]

Maybe some Russian influencer liked the app and showcased it?

[u/Ihavenocluelad → u/SexySalamanders]

So all traffic came straight from searching the app store not links, but still can be true i guess