I noticed a few more who are doing similar thing.

You can easily check the popular ones who are getting upwards of 1800 downloads per day.

We have been featured on 1st place in 1st spot for a day sometimes and yet haven't gone more than 1300 downloads in a day for any theme ever.

So yes if active installs are counted then the game will surely change as we feel there are many who are still manipulating these things.