There is nothing to forgive. You are welcome to ask questions of course.. I understand you're interested in purchasing the product, it's just some of the information you are asking is not readily available, and not the usual kind of thing we are asked about. ;)
The forum stats show you who is online now, who has visited the forums today, and in each of those you can see who are registered members and who are visitors just based on the colour of the username.. so I think it's still a good indication of activity, at least in the forums. At a guess, I would say there are more than 1000 sites that are using the ClassiPress theme right now, but that's really a guess..
1. David Cowgill is the owner/founder of AppThemes. You can read a little more about him and our team here on the
AppThemes Team Page.
2. AppThemes was founded in 2010, however prior to this, the ClassiPress theme was sold through the WPClassiPress name (and something else before that) for a number of years - back then it was the only theme David offered, so it of course will likely always be our most popular theme, and one that has truly developed over time. With the move to AppThemes, the business is expanding to allow us to offer
other Premium AppThemes products.
3. Perhaps I don't know what you consider "famous medias" (I'll have to ask the man himself for some of his highlights). For now, I guess you only have to Google ClassiPress to find many articles, blog entries, reviews etc about the theme..