Top
100
The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps
In just
half a year
,
the
generative AI
consumer market
has completely changed
!
Some people are standing still, some people bend the road to overtake the car, and there are even
dark horses
slaughtering the list overnight -
Deepseek
has become
the strongest challenger of ChatGPT
f
rom a nobody, and the AI video model has broken the curse of the laboratory (at least it can output short videos stably!), and the mysterious “ambient programming” technology has made AI evolve from “everyone can use” to “everyone can play”. The mysterious “ambient programming” technology has made AI evolve from
“
everyone
can use
” to “
everyone
can play
”.
Today's AI jianghu, the fight is no longer the first advantage, but who can really stand firm.
We peel back the data to see the real story:
Which
AI apps
are
true top streams
? Who's making money on power? And which tools have gone from toys to
productivity
?
In this article, we'll show you the answers——
This list combines Similarweb website monthly activity and Sensor Tower app monthly activity data
Generative AI Sites TOP50
Ranked by Monthly Unique Visitors
NO.1
ChatGPT
https://chatgpt.com/
NO.2
DeepSeek
https://www.deepseek.com/
NO.3
Character AI
https://character.ai/
NO.4
Perplexity
www.perplexity.ai/
NO.5
Janitor AI
https://janitorai.com/
NO.6
Claude
www.anthropic.com/claude
NO.7
QuillBot
https://quillbot.com/
NO.8
SUNO
https://suno.com/home
NO.9
SpicyChat
https://spicychat.ai/
NO.10
Doubao
https://www.doubao.com/chat/
Full list
Ranked by Monthly Unique Visitors
NO.11
Moonshot AI
https://www.moonshot.cn/
NO.12
Hailuo AI
https://hailuoai.video/
NO.13
Hugging Face
https://huggingface.co/
NO.14
Poe
https://poe.com/
NO.15
Adot
https://adot.ai/multillm
NO.16
Eden AI
https://edenai.world/
NO.17
PolyBuzz
https://www.polybuzz.ai/
NO.18
SeaArt
http://seaart.ai/
NO.19
Liner
https://getliner.com/zh
NO.20
Kling AI
https://klingai.com/
NO.21
Civitai
https://civitai.com/
NO.22
ElevenLabs
https://elevenlabs.io/
NO.23
Sora
https://openai.com/sora/
NO.24
CrushOn
https://crushon.ai/
NO.25
BlackBox
https://www.blackbox.ai/
NO.26
DeepAI
http://deepai.org/
NO.27
Gamma
https://gamma.app/
NO.28
Leonardo
https://leonardo.ai/
NO.29
Cutout Pro
http://cutout.pro/
NO.30
Brainly
https://brainly.com/
NO.31
Photoroom
https://www.photoroom.com/
NO.32
Moescape AI
https://moescape.ai/
NO.33
Midjourney
https://www.midjourney.com/
NO.34
Candy AI
https://candy.ai/
NO.35
Zeemo
https://zeemo.ai/cn/
NO.36
Veed
https://www.veed.io/
NO.37
InVideo
https://invideo.io/
NO.38
Pixelcut
https://www.pixelcut.ai/
NO.39
Talkie
https://www.talkie-ai.com/
NO.40
PixAI
http://pixai.art/
NO.41
Monica
https://monica.im/
NO.42
Cursor
https://www.cursor.com/cn
NO.43
Ideogram
https://ideogram.ai/
NO.44
Chub
https://chub.ai/
NO.45
Clipchamp
https://clipchamp.com/en/
NO.46
Meta AI
https://www.meta.ai/
NO.47
StudyX
https://studyx.ai/
NO.48
Bolt
https://bolt.new/
NO.59
PicWish
https://picwish.com/
NO.50
Joyland
https://www.joyland.ai/
Generative AI Mobile Apps TOP50
Ranked by number of monthly active users
NO.1
ChatGPT
NO.2
AI Chatbot - Nova
NO.3
Microsoft Edge
NO.4
Baidu AI Search
NO.5
PhotoMath
NO.6
Quark AI Assistant
NO.7
Doubao
NO.8
Character AI
NO.9
Chat & Ask AI
NO.10
ChatOn AI
Full list
Ranked by number of monthly active users
NO.11
Talkie
NO.12
B612
NO.13
Remini
NO.14
DeepSeek
NO.15
VivaCut
NO.16
Chatbot AI
NO.17
Meitu
NO.18
FaceApp
NO.19
Filmora
NO.20
BeautyPlus
NO.21
UpFoto
NO.22
Gemini
NO.23
AI Mirror
NO.24
Hypic
NO.25
Brainly
NO.26
Polish
NO.27
Hi Translate
NO.28
Genius
NO.29
Luzia
NO.30
Remove It
NO.31
Photoshop Express
NO.32
EPIK
NO.33
Remove Objects
NO.34
Photoroom
NO.35
Facemoji
NO.36
Beat.ly
NO.37
AI Chat Smith 4
NO.38
FaceMagic
NO.39
MVideo
NO.40
ChatBot
NO.41
Cici
NO.42
Copilot
NO.43
Photo Lab
NO.44
Photo AI
NO.45
Face Dance
/
NO.46
Retake
NO.47
Question.AI
NO.48
BoltChatBox AI
NO.59
LooksMax AI
NO.50
Perplexity
Description of selection criteria
This list focuses on
AI native apps
and strictly excludes traditional tools that only overlay generative AI features (e.g. Canva, Notion, etc.).
Compared to previous editions, we further adjusted non-AI native photo editing products such as Pixlr, Fotor, PicsArt, etc. out of the list. We've also added a new
“waitlist”
: 10 companies that unfortunately didn't make the cut - 5 web products and 5 mobile apps - and we're curious to see which (if any!) products will be in the top 10 next time around. We're curious to see which (if any!) products will make the top 100 next time around.
The Brink List：
Companies on the Cusp of the Top100 Gen AI Consumer Apps
Web-based products
runway
Otter
KREA
TensorArt
Lovable
Mobile Products
PolyBuzz
PixVerse
Umax
SnapEdit
AI Chat - AI Chatbot Assistant
In addition to these rankings, our analysis revealed significant signals of AI momentum and emerging consumer tech behavior.
Here are some of our key findings:
New Model Drives ChatGPT Growth Recovery
DeepSeek debuts in second place
AI Video Technology Breakthrough: Quality and Reliability at the Same Time
Developer Tools and 'Vibecoders' See Rapid Growth
The AI Mobile Divide: What People Use vs. What They Make Money On
#1
New Model Drives ChatGPT Growth Recovery
ChatGPT came out of nowhere with a research preview version in November 2022, capturing 100 million users in just two months, setting a record for the fastest-growing consumer-grade app. But it didn't last long, and between March 2023 and April 2024, its global monthly activity almost
came to a standstill
. The turning point came in 2024: it took ChatGPT nine months to go from
100 million weekly
users in November 2023 to
200 million
in August 2024, and less than six months to go from 200 million to
400 million
weekly
users in mid-February 2025. Typically, the larger the user base the harder it is to grow, but ChatGPT bucked the trend and achieved an accelerated breakthrough in the scale-up phase.
「Behind the scenes of ChatGPT growth」
Growth of the GPT web side
The initial growth stagnation was due to the
“taste effect”
: although users found ChatGPT novel, it was difficult for them to find daily use scenarios. However, as OpenAI continues to introduce more advanced models and features, ChatGPT's usage rate rises, attracting new users and increasing the activity of old users.
The growth curve highly overlaps with product milestones: the April-May 2024 spike stems from the release of GPT-4o, whose
multimodal capabilities
allow users to have real-time conversations, display pictures, and get intelligent feedback - from taking photos of math problems to AI brainstorming, the experience is comprehensively upgraded.
The July-August 2024 jump is attributed to
Advanced Voice Mode
going live, with AI conversation fluency approaching that of real people. And the September-October growth spike? It was the debut of the o1 model series, which took its reasoning and problem-solving capabilities to the next level.
「Mobile: the stabilizing engine of ChatGPT growth」
GPT Mobile Growth
Since its launch in May 2023, ChatGPT mobile monthly active users have always maintained a steady growth of
5%-15%,
with a large number of web-based users shifting to the mobile app. According to Sensor Tower's estimation, out of ChatGPT's 400 million weekly active users, the mobile share has reached
175 million
.
#2
DeepSeek debuts in second place
DeepSeek is a double whammy: even though its public beta only went live on January 20, it took just
10 days
to rank
second
on the global monthly traffic list for AI products, a stunning record.
The product, developed by a Chinese hedge fund, had its January 2025 users mainly from China (21% share), which is exactly where ChatGPT is off-limits. Other big users include the US (9%) and India (8%). However, DeepSeek
has also encountered bans or restrictions
on government equipment in South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, and several U.S. states.
Compared to other general-purpose big language models, DeepSeek's start has been phenomenal: it
captured 1 million users in 14 days
(though slightly behind ChatGPT's 5-day record), but surpassed the
10 million
mark in just
20 days
,
significantly ahead
of ChatGPT's 40-day milestone.
「DeepSeek puts on a good show against the odds」
DeepSeek sees significant growth in monthly unique visitors
Launched on January 25th, DeepSeek was ranked
14th
on the monthly activity list in just
five days
. By February, its ranking had jumped to
the second
place, and the mobile user scale reached 15% of ChatGPT.
Sensor Tower data shows that DeepSeek is not a “shell download”: in terms of average weekly usage and duration, its user activity is slightly higher than that of Perplexity and Claude, but there is still a significant gap compared to ChatGPT.
「DeepSeek Raises Eyeballs with Superior Performance and Low Cost of Ownership」
DeepSeek Mobile User Activity Analysis
Comparable to competitors, not as good as ChatGPT
DeepSeek's rapid rise in popularity in the tech and research worlds has been fueled by its impressive performance in reasoning benchmarks and its claim to have cost only $5.6 million to train -
a fraction
of its competitors' costs.
The training cost statement attracted widespread media attention, and mainstream opinion even compared it to the
“Sputnik moment”
in the field of AI. Google Trends shows that on January 27th, DeepSeek's global search popularity was the same as that of ChatGPT, and even
surpassed
that of ChatGPT in the U.S. The company's success in the field of AI has been recognized by the media and research community!！
#3
AI video technology breakthrough: quality and reliability go hand in hand
AI video has been teetering on the edge of being truly usable for the past 18 months, but the last six months have finally seen major breakthroughs in quality and controllability.
For the first time, three companies -
Hailuo AI
(#12),
Kling AI
(#17), and
Sora
(#23) - made the site rankings, alongside
InVideo
(#37), while
Runway
and
Krea
(which supports cross-model generation of video) made the waitlist.
Hailuo AI (developer of the MiniMax series of models) and Kling are both
Chinese video models
- Kling was released in June 2024, with Conch following in September. As of January 2025, both have surpassed Sora in terms of monthly visits, and while Sora put out a preview version as early as February 2024, it waited until December for its official release.
Video modeling providers are moving towards
differentiation
: whether in terms of output style or user interface, each is
exploring unique positioning
and offering more options for creators. sora is known as a versatile, all-in-one video generator, conch specializes in accurately restoring cues, and Kling offers additional features such as camera motion control and lip sync.
「AI video editing: from one-click editing to commercial applications」
Comparison of three model generation
(Cue word: Corgi running in a field, photo-realistic)
AI video editing remains the top use case for consumer-grade AI, simplifying time-consuming tasks such as smart editing and caption generation into
“one-click” solutions.
Veed
(#36) and
Clipchamp
(#45) made the website rankings, while mobile was dominated by video-photo hybrid editing apps represented by
B612
(#12),
VivaCut
(#15) and
Filmora
(#19). In terms of revenue, Splice, Captions and Videoleap were the brightest performers. More changes are expected to come to this space in the coming months, with models like
Google's Veo 2
(not yet publicly available) expected to raise the industry standard based on early beta feedback. However, with a pricing of $0.50 per second, Veo 2 is likely to be skewed more towards commercial applications than the mass consumer market.
#4
Developer Tools and “Vibecoders” See Rapid Growth
It's a time for builders, and AI tools are rising to meet the demand. In the past six months, two types of products have emerged, targeting different user groups:
(1) Intelligent IDEs (integrated development environments) for developers;
(2) text-to-web application platforms (Andrej Karpathy calls them “vibecoders”) that can be used by both technical and non-technical users.
Intelligent IDEs such as
Cursor
, which recently announced that it has served hundreds of thousands of developers, play the role of developer co-pilot, providing error checking, auto-completion, and full code generation. In contrast, text-to-web application products do not require users to have a technical background. Simply type in a text prompt and you get a usable Web site or Web application, as if by magic. The rise of these products is due to
multiple factors
: models that can finally generate executable code, the growing maturity of Web frameworks, and platforms that can leverage libraries and SDKs from companies like Resend, Clerk, and Supabase.
Similar to smart IDEs, the leaders in this space are growing rapidly. bolt made its debut on the list at #48, with Lovable making the waitlist.
Bolt
reported
$20 million
in annualized revenue and
2 million
registered users in its first two months, while
Lovable
reached
$17 million
in annualized revenue in its first three months. The top two smart IDEs are now ahead of the top two no-code platforms in terms of monthly unique visitors (not visits) to their websites, but both are growing at comparable rates. We look forward to seeing how this landscape evolves. Smart IDEs require users to have a technical background, but every developer can theoretically get near daily use out of them. In contrast, no-code platforms are aimed at 99% of non-coding users, but require users to have a clear idea of what they want to build.
「Intersection of technical and non-technical users
」
Intelligent IDE vs. Text-to-Web Application Builder
There is some overlap in the user base of these two types of products. Technical users may utilize the
no-code platform
for prototyping or generating downloadable and refined code.Similarweb data shows that 23% of unique visitors to Bolt in January 2025 also visited Cursor.
Overlap of Bolt and Cursor users
Average Unique Visitors Statistics for January 2025
#5
The AI mobile divide: what people use vs. what they make money on
The mobile app rankings in this article are based on the number of monthly active users (MAUs) worldwide, as tallied by Sensor Tower. However, t
he most popular apps aren't always the highest earners.
To make this list, apps need to have more than 8 million MAUs, but many apps with far fewer users are achieving higher conversion rates and user revenues.ChatGPT is way ahead in both metrics. However, in our analysis of the top 50 MAUs with the highest monthly revenue (from mobile subscriptions) apps, only 40% overlap.
Of the 80 apps that ranked among the top 50 in terms of revenue or usage, many of the lower-usage apps proved to be the most effective cash generators - at least through mobile subscriptions, since ad revenue was not accounted for.
「AI consumer application market segmentation analysis: mass vs. specialized
」
Top AI Consumer App Usage vs. Revenue Analysis
Data source: mobile subscriptions
Some product categories are represented in both lists, but by different companies. Photo and video editors make up 20% of the revenue list and 24% of the MAU list. However, the top three most used video editors -
VivaCut
(#15),
Filmora
(#19), and
Beat.ly
(#36) - and the top three highest-earning video editors,
Splice
,
Captions and Videoleap
do not overlap. The apps with the most mass appeal don't always have the advanced semi-professional or even enterprise-level features that more specialized users are willing to pay for. Some product categories that only appear on the revenue list and are missing from the usage list include plant identification (
PictureThis, PlantID
), nutrition (
Cal AI
,
Fastic
), language learning (
Speak, Learna, Loora
), music (
Moises, Suno
) and dictation (
Otter, PLAUD
). These apps target specific goals or skills and, while less generic, are more likely to attract users willing to pay for their specialized value.
「ChatGPT copycats: alternative winners in the mobile marketplace
」
Interestingly, ChatGPT “copycat” apps make up
12%
of both the mobile usage and revenue charts. We first reported on these apps in our mobile rankings, noting that by mimicking ChatGPT's name and logo, they implied that they offered the same premium model at a lower price. They often tweak their app listings to circumvent app store enforcement and copyright claims.
Write at the end:
AI-native products
are
scaling at an unprecedented rate
and engaging users more deeply. Despite the rapid growth, there are still a large number of areas
waiting to be broken through
. AI will be the cornerstone of the companies that define the industry over the next few years, but the race to shape its future is already in full swing - gaining momentum, mainstream acceptance, and generating real revenue.