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NDTV
27-04-2025
- NDTV
ChatGPT Tops Global App Charts, Beats Instagram and TikTok In March
OpenAI's ChatGPT became the most downloaded app globally for March 2025. According to App Figures, the artificial intelligence app has surpassed social media giants like Instagram and TikTok. This is the largest month for ChatGPT ever and the first time the app has topped the monthly download charts. In March, ChatGPT reached 46 million new downloads, up 28 percent from February, according to new data released by app intelligence company App Figures. The data revealed that ChatGPT saw 13 million downloads on iOS and 33 million on Android, making a total of 46 million downloads in the month of March. Instagram also achieved 46 million downloads in March, including 5 million on iOS and 41 million on Android. It was followed by TikTok with 45 million downloads, which witnessed 8 million downloads on iOS and 37 million on Android. According to MoneyControl, between January and March 2025, the app was downloaded 148 percent more than it was during the same time in 2024. App Figures founder and CEO Ariel Michaeli said, "It's starting to feel like ChatGPT is becoming a verb, a lot like how Google did in the 2000s, to the point where many don't think 'AI' but rather 'ChatGPT.'" He added, "So when there's excitement about AI — even about competition like Grok, Manus AI, or DeepSeek — many who are not swimming in this topic come for AI but really download ChatGPT." The rapid growth of ChatGPT took place after CEO Sam Altman introduced advanced image-generation capabilities. The social media platforms exploded with Studio Ghibli-inspired art. The craze among people for Japanese anime art was so insane that Mr Altman asked users to stop making so many image requests, as the team needs rest as well. In a post on X, he wrote, "Can y'll please chill on generating images, this is insane, our team needs sleep." can yall please chill on generating images this is insane our team needs sleep — Sam Altman (@sama) March 30, 2025 He also urged users to slow down because it was putting too much pressure on the system. He said, "It's super fun seeing people love images in chatgpt. But our GPUs are melting. We are going to temporarily introduce some rate limits while we work on making it more efficient. Hopefully won't be long! Chatgpt free tier will get 3 generations per day soon." it's super fun seeing people love images in chatgpt. but our GPUs are melting. we are going to temporarily introduce some rate limits while we work on making it more efficient. hopefully won't be long! chatgpt free tier will get 3 generations per day soon. — Sam Altman (@sama) March 27, 2025 OpenAI CEO Brad Lightcap revealed that in just one week since ChatGPT introduced its image generation feature, over 130 million people used it and together created more than 700 million images.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
ChatGPT became the most downloaded app globally in March
ChatGPT became the world's most downloaded app in March, excluding games, topping the usual contenders for the No. 1 spot, Instagram and TikTok. This is the first time the app has topped the monthly download charts and ChatGPT's biggest month ever. According to new data, ChatGPT's installs jumped 28% from February to March to reach 46 million new downloads during March, app intelligence provider Appfigures recently reported. That put the app slightly ahead of Instagram, which fell to the No. 2 position. TikTok followed at No. 3. Perhaps helping to drive installs, ChatGPT saw some notable upgrades in March, including the first major upgrade to its image-generation capabilities in over a year. This led to a viral moment for ChatGPT in late March and early April as users discovered they could generate images and memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, the popular Japanese animation studio behind movies like 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Spirited Away.' OpenAI also removed some safeguards around content moderation policies for images in March and upgraded ChatGPT's AI voice feature. Appfigures noted that ChatGPT's installs have grown 148% year-over-year when comparing the first quarter of 2021 to Q1 2025. However, the firm speculates that new features weren't the main driver behind this month's growth for the popular chatbot. "It's starting to feel like ChatGPT is becoming a verb, a lot like how Google did in the 2000s, to the point where many don't think 'AI' but rather 'ChatGPT,'" said Appfigures founder and CEO Ariel Michaeli. "So when there's excitement about AI — even about competition like Grok, Manus AI, or DeepSeek — many who are not swimming in this topic come for AI but really download ChatGPT." Because of ChatGPT's brand recognition, it may be harder for other AI chatbots to take off. That's partly why Anthropic's Claude has poorer performance on this front than ChatGPT. It's also why Grok could do better when consumers than other ChatGPT rivals -- not necessarily because it's better, but because it has someone famous to market it with Elon Musk, and a large platform for distribution with X. Instagram, meanwhile, had previously held the No. 2 spot across both the Apple App Store and Google Play in both January and February of this year, while TikTok remained No. 1. To some extent, TikTok's download growth earlier this year was driven by concerns over a potential U.S. ban, as consumers rushed to download the app in case it disappeared from the app stores. Now, that ban is on hold as President Trump aims to cut a deal with China, where TikTok parent ByteDance is based, to keep the app available to U.S. users. Ahead of this, Instagram had regularly been beating out TikTok for the No. 1 position across global app stores, having been the No. 1 (non-game) app throughout 2024. Instagram's popularity in the U.S. market has been growing, remaining a fave among U.S. teens. For instance, a new survey of U.S. teens by Piper Sandler released this week found that Instagram is the most-used social app, with 87% monthly usage, compared with 79% for TikTok and 72% for Snapchat. In March, other social apps, including those from Meta, rounded out the top charts, with Facebook and WhatsApp filling out the top 5, and others like CapCut, Telegram, Snapchat, and Meta's Threads in the top 10, alongside Temu. In total, the top 10 apps were downloaded a collective 339 million times in March, higher than February's 299 million. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch at
