OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the world’s most downloaded app, reaching over 900 million downloads in just 11 months, 200 million more than TikTok and 380 million ahead of Instagram, according to
AppMagic data seen by Techgaged.com. Jastra Kranjec, Research Analyst at Techgaged, said: “ChatGPT has achieved what no other app outside the major social media giants ever has: it didn’t just catch up with TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, it surpassed them.
Becoming the world’s most- downloaded app in such a short time marks a historic turning point in the tech landscape and shows just how rapidly generative AI has become a mainstream phenomenon.” AppMagic data shows that between January and November, ChatGPT was downloaded 902 million times, nearly three times more than in the whole of 2024 and almost seven times more than in its launch year of 2023. Since its launch, ChatGPT has notched up 1.36 billion downloads, at a growth rate similar to TikTok, the fastest-growing social media app.
TikTok was the second most- downloaded app in 2025, with 703 million downloads between January and November, distantly followed by Instagram (521.6 million). The only other AI app in the top ten was Google Gemini with 392 million installs.
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