$177M in One Month. What’s Driving It?
Two years of trends, adoption, and growth packed into one must-read report.
5 Quick Takeaways
The AI Mobile App Market at a Glance.
115M
Monthly Downloads
Demand for AI Mobile Apps is Enormous
AI apps got nearly 6M downloads in January 2023. Two years later, with thousands of AI apps, the ecosystem drives 19x more downloads — 115M in December.
See the top apps and categories in the full report.
$1.4B
Spent on AI Apps in 2024
AI Apps Are On Track to Bring in More Than $2B in 2025
AI apps have grown gross monthly revenue 37x in two years, with total consumer spending surpassing $1.4B in 2024. We project spending to rise to more than $2B in 2025.
Check the full report for the highest earners.
40%
Spent on General Assistant
General Assistants Are In Very High Demand.
General Assistant, or as some call “thin wrappers”, were responsible for 40% of consumer spending among the top 1K AI apps since January 2023.
See how all categories stack up in the full report.
64%
Consumer Spend from the U.S.
The U.S. Outpaces Rest of World in Spending
If you’re making an AI app it must be marketed in the U.S., which users of AI apps spent nearly $1B since Since January 2023 — that’s two-thirds of all spending!
But other countries are growing. See which in the full report.
75x
Monthly Revenue Growth
ChatGPT Mobile Up 75X in Monthly Revenue
Although ChatGPT released its app late, it managed to become the leader. Since launch, ChatGPT’s monthly rose 75x and accounts for 44% of global spending in top AI apps.
Get all the details in the full report.
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New Findings Released
Appfigures’ 2025 Rise of AI Apps Report covers the entire AI app market across the App Store and Google Play, globally, since January 2023.
More than 1,000
new AI apps are released on the App Store and Google Play every month.
While Appfigures Intelligence makes it easy to identify them, AI apps are not grouped in an official category on these stores.
In order to analyze and present their relative performance, we did the difficult part for you by classifying them into 12 primary segments representing the distinct traits and functionality present in the market.
All figures included in this report are estimated. Unless specified otherwise, estimated revenue is always gross.
AI is the Hottest Trend in Mobile Apps Right Now.
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