ChatGPT became the most downloaded app globally in March
Chatgpt became the world’s most downloaded app in March, with the exception of games, with the usual contenders for the number 1 place, Instagram and Tiktok. This is the first time that the app has reached the monthly download diagrams and the largest month of Chatgpt ever. According to new data, the Chatgpt installations have risen by 28% from February to March to reach 46 million new downloads in March, app Intelligence Provider App figures Recently reported.
That brought the app just ahead of Instagram, which fell on the number 2 position. Tiktok followed number 3.
Perhaps chatgpt helped in March to stimulate the installations, some remarkable upgrades in March, including the first major upgrade to the possibilities for image generation in more than a year. This led to a viral moment for Chatgpt at the end of March and the beginning of April when users discovered that they could generate images and memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, the popular Japanese animation studio behind films such as “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away”.
OpenAi has also removed some guarantees around the policy of the content of the content for images in March and the AI Voice function of Chatgpt.
App figures noted that the Chatgpt installations have grown on an annual basis when comparing the first quarter of 2021 with Q1 2025.
However, the company speculates that new functions were not the most important motivation behind this month’s growth for the popular chatbot.
“It starts to feel as if chatgpt becomes a verb, much like how Google did in the 2000s, to the point where many did not think ‘ai’, but rather ‘chatgpt’, said App figures founder and CEO Ariel Michaeli.” So when there is excitement about ai – even about competition such as groks, but lots of it – but die dock Chatgpt. “
Due to Chatgpt brand recognition, it might be more difficult for other AI chatbots to get started. That is partly the reason why Anthropic’s Claude has a worse performance on this front than Chatgpt. It is also the reason why Grok could do better than other chatgpt rivals – not necessarily because it is better, but because it has someone famous to market it with Elon Musk, and a large platform for distribution with X.
In the meantime, Instagram had previously held the number 2 spot in both the Apple App Store and Google Play in both January And February This year, while Tiktok number 1 remained.
To a certain extent, the download growth of TIKTOK was driven earlier this year by concern about a potential us ban, because consumers hurried to download the app in case they disappeared from the app stores. Now that ban is on hold if President Trump wants to close a deal with China, where Tiktok Parent Bytedance is based, to keep the app available to American users.
Prior to this, Instagram had regularly beaten Tiktok for the number 1 position in the worldwide app stores, the number 1 (non-game) app in 2024. Instagram’s popularity on the American market has grown and remained a favorite among American teenagers.
For example one New research among American teenagers By Piper Sandler, which was released this week, it turned out that Instagram is the most used social app, with 87% monthly use, compared to 79% for tap and 72% for Snapchat.
In March, other social apps, including those of Meta, finished the top graphs, with Facebook and WhatsApp that fill the top five, and others such as Capcut, Telegram, Snapchat and Meta’s wires in the top 10, next to Temu.
In total, the top 10 apps were downloaded 339 million times in March, higher than February 299 million.
