Did you know AI Apps Are Exploding: Video, Photo Editing, and Assistants Lead the Way to Record Growth

 

The new report by Andreessen Horowitz talks about changes in the AI landscape in the past six months and how many of the generative AI apps are becoming popular and people are using them actively. According to the report, the top GenAI web product is ChatGPT, which is followed by DeepSeek. Character.ai is the third top GenAI web product by unique monthly visits. Other GenAI apps in the top five are Perplexity and JanitorAI.  

OpenAI's ChatGPT is also leading in the top 50 GenAI mobile apps by monthly active users. Nova AI Chatbot is the second top GenAI mobile app, followed by Microsoft Edge, Baidu AI Search and PhotoMath. 

 

Rank	Product Name	Rank	Product Name	Rank	Product Name
1	ChatGPT	18	SERART.AI	35	Zeemo
2	DeepSeek	19	Liner	36	VEED
3	Character.ai	20	KLING AI	37	InVideo AI
4	Perplexity	21	CIVITAI	38	Pixelcut
5	JanitorAI	22	ElevenLabs	39	Talkie
6	Claude	23	Sora	40	PixAI
7	QuillBot	24	Crushon AI	41	Monica
8	SUNO	25	BLACKBOX AI	42	CURSOR
9	SPICYCHAT.AI	26	DeepAI	43	Ideogram
10	Doubao	27	Gamma	44	CHUB
11	Moonshot AI	28	Leonardo.Ai	45	Clipchamp
12	Hailuo AI	29	cutout.pro	46	Meta AI
13	Hugging Face	30	BRAINLY	47	StudyX
14	Poe	31	Photoroom	48	Bolt
15	Adot	32	Moescape AI	49	PicWish
16	Eden AI	33	Midjourney	50	Joyland
17	PolyBuzz	34	Candy.ai

The report also talked about ChatGPT’s growth from 100 million weekly users in November 2023 to 200 million weekly users in August 2024, and now it has reached 400 million weekly users in February 2025. OpenAI has added many features and models to ChatGPT to make the app more compelling for users. Sensor Tower also reports that out of 400 million weekly active users, 175 million of them now use the mobile app.

DeepSeek also made quite a mark and became number two globally even though it just got released on January 20. DeepSeek’s traffic mostly comes from China (21%), the US (9%) and India (8%). DeepSeek reported having 1 million users in 14 days while ChatGPT got this many users in 5 days. However, it reached 10 million users in 20 days, while ChatGPT reached this milestone in 40 days. The mobile app for DeepSeek reached the number 14 spot in five days and jumped to the second spot in February.

Many AI videos like Hailou, Kling AI, Sora, and InVideo are seeing a rise in monthly active users as well. AI-powered video editing apps are also top AI apps consumed by users. Some of these apps include VivaCut, Clipchamp, Filmora, and Veed. Some top developing and video coder AI tools are Cursor, Bolt, and Lovable. Lovable recently reached $20 million in revenue and 2 million registered monthly users.

The photo and video editing apps category are responsible for 20% of the revenue and make up 24% of the monthly active users list. Most of the lower usage AI apps accounted for more revenue through mobile subscriptions. Copycat apps of ChatGPT accounted for 12% of mobile usage and revenue. Beauty editors make 14% of the revenue from AI consumer apps, while general AI assistants have an 8% share of the revenue. 

 

Rank	App Name	Rank	App Name	Rank	App Name
1	ChatGPT	18	FaceApp	35	Facemoji
2	NOVA AI CHATBOT	19	Filmora	36	Beat.ly
3	Microsoft Edge	20	BeautyPlus	37	AI Chatbot: AI Chat Smith 4
4	Baidu AI Search	21	UpFoto	38	FaceMagic
5	photomath	22	Gemini	39	MVideo
6	Quark AI Assistant	23	AI Mirror	40	ChatBot
7	Doubao	24	Hypic	41	Cici
8	character.ai	25	BRAINLY	42	Copilot
9	Chat & Ask AI	26	Polish	43	Photo Lab
10	Chaton AI	27	Translate	44	Photo AI
11	talkie	28	Genius	45	Face Dance
12	8612	29	Luzia	46	Retake
13	Remini	30	Remove It	47	Question.AI
14	deepseek	31	Photoshop Express	48	ChatBox
15	VivaCut	32	EPIK	49	LooksMax AI
16	Chatbot AI Search Assistant	33	Remove Objects	50	perplexity
17	meitu	34	Photoroom