{"id":18886,"date":"2025-06-12T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/insights\/ai-apps-chatgpt-is-the-king-geminiis-not\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:13:00","slug":"ai-apps-chatgpt-is-the-king-geminiis-not","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/insights\/ai-apps-chatgpt-is-the-king-geminiis-not\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Apps: ChatGPT is the King, Gemini\u2026is not"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This was first published June 10, in our weekly newsletter&nbsp;Apptopia Insight. To receive insights like this weekly, sign up&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.apptopia.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gemini\u2019s downloads remain well below ChatGPT\u2019s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ChatGPT dominates DAU market share<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Character AI\u2019s user engagement is amazing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User churn is dropping at ChatGPT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>AI is taking over the app store and ChatGPT is leading the pack. ChatGPT has been the #1 ranked app in the App Store for 86 of the past 100 days.\u00a0 This dominance is reflected in ChatGPT\u2019s strong app downloads and high market share of AI app users.\u00a0 It is important to note at this point that we are talking about apps only.\u00a0 Gemini is doing extremely well on the web.\u00a0 However, its app downloads lag significantly behind ChatGPT\u2019s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-11.55.03\u202fAM-1024x634.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-11.55.03\u202fAM-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-11.55.03\u202fAM-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-11.55.03\u202fAM-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-11.55.03\u202fAM.png 1490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gemini\u2019s daily downloads are not even one quarter of ChatGPT\u2019s.&nbsp; This is not to disparage Gemini &#8211; it is incredibly useful!&nbsp; But ChatGPT is the King and everyone else is kneeling at the throne.&nbsp; Here is a chart showing market share of DAUs among AI apps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.00.35\u202fPM-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.00.35\u202fPM-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.00.35\u202fPM-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.00.35\u202fPM-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.00.35\u202fPM-1536x844.png 1536w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.00.35\u202fPM.png 1608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Gemini made inroads in DAU market share at the end of 2024, and then DeepSeek gained share in early 2025, but look who gained market share in March, April, and May &#8211; ChatGPT.&nbsp; ChatGPT is back to over 55% of all AI App DAUs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One non-ChatGPT app that is worth noting, however, is Character AI.&nbsp; While it only has 1% of DAU share, its users are WAY more engaged than those of other AI apps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.02.03\u202fPM-1024x651.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.02.03\u202fPM-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.02.03\u202fPM-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.02.03\u202fPM-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.02.03\u202fPM.png 1476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This chart shows the rising amount of time users are spending on AI Apps, but it is dominated by Character AI. Character AI\u2019s users spend &#8211; on average &#8211; <strong>two hours per day<\/strong> on the app.&nbsp; That is more time than users spend on TikTok, and has been fairly consistent since 2023.&nbsp; This is truly incredible user engagement by the team over at Character AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning back to ChatGPT, there is one more metric to impress you with &#8211; user churn.&nbsp; This metric shows what percentage of its MAUs from one month ago are no longer an MAU today.&nbsp; The chart below shows that user churn is dropping steadily at ChatGPT (orange line) while Copilot and Character AI are relatively flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>User Churn &#8211; ChatGPT, Copilot, Character AI<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.08.21\u202fPM-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.08.21\u202fPM-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.08.21\u202fPM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.08.21\u202fPM-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-10-at-12.08.21\u202fPM.png 1484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To summarize &#8211; the rise of Gemini has been greatly exaggerated, ChatGPT is still the King despite new competition, and ChatGPT\u2019s users are churning less and less.&nbsp; Let us know if you want more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions on the underlying data included in this analysis?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/engage.apptopia.com\/custom-research-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data request<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was first published June 10, in our weekly newsletter&nbsp;Apptopia Insight. 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