ChatGPT, the gen-AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, has surpassed the social media giants, including Facebook and Instagram, in downloads on iPhones in the last 28 days. In the last 28 days, ChatGPT registered downloads of 29,551,174 on iPhones, as opposed to the social media giants, including Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and TikTok, registering a download total count of merely 32,859,208 combined. It is based on the data reported by Similarweb over a post on X. 

Worldwide iPhone App Store downloads over the last 28 days:

ChatGPT: 29,551,174
TikTok + Facebook + Instagram + X: 32,859,208 pic.twitter.com/v4tIaC65ou

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To the tech giants' surprise, the chatbot has also surpassed TikTok, the social media and short-form online video platform, in terms of downloads on iPhone. Reacting to the metrics, Sam Altman, the CEO of the AI company, says, “Our engineering and compute teams do incredible work to rapidly scale to meet customer demand for ChatGPT” in his post on X.

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AI Usage on the Rise 

The metrics stated above clearly exhibit the magnitude of usage AI chatbots enjoy these days, making their way into people’s app drawers. Beyond the usage, this points to a bigger trend wherein the users are gradually yet intricately adopting the AI models in their daily lives and everyday chores. This brings a point in the history of humanity where such an ultimate technology is all set to not only beat but also leave behind the utmost social instruments in the digital landscape. 

This trend, in its complete form, indicates the increasing awareness and understanding of users regarding intricate technologies and their utility in daily life. 

AI Companies Taking the Lead 

The AI companies, not only OpenAI but also others including Perplexity, Anthropic, and others, are slowly realizing the business potential of the technology as it goes on to make tasks simpler, seamless, and quick, ranging from research to shopping, scheduling, and even creative genesis, including writing, audio, and video.

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It is in light of this realization itself that AI companies are going all out to enter into segments beyond chatbot-like web browsers, deep research models, video generation models, shopping bots, coding-specific models, and others. The trend is coupled with companies, VCs, investors, and even countries betting their future on AI technology to make the most out of it and also pave the way for something transformative to arrive.