ChatGPT—the fastest-growing app ever—is losing downloads as Claude surges
- May 30
- 1 min read

FORBES — Sensor Tower, which measured downloads of six leading AI apps, found ChatGPT accounted for 47% of downloads of all these apps globally in the second quarter of 2026 so far, below its prior level of dominance—in the second quarter of 2025, ChatGPT accounted for 67% of all AI app downloads, according to insights analyst Kara Lee.
In its infancy, ChatGPT quickly became the fastest-growing consumer app within two months of launch, garnering 100 million users by January 2023.
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