All predictions about artificial intelligence for 2025 proved to be true, and it’s safe to say this tech continues to dominate across the board. We saw AI chatbots make it big in terms of revenue through both the App Store and Google Play.
Comparisons from last month prove that April was bigger and better in terms of figures for AI. Let’s take a look at the highest-earning platforms around the globe for last month.
No surprises here in terms of who took the lead and made sure to leave their mark. It’s TikTok that earned the top position as the highest-earning mobile platform last month. The social media platform earned a massive $329 million in terms of net revenue through the App Store and Google Play Store.
The revenue dominance was on display for a few years, but it was never a huge gap when compared to other arch rivals. Now, it seems like things are changing, and the gap keeps getting bigger in April as TikTok’s net revenue grew above the $300 million mark for the second time.
The news comes although the American government is forcing it to merge with Chinese-owned giant Bytedance. Now the question is whether or when that can happen. The revenue dominance is visible to us all, and this is the first time that figures for revenue have gone over $300 million for the second time.
Runner up for April 2025 was estimated to be video streaming giant YouTube, which continues to remain in the shadows of TikTok forever. But April did see things switch up a bit as OpenAI's ChatGPT hit the second spot as the highest-earning platform for the first time.
The AI giant added $148M to its net revenue scores as per estimates shared by AppFigures. This means it keeps all that cash after it paid Google and Apple their fair share of fees.
This just goes to show that the demand for AI is very high for ChatGPT. The competition in this domain is very heated, as you’ve got competition from Meta, xAI, and more. It’s quite clear that ChatGPT is certainly a frontrunner in the race, and it managed to hit the second spot when it was not even in the top five last month. Revenue figures grew 50% in just one month.
The app came in there, and net revenue scores reached $131 million as per estimates from App Intelligence. TikTok and ChatGPT saw revenue boom in April while YouTube’s revenue fell nearly 23%, reaching the old levels seen last year.
To round up the top five, it was Tinder and Disney+ who continued to be top performers in terms of revenue. This just goes to show that apps need to go that extra mile. As per the recent estimates, the top 10 highest earning platforms raked in $1.2 billion. The fact that downloads went downhill for April is a positive growth, even if the figure might be in single digits. Publishers and developers will need to work harder for a successful May.
Moving on to the most downloaded platforms for April 2025, ChatGPT again made it big. It jumped to position number, which is a huge shift in recent AI trends. To think that it superceded all other social media giants to hit that spot is incredible.
This is the second time we’ve seen it dethrone other leaders, such as Instagram. Thanks to stats from Appfigures Intelligence, the AI tool has over 52 million downloads across the iOS and Android markets. This is a 12% growth from that seen in March of this year and a 38% growth from that seen in January. It appears that greater competition gives rise to greater downloads.
This is also the first time that the app was crowned the top spot for both the App Store and Google Play Store. How’s that for an incredible milestone? In second position, we had TikTok with an estimated 39 million downloads, while Instagram took the third spot with a little less. It seems like these two might need to take a backseat as it’s ChatGPT’s time to shine for a while.
The top five for most downloaded platforms were rounded up by Facebook and WhatsApp, which had 31 million and 27 million downloads each. So Meta is on a roll with three of its family apps making the top 5 most downloaded platforms around the globe. Meanwhile, Threads isn’t too far below, still making the top 10.
Temu took on the sixth spot with 25 million downloads, although the US penalized China with high tariffs. However, the download figures were the lowest we’ve ever seen for them, so we don’t expect to see it hit the top 10 most downloaded apps rankings in May.
As a whole, the total estimated figures for downloads hit 300 million, which is a 13% decline from the total seen last month. This means developers need to pull their weight and work on bettering the figures for a successful May. This was not the case for most revenue-generating platforms that still managed to see a single-digit growth in April.
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Comparisons from last month prove that April was bigger and better in terms of figures for AI. Let’s take a look at the highest-earning platforms around the globe for last month.
No surprises here in terms of who took the lead and made sure to leave their mark. It’s TikTok that earned the top position as the highest-earning mobile platform last month. The social media platform earned a massive $329 million in terms of net revenue through the App Store and Google Play Store.
The revenue dominance was on display for a few years, but it was never a huge gap when compared to other arch rivals. Now, it seems like things are changing, and the gap keeps getting bigger in April as TikTok’s net revenue grew above the $300 million mark for the second time.
The news comes although the American government is forcing it to merge with Chinese-owned giant Bytedance. Now the question is whether or when that can happen. The revenue dominance is visible to us all, and this is the first time that figures for revenue have gone over $300 million for the second time.
Runner up for April 2025 was estimated to be video streaming giant YouTube, which continues to remain in the shadows of TikTok forever. But April did see things switch up a bit as OpenAI's ChatGPT hit the second spot as the highest-earning platform for the first time.
The AI giant added $148M to its net revenue scores as per estimates shared by AppFigures. This means it keeps all that cash after it paid Google and Apple their fair share of fees.
This just goes to show that the demand for AI is very high for ChatGPT. The competition in this domain is very heated, as you’ve got competition from Meta, xAI, and more. It’s quite clear that ChatGPT is certainly a frontrunner in the race, and it managed to hit the second spot when it was not even in the top five last month. Revenue figures grew 50% in just one month.
The app came in there, and net revenue scores reached $131 million as per estimates from App Intelligence. TikTok and ChatGPT saw revenue boom in April while YouTube’s revenue fell nearly 23%, reaching the old levels seen last year.
To round up the top five, it was Tinder and Disney+ who continued to be top performers in terms of revenue. This just goes to show that apps need to go that extra mile. As per the recent estimates, the top 10 highest earning platforms raked in $1.2 billion. The fact that downloads went downhill for April is a positive growth, even if the figure might be in single digits. Publishers and developers will need to work harder for a successful May.
Moving on to the most downloaded platforms for April 2025, ChatGPT again made it big. It jumped to position number, which is a huge shift in recent AI trends. To think that it superceded all other social media giants to hit that spot is incredible.
This is the second time we’ve seen it dethrone other leaders, such as Instagram. Thanks to stats from Appfigures Intelligence, the AI tool has over 52 million downloads across the iOS and Android markets. This is a 12% growth from that seen in March of this year and a 38% growth from that seen in January. It appears that greater competition gives rise to greater downloads.
This is also the first time that the app was crowned the top spot for both the App Store and Google Play Store. How’s that for an incredible milestone? In second position, we had TikTok with an estimated 39 million downloads, while Instagram took the third spot with a little less. It seems like these two might need to take a backseat as it’s ChatGPT’s time to shine for a while.
The top five for most downloaded platforms were rounded up by Facebook and WhatsApp, which had 31 million and 27 million downloads each. So Meta is on a roll with three of its family apps making the top 5 most downloaded platforms around the globe. Meanwhile, Threads isn’t too far below, still making the top 10.
Temu took on the sixth spot with 25 million downloads, although the US penalized China with high tariffs. However, the download figures were the lowest we’ve ever seen for them, so we don’t expect to see it hit the top 10 most downloaded apps rankings in May.
As a whole, the total estimated figures for downloads hit 300 million, which is a 13% decline from the total seen last month. This means developers need to pull their weight and work on bettering the figures for a successful May. This was not the case for most revenue-generating platforms that still managed to see a single-digit growth in April.
Read next: Meta Under Fire for Emotional Targeting and Expansive AI Data Harvesting
