The hottest apps right now

Apps are the new celebrities: the shortlist of AI assistants, social networks, streaming and dating apps, ordered by how many people look each one up every day. Live figures as of 2026-10-21. The ranking is rebuilt once a month from what reputable media outlets published in the last 6 months, with every source linked; where a figure is shown as views, it is the average daily views of the English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia, public data).

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   ChatGPT

   54 K views / day

   Generative AI chatbot by OpenAI

   2 sources: Wikipedia (Generative AI chatbot by OpenAI) · Wikimedia Pageviews (54 K views / day)

2. 2
   

   YouTube

   43 K views / day

   Video-sharing platform

   2 sources: Wikipedia (Video-sharing platform) · Wikimedia Pageviews (43 K views / day)

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   Instagram

   30 K views / day

   Social media platform owned by Meta

   2 sources: Wikipedia (Social media platform owned by Meta) · Wikimedia Pageviews (30 K views / day)

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   WhatsApp

   16 K views / day

   Messaging and VoIP service owned by Meta

   2 sources: Wikipedia (Messaging and VoIP service owned by Meta) · Wikimedia Pageviews (16 K views / day)

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   TikTok

   8 K views / day

   Chinese video-focused social media platform

   2 sources: Wikipedia (Chinese video-focused social media platform) · Wikimedia Pageviews (8 K views / day)

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   Netflix

   6 K views / day

   American video streaming service

   2 sources: Wikipedia (American video streaming service) · Wikimedia Pageviews (6 K views / day)

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   Reddit

   6 K views / day

   American social news and discussion site

   2 sources: Wikipedia (American social news and discussion site) · Wikimedia Pageviews (6 K views / day)

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   Telegram

   4 K views / day

   Cross-platform instant messaging service

   2 sources: Wikipedia (Cross-platform instant messaging service) · Wikimedia Pageviews (4 K views / day)

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    DeepSeek

    3 K views / day

    Chinese artificial intelligence company

    2 sources: Wikipedia (Chinese artificial intelligence company) · Wikimedia Pageviews (3 K views / day)

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    Character.ai

    3 K views / day

    AI chatbot service

    2 sources: Wikipedia (AI chatbot service) · Wikimedia Pageviews (3 K views / day)

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    Discord

    3 K views / day

    American online communication software

    2 sources: Wikipedia (American online communication software) · Wikimedia Pageviews (3 K views / day)

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    Google Gemini

    3 K views / day

    Chatbot developed by Google

    2 sources: Wikipedia (Chatbot developed by Google) · Wikimedia Pageviews (3 K views / day)

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    Canva

    3 K views / day

    Australian multinational proprietary software company

    2 sources: Wikipedia (Australian multinational proprietary software company) · Wikimedia Pageviews (3 K views / day)

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    Pinterest

    3 K views / day

    American social media platform

    2 sources: Wikipedia (American social media platform) · Wikimedia Pageviews (3 K views / day)

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    Spotify

    2 K views / day

    Swedish audio streaming service

    2 sources: Wikipedia (Swedish audio streaming service) · Wikimedia Pageviews (2 K views / day)

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    Snapchat

    2 K views / day

    American social media and messaging app

    2 sources: Wikipedia (American social media and messaging app) · Wikimedia Pageviews (2 K views / day)

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    Twitch

    2 K views / day

    American live-streaming platform

    2 sources: Wikipedia (American live-streaming platform) · Wikimedia Pageviews (2 K views / day)

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    Perplexity AI

    2 K views / day

    American artificial intelligence company

    2 sources: Wikipedia (American artificial intelligence company) · Wikimedia Pageviews (2 K views / day)

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    Grok

    2 K views / day

    Large language model family by SpaceXAI

    2 sources: Wikipedia (Large language model family by SpaceXAI) · Wikimedia Pageviews (2 K views / day)

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    Temu

    1 K views / day

    Chinese online marketplace

    2 sources: Wikipedia (Chinese online marketplace) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)

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    Uber

    1 K views / day

    American ridesharing and delivery company

    2 sources: Wikipedia (American ridesharing and delivery company) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)

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    Signal

    1 K views / day

    Privacy-focused encrypted messaging app

    2 sources: Wikipedia (Privacy-focused encrypted messaging app) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)

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    Bluesky

    1 K views / day

    Social platform

    2 sources: Wikipedia (Social platform) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)

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    Substack

    1 K views / day

    American online newsletter platform

    2 sources: Wikipedia (American online newsletter platform) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)

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