October 2026 · 31 days of data (2026-10-01 to 2026-10-31)

Oct 2026: ChatGPT leads grossing; Chromagraph tops iOS new releases

October 2026 saw strong performance from AI and streaming apps in the US grossing charts, with ChatGPT maintaining the top spot. New app launches on iOS were dominated by gaming and photo tools, while Android saw significant activity in casual and simulation genres. Category trends indicate growth in Education and Entertainment on iOS, contrasting with declines across most major Android categories. Steam continued to see high player counts for established titles alongside notable new releases.

New apps that broke through

On iOS, 'Chromagraph Camera' (Photo & Video) and 'Vampire Crawlers' (Games) both reached rank 1 in 30 and 29 countries respectively. Other top performers included 'Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD', 'Tiny Computers', and 'Sifu'. On Android, 'MemeMix Challenge' hit rank 1 in 22 countries, followed by 'DuneCrawl' and 'Viral Streamer'. Notable Android entries also included 'Sifu', 'Kingdom Rush 6', and 'ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet', which achieved rank 1 in 21 countries.

Biggest climbers · US iPhone Top Free

In the US iOS market, 'DAZN: Stream Live Sports' rose to rank 6. Several apps entered the top 50 without a previous recorded rank, including 'دربونة - تطبيق الملاحة العراقي' (rank 14), 'Reflex - Flexible Retail Work' (rank 27), 'athenaPatient' (rank 30), and 'MCM Events' (rank 39). Significant jumps were seen for 'zeta: AI Chat, Story, Play' (from 171 to 50), 'Posh – Create & Find Events' (from 148 to 35), 'Dunkin'' (from 157 to 49), 'Partiful: Party Invite Maker' (from 106 to 14), and 'Sam's Club Shopping & Delivery' (from 111 to 31).

US Top Grossing leaders

ChatGPT led the US grossing chart with an estimated per day, holding an average rank of 1.0. YouTube followed with an estimated daily, and TikTok with . Peacock TV (), Snapchat (), and Paramount+ () rounded out the top six. Instagram earned an estimated , MONOPOLY GO! , Claude by Anthropic , and Crunchyroll per day.

Categories

iOS US data shows Shopping as the largest category by downloads (4.79 million/day, +27.4%), followed closely by Games (4.68 million/day, +34.5%). Education was the fastest-growing category (+76.7%), ahead of Entertainment (+52.8%) and Strategy (+48.7%). In contrast, Android worldwide data indicates declines across all listed major categories, with Wear OS (-53%), Communication (-54.5%), and Tools (-49%) showing significant drops. Even the 'growing' list for Android reflects negative changes, such as Role Playing (-25.1%) and Action (-37%).

Steam (PC)

Counter-Strike 2 remained the most played game with 1.4 million peak players, followed by Dota 2 (1.09 million) and PUBG (808k). Among new releases, 'Phantom Blade Zero' launched on October 29 with 758k peak players, ranking fourth overall. 'AION 2' (released Oct 5) peaked at 390k players. Other notable new entries included 'Probably Stolen' (140k), 'Enshrouded' (116k), and 'Aniimo' (109k).

Rankings are from the public App Store, Google Play and Steam charts. iPhone downloads and revenue are AppInsider estimates; Android downloads are measured from Google Play install counts. Text written by AI from these numbers.