Productivity in August 2026
This is Apptonic's monthly read on Productivity: the apps with the most installs in August 2026, the posts that carried them, and the ads that ran alongside. Every figure comes from our own dataset.
- 52M
- Total installs
- $366M
- Total revenue
- 9M
- Total views
Apps with the most installs
Ranked by estimated installs for the month, summed across App Store and Google Play. Estimates are third-party and rounded at source.
| App | Downloads | Revenue | Rating | Reviews | Organic | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ChatGPT | 23M | $281M | 4.8 | 74M | 2.6K | 580 |
 Google Gemini | 12M | $200K | 4.6 | 50M | 1.9K | 426 |
 Claude by Anthropic | 8M | $71M | 4.5 | 1M | 810 | 0 |
 Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheets | 7M | $6M | 4.8 | 11M | 1.9K | 14 |
 Notion: AI Workspace | 800K | $600K | 4.6 | 486K | 1.7K | 40 |
Content that went viral
TikTok and Instagram posts ranked by views measured against the account's own reach.
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Ads with recorded running duration
Running duration is shown for each Meta ad. It does not establish spend, conversions or profitability.
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