Keeping up with the ever-expanding universe of consumer gen AI products is a dynamic, fast-moving job, whether we’re building time-saving new workflows, exploring real–world uses, or experimenting with new creative stacks. But amid the relentless onslaught of product launches, investment announcements, and hyped-up features, it’s worth asking: Which of these gen AI apps are people actually using? Which behaviors and categories are gaining traction among consumers? And which AI apps are people returning to, versus dabbling and dropping?
跟上不斷擴大的消費類 AI 產品領域是一項動態、快速發展的工作,無論我們是構建節省時間的新工作流程、探索現實世界的用途,還是試驗新的創意堆疊。但是,在產品發佈、投資公告和大肆宣傳的功能的無情衝擊中,值得一問的是:人們實際上在使用這些代 AI 應用程式中的哪些?哪些行為和類別在消費者中越來越受歡迎?人們會回歸哪些 AI 應用程式,而不是涉足和放棄?
Welcome to the third installment of the Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps.
歡迎來到第 100 大 AI 消費類應用。
Every six months, we take a deeper dive into the data to rank the top 50 AI-first web products (by unique monthly visits) and top 50 AI-first mobile apps (by monthly active users). This time, nearly 30% of the companies were new, compared to our previous March 2024 report.
每六個月,我們都會對數據進行更深入的研究,對前 50 名 AI 優先的 Web 產品(按每月獨立訪問量)和前 50 名 AI 優先的行動應用程式(按每月活躍用戶數)進行排名。與我們之前的 2024 年 3 月報告相比,這一次近 30% 的公司是新公司。
This included four of the top five first-time listmakers by rank: Luma (#14), Viggle (#21), SeaArt (#29), and Udio (#33). And the biggest leap in the past six months was music generator Suno, which rose from #36 to #5.
What about on mobile? Content editing for image and video is the most common use. At 22% of the listmakers, it’s the second largest product category of the mobile ranks — users are eager to edit the content on their phones. While startups are emerging here as well, many of the highest-ranking new entrants to the list are legacy creative tools that have pivoted to become generative AI-first, like Meitu (#9), SNOW (#30), and Adobe Express (#35).
在行動裝置上呢?圖像和視頻的內容編輯是最常見的用途。在 22% 的名單製作者中,它是移動排名第二的產品類別——使用者渴望在手機上編輯內容。雖然這裡也出現了初創公司,但許多排名最高的新進入者都是傳統的創意工具,這些工具已經轉向生成式 AI 優先,例如美圖秀秀 (#9)、SNOW (#30) 和 Adobe Express (#35)。
Anthropic’s Claude, arguably even more of a direct ChatGPT competitor, entered the top five on web at #4, up from #10 in the prior ranking. The company recently launched Artifacts, which goes head-to-head with ChatGPT’s GPTs.
Anthropic 的 Claude,可以說更像是 ChatGPT 的直接競爭對手,以 #4 進入網络前五名,高於之前排名的 #10。該公司最近推出了 Artifacts,它與 ChatGPT 的 GPT 正面交鋒。
On mobile, AI assistant Luzia debuted at #25 — the company claims 45 million users worldwide, primarily Spanish speakers. Luzia initially launched as a WhatsApp-based chatbot, but debuted a standalone mobile app in December 2023.
在行動裝置上,AI 助手 Luzia 首次亮相 #25 — 該公司聲稱全球有 4500 萬使用者,主要是講西班牙文的人。Luzia 最初作為基於 WhatsApp 的聊天機器人推出,但在 2023 年 12 月推出了一款獨立的行動應用程式。
Alongside Doubao, the photo and video editor Hypic (#19) and assistant Cici (#34) are also Bytedance products, totaling six spots across both lists. This includes apps targeted at different geographic markets; on mobile, Cici is an English-language version of Doubao in Chinese.
除了豆包之外,照片和視頻編輯 Hypic (#19) 和助理 Cici (#34) 也是位元組跳動的產品,在這兩個榜單中共佔據了 6 個位置。這包括針對不同地理市場的應用程式;在行動裝置上,Cici 是英文版的中文豆包。
Why the flood of new entrants? Bytedance launched an R&D division, Flow, focused on generative AI applications in late 2023, and has been debuting new AI applications in the U.S. (and abroad) under other corporate names since early 2024.
為什麼新進入者如潮水般湧來?位元組跳動於 2023 年底成立了一個研發部門 Flow,專注於生成式 AI 應用,自 2024 年初以來,一直在美國(和國外)以其他公司名稱推出新的 AI 應用。
LooksMax and Umax ingest photos of the user, rate them, and give “tips” to become more attractive. Umax also generates pictures of what the user would look like as a 10/10, while LooksMax analyzes the user’s voice for attractiveness. In their app onboarding screens, LooksMax claims more than 2 million users, while Umax claims 1 million.
Both apps monetize via subscription to unlock results: Umax costs $4.99 per week (or invitations to three friends), and LooksMax is $3.99 per week.
RIZZ, on the other hand, focuses on upleveling dating app messages. Users can upload a conversation screenshot or profile and get suggestions on what to say. Messages can be copied directly from RIZZ into dating apps.
Some products launch on Discord to “sandbox” and test the product while building a community, but then launch a website and largely migrate off of Discord. These products “graduate” from the Discord top ranks (one prime example is Suno, which was #31 in Discord traffic on our last list, but did not appear in Discord’s top 100 servers this time).
Other companies maintain significant Discord usage even after launching a standalone product. Midjourney, for example, retained the #1 spot in invite traffic across all Discord servers.
As of July, there were 10 AI companies that ranked in the top 100 of all Discord servers by invite traffic. Half of these were new entrants, compared to January:
Half of the top 10 Discord servers allow users to actually generate content within Discord, often via paid subscription, while the other half use Discord for community building, customer support, and resource sharing.* * *
It’s clear that a new generation of AI-native products and companies are growing faster and engaging users more deeply than ever before. We believe that over the coming decade, AI will underpin category-defining companies.
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