a16z's 7th Top 100 Consumer AI Apps: ChatGPT tops 1B mobile MAU, Claude hits #3 on web
Scobleizer · x · 2026-10-06
a16z released the seventh edition of its Top 100 Consumer AI Apps report, adding a revenue leaderboard alongside the usual web and mobile traffic rankings.
Key points:
- ChatGPT still holds #1 with 1B+ monthly actives on mobile; Claude has climbed to #3 on web with nearly 1B monthly visits
- The category has expanded far beyond chatbots and image generators into vibe coding (Lovable, Cursor, Replit), music (Suno), design (Figma), voice (ElevenLabs), video (Higgsfield, Kling), agents (Manus), and even hardware (Plaud)
- Contributor David Pawlan runs group chats for 1,500+ AI assistant power users; their top discussion topics are coding & tech automation, travel, and shopping/purchases/returns
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