Weekly edition · 2026-W41

What took off on Apple, 5 – 11 Oct 2026

The week's Apple apps in one page: the fastest risers and what happened alongside them, the biggest rank climbs, breakouts, launches, the biggest delistings, newly featured listings, the hottest categories and rising themes.

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Top risers

Trending: the fastest growth this week, as a percentage of users, installs or ratings - so smaller listings taking off lead, not the giants.
1. ChatGPT +2.2% · v1.2026.272 on 6 Oct +235k ratings
2. Spotify: Music and Podcasts +0.3% · v9.1.90 on 8 Oct +107k ratings
3. YouTube +0.2% · v21.40.5 on 4 Oct +98k ratings
4. Facebook +0.3% · v582.0.0 on 7 Oct +93k ratings
5. Walmart: Shopping & Savings +0.4% · v26.39 on 8 Oct +65k ratings
Climbed the most

Listings in a store's top 1,000 that moved up the most places in about a week.
1. Vinted: Pre-loved marketplace up 191 places #786
2. Smash Fest! up 55 places #632
3. Fortnite up 45 places #933
4. Kalshi: Trade Football & more up 31 places #563
5. Flex - Rent On Your Schedule up 31 places #664
6. Arrows – Puzzle Escape up 27 places #719
7. Learna: Speak & Learn English up 26 places #801
8. DICK’S Sporting Goods up 23 places #673
9. Suno - AI Songs, Music, Lyrics up 21 places #938
10. Mahjong Blast up 18 places #554
Over about a week, among the store's top 1,000.
Breakouts

Listings launched in the last 60 days that are already big.
1. Muse from Meta launched 8 Sep 204k ratings
2. CarLoop: Block Sort launched 13 Aug 10k ratings
3. Quill Escape launched 27 Aug 7.6k ratings
4. Blossom Garden: Pair Match launched 31 Aug 5.2k ratings
5. Splash Buster launched 21 Aug 5k ratings
Notable launches
1. MAke Drama : MAD launched 7 Oct 205 ratings
2. Centier Bank launched 5 Oct 124 ratings
3. Экспресс-доставка Dostavista launched 8 Oct 118 ratings
4. 人皇纪:传奇官方正版 launched 11 Oct 58 ratings
5. Blossom Tales™ launched 8 Oct 55 ratings
Biggest delistings
1. King's Throne left 10 Oct 212k ratings
2. Tea Dating Advice left 9 Oct 153k ratings
3. VPN - Secure Proxy & WIFI left 7 Oct 53k ratings
4. GTWorld left 10 Oct 47k ratings
5. Z Camera - Photo Editor Pro left 10 Oct 31k ratings
Hottest categories
1. Developer Tools typical +2.4% · 158 measured 19% growing
2. Food & Drink typical +1.8% · 3,034 measured 15% growing
3. Lifestyle typical +2.1% · 5,474 measured 15% growing
4. Sports typical +2.0% · 2,373 measured 15% growing
5. Finance typical +1.8% · 7,871 measured 15% growing
Rising themes

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Top risers are ranked by this week's growth as a percentage: in ratings on Chrome, Edge and Apple, installs on Android and daily users on Firefox. A riser grew at least 5%, from a real size, and listings whose numbers don't add up are left out. The grey line under a riser is something else that happened to it in the last two weeks, like a new version or a competitor leaving - not necessarily the reason it rose. This week's edition updates after every crawl and closes on Monday (00:00 UTC). Weeks before editions began were pieced together from our history, so some sections are missing for them. How the data is collected →

Top risers

Climbed the most

Breakouts

Notable launches

Biggest delistings

Hottest categories

Rising themes

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