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Cite Ascension data

Ascension tracks where consumer AI apps rank on the App Store and Google Play. Every morning by about 6 AM ET, we pull the Top Free and Top Grossing charts in 9 countries: the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan, Brazil, and India. Our history goes back to Oct 19, 2026.

Writing about AI apps? You’re welcome to cite our rankings. Here’s how.

Citation line

Use this line, and link “Ascension” to ascension.fyi when you can:

Data powered by Ascension (ascension.fyi)

In a sentence

[App] ranked No. [rank] on the [store] [chart] in [country] for the week of [date], according to data powered by Ascension.

The data is licensed under CC BY 4.0. You can share and adapt it, including for commercial use, as long as you credit it as "Data powered by Ascension (ascension.fyi)".

How to use the data

  • Download it. The weekly top 10 CSV has four columns: rank, app, stores, and week. The full-board daily and weekly files have five: rank, app, platform, change, and date.
  • Date it. Rankings move every day, so name the week or date you’re citing.
  • Credit it. Use the citation line above, and add a link to ascension.fyi when the format allows.

Full methodology →

This week’s chart

A ready-made image for articles and slides, plus the CSV. Both update every Thursday at around 6 AM ET.

Top 10 consumer AI apps on Ascension, week of Oct 19, 2026: 1 ChatGPT, 2 Google Gemini, 3 Grok AI, 4 Meta AI, 5 Suno - AI Music & Songs Maker, 6 Microsoft Copilot, 7 Claude by Anthropic, 8 Perplexity - Ask Anything, 9 Muse from Meta, 10 VibeShort: AI Dramas & Reels.

Top 10 consumer AI apps

Week of Oct 19, 2026

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Past weeks →

Download the data

Ascension’s rankings are open to download. Get today’s leaderboard as JSON, the biggest climbs over the past week, or any week’s top 10 as a CSV with a ready-made chart image. Every file is dated, and the leaderboard updates daily at around 6 AM ET.

Today’s leaderboard
Every app’s rank, change since yesterday, app page, and store links · Updated daily at around 6 AM ET · Oct 26, 2026
Biggest climbers this week
Up to 10 apps with the biggest rank gains over about 7 days · Updated daily at around 6 AM ET
Weekly top 10
The top 10 as a CSV, plus chart images · Updated every Thursday at around 6 AM ET · Week of Oct 19, 2026 · Past weeks →
Daily ranks for every app on the board
Rank, app, platform, change, and date · Updated daily at around 6 AM ET · Oct 26, 2026
Weekly ranks for every app on the board
Rank, app, platform, change, and date, as frozen each Thursday · Updated every Thursday at around 6 AM ET · Week of Oct 19, 2026
Every file, listed by date
Links to every daily and weekly file, with the credit line and license · Updated daily at around 6 AM ET

Credit the data with the citation at the top of this page, and link to ascension.fyi when you can. Ranks change every day, so name the date you’re citing; it’s in each file. Ranks come from public App Store and Google Play charts and aren’t download or revenue figures.