Business in May 2026
This is Apptonic's monthly read on Business: the apps with the most installs in May 2026, the posts that carried them, and the ads that ran alongside. Every figure comes from our own dataset.
- 56M
- Total installs
- $89M
- Total revenue
- 3M
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10M | $70K | 4.7 | 12M | 235 | 0 | |
7M | <$10K | 4.7 | 3M | 43 | 12 | |
6M | $40K | 4.7 | 18M | 225 | 221 | |
4M | <$10K | 2.7 | 296K | 10 | 72 | |
3M | $4M | 4.3 | 8M | 221 | 0 |
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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