{
  "id": 8989623,
  "title": "Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/metas-muse-is-outpacing-chatgpts-early-mobile-launch",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-21T19:19:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/21/metas-muse-is-outpacing-chatgpts-early-mobile-launch/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Meta's newly released AI app, Muse, is proving to be a major success on mobile devices, surpassing ChatGPT's early mobile launch in terms of downloads and daily active users, according to a report from market intelligence provider Apptopia. In the first twelve days of their respective launches, Muse has seen 1.8 million downloads in the U.S. and Canada, compared to ChatGPT's 1.3 million downloads. The app has also achieved 2.8 million total installs globally during this period, while ChatGPT has only reached 1.3 million.\n\nMuse has rapidly gained popularity, moving from No. 2 to No. 1 in the U.S. App Store shortly after its launch, putting it ahead of ChatGPT. This growth trend has continued, with Muse now boasting 642,000 daily active users on iOS, which is higher than ChatGPT's 231,000 users at the same point post-launch. Even when comparing just iOS daily active users, Muse remains ahead of ChatGPT.\n\nApptopia attributes these figures to Muse's broader availability across both iOS and Android platforms, as well as its integration with Meta's popular apps Instagram and Facebook, as well as WhatsApp. Although Apptopia relies on third-party estimates rather than Meta's internal figures, the data suggests that Muse has the potential to become Meta's newest top app.",
  "summary": "Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut, according to new estimates from Appfigures.",
  "key_points": [
    "Meta's Muse app outperforms ChatGPT's early mobile launch in downloads and daily active users.",
    "Muse achieves 1.8 million downloads and 2.8 million total installs in first 12 days.",
    "Muse's popularity gains momentum, surpassing ChatGPT in U.S. App Store ranking and iOS DAUs."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}