Viral apps: Controversy

Cases
26
Median Spread Score
42
Most started on
App stores62%
First post to peak
35 days

By mechanic

All56Shareable output33Controversy26Maker origin14Dupe economy12Pairing12Newsjacking6

ChatGPT

73
Current official ChatGPT iOS screenshot from OpenAI’s Apple App Store listing.

100M users

Houseparty

61
The Houseparty screen for connecting a Fortnite account.

28M downloads a month

DeepSeek AI Assistant

58
Official DeepSeek app screenshot from its app announcement.

23M downloads a month

Clubhouse

55
Andreessen Horowitz Wins VC Sweepstakes To Back Clubhouse, Voice App Still In Beta, At $100 Million Valuation

9.6M downloads a month

EPIK AI Yearbook

53
How I wish this was my college yearbook creative photos 😅 #photodumps #yearbookAIphotos #AI #epikapp #yearbooktrend #fyp #viral

Peaked at #1

Locket Widget

52
Official Locket graphic showing friends’ photos inside the home-screen widget

10M downloads a month

Nano Banana

49
Google’s examples of Nano Banana figurines, retro portraits and other image trends.

Peaked at #1

Lovable

46
Current Lovable dashboard with the prompt field and project cards, from the official documentation

$600M revenue

Character.AI mobile app

45
Official launch graphic showing the Character.AI mobile interface and app-store badges.

22M users

Reface

45
The Viral Reface App Could Make Our Deepfake Problem Worse

20M users

Lensa Magic Avatars

44
We've launched something really cool! 🚀 Now you can generate mind-blowing personal avatars with Stable diffusion + Dream booth in a few taps in our app Lensa. It also costs just $2.99 per pack!😃…

$29.3M revenue

Sarahah

44
The app has become popular with users of Snapchat

Peaked at #1

Poparazzi

42
Poparazzi camera, photo feed and friends-created profile, supplied in the Luciq customer case study.

4M users

NewProfilePic

41
Post by @BeardedGenius on X

Peaked at #1

Countdown App

40
Official current App Store screenshot showing Countdown App’s death timer.

Peaked at #1

Peach

39
Official Peach App Store screenshot showing the social app interface.

Peaked at #9

Bondee

38
スマホ向けメタバースSNS『Bondee ボンディー』 日本で初めてのPOP UP！ 4/24～5/7までのイベント開催レポート

Peaked at #1

BOOK OF MEME (BOME)

38
BOOK OF MEME Price: BOME/USD Live Price Chart, Market Cap & News Today | CoinGecko

Deep Nostalgia

38
MyHeritage’s official Deep Nostalgia animation demonstration.

Peaked at #1

Arc Browser

35
Goodbye, waitlist. Hello, Arc 1.0. Download now: 🔗 in bio

250K impressions

NGL app

34
Official NGL App Store screenshot showing a question card shared over an Instagram Story.

125M users

Lapse (2023 relaunch)

29
Lapse social photo-journal screens supplied with its funding announcement.

$0 revenue

Friend.tech

24
1/3 We've been taking a look at some numbers to see how key holders are using friendtech. Let's start with active users: about 20k key holders check rooms to read messages every day

$7.2M revenue

Pepe (PEPE)

16
Today. $PEPE #MMGA

Peaked at #3

dogwifhat (WIF)

15
$WIF live CA: EKpQGSJtjMFqKZ9KQanSqYXRcF8fBopzLHYxdM65zcjm Chart: Tg :

Peaked at #3

Avatarify

0
马云、马斯克齐唱“蚂蚁呀嘿”，这股风潮你跟上了吗？

Peaked at #1

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