OpenAI's Sora AI Video App Rockets to No. 3 on US App Store in Just Two Days

Oct 03, 2025
TechCrunch
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Summary

OpenAI's Sora AI video app skyrockets to No. 3 on the US App Store within just 48 hours of launch, garnering 164,000 downloads despite being invite-only and outperforming major AI competitors like Claude and Copilot in early adoption metrics.

Key Points

  • OpenAI's Sora AI video app reaches No. 3 on the US App Store within two days of launch, accumulating 164,000 total installs despite being invite-only for US and Canada users
  • Sora achieves 56,000 first-day downloads, matching xAI's Grok performance and outperforming Anthropic's Claude and Microsoft's Copilot launches
  • The app's strong performance trails only ChatGPT and Google's Gemini in AI app launch comparisons, indicating high consumer demand for AI video tools in social networking formats

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