{"id":30715,"date":"2025-10-09T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=30715"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:01:49","slug":"sora-breaks-records-on-the-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/sora-breaks-records-on-the-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Sora Breaks Records on the App Store: Overtakes ChatGPT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>OpenAI&#8217;s<\/strong> video generation application, <strong>Sora<\/strong>, has climbed to the top of the App Store despite being available <strong>by invitation only<\/strong>. It surpassed <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> in its first week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OpenAI&#8217;s<\/strong> video generation platform, <strong>Sora<\/strong>, which quickly became one of its most popular applications, reached <strong>627,000 downloads<\/strong> in its first week after launch. According to Appfigures data, this figure slightly surpassed <strong>ChatGPT&#8217;s<\/strong> performance of <strong>606,000 downloads<\/strong> during its iOS launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overtook ChatGPT in its First Week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-ChatGPT-Users-Buzzing-Is-GPT-5-on-the-Horizon-scaled-1.webp\" alt=\"ChatGPT-Users-Buzzing-Is-GPT-5-on-the-Horizon\" class=\"wp-image-26083\" style=\"width:750px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-ChatGPT-Users-Buzzing-Is-GPT-5-on-the-Horizon-scaled-1.webp 640w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-ChatGPT-Users-Buzzing-Is-GPT-5-on-the-Horizon-scaled-1-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-ChatGPT-Users-Buzzing-Is-GPT-5-on-the-Horizon-scaled-1-150x200.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sora was made available in the <strong>US and Canada<\/strong> on September 30, 2025. On its first day, the application climbed to third place in the overall App Store rankings with <strong>56,000 downloads<\/strong>, and by October 3rd, it secured the <strong>number one spot<\/strong> in the US App Store. Even when assessing the launch solely with US data, Sora&#8217;s performance reached <strong>96% of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/chatgpt-news-and-content\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"65\">ChatGPT<\/a><\/em>&#8216;s first week<\/strong>, including the approximately <strong>45,000 downloads<\/strong> from Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another element that makes this success more significant is that the application is still operating under an <strong>invitation system<\/strong>. While <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> was accessible to everyone upon launch, Sora achieved these figures with <strong>limited access<\/strong>. According to Appfigures data, Sora reached <strong>107,800 daily downloads<\/strong> on October 1st and has since continued to receive a steady <strong>84,000 to 98,000 daily downloads<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Might Also Like;<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/the-dark-side-of-nanotechnology\/\">The Dark Side of Nanotechnology: Could Microscopic Swarms Erase Billions?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/the-illusion-of-digital-immortality\/\">The Illusion of Digital Immortality: Are You Really Uploading Your Mind?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/artemis-2s-deep-space-eclipse\/\">The View That Changes Everything: Artemis 2\u2019s Deep Space Eclipse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI&#8217;s video generation application, Sora, has climbed to the top of the App Store despite being available by invitation only. It surpassed ChatGPT in its first week. OpenAI&#8217;s video generation platform, Sora, which quickly became one of its most popular applications, reached 627,000 downloads in its first week after launch. 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