OpenAI's Sora Achieves Number Three on U.S. App Store

OpenAI recently launched Sora, an AI-powered social video app that allows users to create short-form videos using natural language prompts without requiring cameras or editing skills. Despite being invite-only and limited to the U.S. and Canada at launch, Sora quickly rose to the No. 3 spot on the U.S. App Store, achieving 56,000 downloads on its first day and approximately 164,000 installs over its first two days. This rapid adoption highlights the growing consumer demand for multimodal AI apps that emphasize visual and social experiences, contrasting with more traditional text-based AI models. Sora's advanced video-generation capabilities, including higher resolution, improved motion consistency, and longer video duration, position it as a strong competitor to Google’s Gemini, which currently holds the top spot largely due to its viral Nano Banana image model. The app’s success underscores a broader trend where users favor AI applications that integrate video and social networking features, despite ongoing controversies around AI-generated content. OpenAI’s Sora is part of a competitive and evolving AI app market, with Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT also maintaining significant user interest.