Introduction
Google’s Gemini app has surpassed ChatGPT of OpenAI, considering the AI image-editing function known as Nano Banana AI. It also dominates the Google Play Store and App Store within India.
The Nano Banana Model, also called as the Gemini 2.5 Flash image has triggered a social media passion ever since it could convert usual images into stylized innovative artworks, highly refined 3D figures or classic portraits.
You could edit or create up to 100 images each day for free by utilizing this tool with the preferred prompts. Nevertheless, you could use Nano Banana in order to edit or create 1,000 images if you have an Ultra or Gemini AI Pro subscription.
Since it was introduced last month, Google has recorded that higher than 500 million images have been changed by utilizing the Nano Banana.
Seemingly, the Gemini app saw around 23 million novel users between August 26 and September 9, an upsurge which clearly determines how speedily image-editing AI technologies might prompt pervasive acceptance.
Even though the month is only half over, the Gemini app has already acquired 12.6 million downloads during September which is more from 8.7 million from the month of August. This indicates that the app has reached to the top of the international app stores charts and has saw a 45% month-over-month upsurge in downloads during the month of September as per the data served by the app intelligence firm.
Currently, Gemini carries the topmost spot within India on the Apple app Store and Google Play store. Furthermore, it is also considered to be the top-positioned free app within the US App Store. As per reports, Gemini app ranking is termed as the second within both the UK and Canada.
Thus, after dominating previously because of its own viral “Ghibli AI” trend, ChatGPT has dropped into the rankings. Prior to this month, Gemini has only got as high as No.3 on the US App store on 28 January 2025. However, after the launch of Nano Banana, the App reached the No.2 spot on September 8 on the US Apple Store. Moreover, it has became the No. 1 app during September 12, where it has stayed, after dropping the ChatGPT of OpenAI down to No. 2 position. Currently, the other dedicated AI apps are into the top 10 on the App store.
After DeepSeek, Gemini is regarded as one of the few applications of AI chatbots to unseat ChatGPT of OpenAI, that possesses long dominated app store rankings across the world. The current point into the users of Gemini determines how the utilization of AI-powered apps is being propelled through viral aspects.
Gemini has also became one of the topmost five iPhone apps within 108 nations internationally. Normal individuals, politicians, along with celebrities have also adopted the Nano Banana trend of AI-art generator. For instance, Pramod Sawant, Goa CM, followed the outfit after Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam CM, shared his 3D model on X (previously Twitter).
During the weeks followed by the launch of Nano Banana, the users of Gemini made greater than 200 million AI app downloads and the Gemini app experienced higher than 10 million novel sign-ups till September 15, as per the vice president of Google and Gemini Labs, Josh Woodward. This in turn has assisted the launch of the iOS to fisrt position on Saturday and upholds its rank this week.
Google’s AI has been integrated into near about every portion of its business, from features in its Pixel smartphones, to Gmail summaries to Search’s AI overviews. For the majority of the part, we do not have any option in utilizing the Google’s AI into those places. However, the increasing popularity of the Gemini app within its own indicates that individuals seek to download and utilize it’s anyways.
Google has been touting the growth of Google Gemini viral trend by focusing upon its mainstreaming users have been making an attempt to use the novel photo-editing and Gemini AI features. For example, on September 8, Josh Woodward shared on X that the app had acquired 23 million first time users with the introduction of the Nano model. These users have shared approximately 500 million photos.
The platforms like X and Instagram are flooded with such AI-generated images with users speedily sharing their digital innovations. Hence, in a separate post, Woodward stated that after experiencing huge demand his team has to perform temporary utilization limits during the weekend.
Nano Banana model could act as a breakthrough which assists Gemini draw off market share from ChatGPT since Google enters into the zone of proficiency which other developers of leading language lacks.
With this, Google declares that the features are entirely free of cost as well as accessible to all its users via the Gemini app. It is seen that Indian users are highly interested in experimenting with the Nano Banana model in order to reimagine themselves as retro postage stamps, generate time-travel effects and also convert objects.
In case if, Gemini become successful to stay within the top of the Apple store charts, than more number of investors will begin to consider Gemini as a robust chief offerings with incremental use cases which complements the chief search experience.
Even though ChatGPT still dominates the raw metrics, but Google’s Gemini app ranks No. 1 into the Apple App store. This helps the company in generating huge revenues as compared to other apps. With this, in order to stay into the top rank, the tech leader has also included a Gemini-powered language coaching tool which helps in practicing and learning novel languages.
