--- title: "What’s Missing from a16z’s List? See Data from 3,000+ AI Sites Worldwide." author: "JasonH1121" sourcePublication: "Unique Research Substack" originalPublishedAt: "2025-09-10T02:35:50+00:00" canonical: "https://ffcap.cn/en/research/whats-missing-from-a16zs-list-see" source: "https://uniqueresearch.substack.com/p/whats-missing-from-a16zs-list-see" language: "en" --- # What’s Missing from a16z’s List? See Data from 3,000+ AI Sites Worldwide. 📊 **a16z just released the 5th edition of its “Top 100 GenAI Consumer Apps” list**, and while it’s generating buzz, we noticed a subtle but critical gap: - On the **Web ranking**, you won’t find Baidu AI Search, Fotor, or Tencent Yuanbao. - On the **App ranking**, several Chinese AI apps appear under-ranked compared to their actual market performance. This isn’t because these products “aren’t good enough,” but because of **data source limitations**. a16z’s Web data comes from _Similarweb_, and its mobile data from _Sensor Tower_—which mainly tracks iOS and Google Play. That naturally misses most of China’s third-party Android markets, not to mention HarmonyOS’s independent distribution. At **UNIQUE RESEARCH**, we published our own **August 2025 AI Web Traffic & MAU Rankings**, built from multiple third-party sources and our proprietary algorithms. Our dataset covers monthly visits, active users, and growth rates across both Chinese and global Web AI products—painting a picture closer to market reality and shining light on Chinese apps overlooked by a16z. [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nJlp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F86e249db-b1e0-40b4-ba92-efe93cf5ef2c_1080x529.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nJlp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F86e249db-b1e0-40b4-ba92-efe93cf5ef2c_1080x529.png) Some highlights from our **growth leaders**: - **Claude**: 150M visits (+18.6%) - **Google AI Studio**: 99.1M (+12.5%) - **SeaArt AI**: 30.4M (+12.7%) - **Qwen**: 28.4M (+10.9%) - **Doubao**: 74.3M (+9.0%) - **Grammarly**: 52.5M (+8.2%) - **NotebookLM**: 63.8M (+8.0%) - **Baidu AI Search**: 36.8M (+33.9%) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7B64!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F18792649-f16d-473a-b666-022e5b80cb76_1080x497.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7B64!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F18792649-f16d-473a-b666-022e5b80cb76_1080x497.png) 🚀 Emerging standouts: - **Joi AI**: 10.35M MAU, up **79%** MoM. Known for AI chat & virtual companions, now spreading rapidly across overseas social communities. - **LMArena**: 4.2M MAU, up **140%+**, showing non-experts are also using it to benchmark LLMs. - **Ourdream.ai**: 8.38M MAU, up **26.7%**, fueled by strong demand for AI companionship. 📈 “Going global” and “vertical focus” are key themes: - **RoboNeo** (Meitu): visits up **208%**, one of the fastest-growing Chinese apps. - **FacelessReels**: an AI auto-video generator for overseas markets, traffic surged **1046%** MoM. - **MaxAI.me**: top-3 in both traffic growth and MAU growth, showing habit-forming usage. The **real AI race** is bigger than the 100 names on the a16z list. Our goal isn’t to discredit their ranking, but to **fill in the blind spots**—so the ecosystem sees the full picture. Many Chinese teams don’t show up in Google Play or have overseas PR muscle, but **data doesn’t lie, and trends never arrive late**. 🔎 Explore the full **August 2025 AI Web Rankings** at [100aiapps.cn](http://100aiapps.cn). All data is open-sourced, fully replicable, and free for non-commercial use. 👉 Whether you’re an **investor, founder, or researcher**, this is a transparent benchmark to discover hidden opportunities, validate your models, and understand the global AI landscape more clearly. **UNIQUE RESEARCH** – Building the world’s open AI market intelligence community. * * * [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DVDF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7c7ce0b3-12db-4011-83c7-b9201b971814_1120x2166.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DVDF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7c7ce0b3-12db-4011-83c7-b9201b971814_1120x2166.png) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tZr6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0ab4cac-0bd4-4712-b120-7813d13317b9_1122x2166.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tZr6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0ab4cac-0bd4-4712-b120-7813d13317b9_1122x2166.png) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GfAH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf3052d8-5110-4937-922e-361911e9c6d5_1178x2104.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GfAH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf3052d8-5110-4937-922e-361911e9c6d5_1178x2104.png) [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F8Gr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32774792-c76a-4beb-9d72-b646740e0de7_1182x2104.png)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F8Gr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32774792-c76a-4beb-9d72-b646740e0de7_1182x2104.png) --- Original publication: https://uniqueresearch.substack.com/p/whats-missing-from-a16zs-list-see On-site reading page: https://ffcap.cn/en/research/whats-missing-from-a16zs-list-see