In case you were wondering how Meta's shiny new AI model is doing out in the wild... the numbers just came in, and they are absolutely unhinged.
Okay, picture this: you go to sleep, and when you wake up, your class ranking has jumped from 57th place all the way to 5th. That’s basically what happened to Meta's AI app on April 8th, and the reason is a brand-new AI model called Muse Spark.
Muse Spark is the very first model to come out of Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, a brand new AI unit that Meta built from scratch after CEO Mark Zuckerberg grew frustrated that Meta's older AI models were falling behind rivals like ChatGPT.
To fix it, Meta did what any tech giant does when it wants to get serious: it hired a big name. That name is Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of Scale AI, who quietly built this model over the past nine months under the internal code-name "Avocado."
So, What Can It Actually Do?
The good news is that Muse Spark is genuinely capable. It handles voice, text, and images all at once; but the real magic is in the "subagents." But that’s not all, it also:
Build playable games from a simple text prompt.
Tackles tricky equations or understands complex medical charts.
It can launch multiple AI subagents to solve complicated tasks simultaneously
It can help you shop.
You can snap a photo of a snack shelf, and it will rank the snacks by protein content using data from Instagram, Facebook, and Threads.
The app also features a fresh look with two distinct speeds: an "Instant" mode for quick hits and a "Thinking" mode for deep dives. Meta even plans to launch an even more powerful "Contemplating" mode in the future.
Now Here’s The Numbers That Made Everyone do a Double-Take:
According to Sensor Tower, Meta AI pulled in around 46,000 U.S. iOS downloads on April 8th alone, which was an 87% jump compared to the day before. Android growth was a more modest 3% on the same day, but the iOS numbers more than made up for it.
Outside the apps entirely, Sensor Tower's data showed that daily web visitors to Meta AI in the U.S. shot up by more than 450% in a single day, hitting an all-time high on April 8th. And compared to the average of the previous 30 days, that daily web traffic number was up by a jaw-dropping 570%.
Zoom out even further, and the global picture is just as wild. Meta AI has now been downloaded 60.5 million times worldwide across the App Store and Google Play combined, with 25 million of those downloads happening just this year. Over the past five months, downloads have grown by 138% compared to the same period when the app first launched.
And yes, India currently leads all countries for Meta AI downloads, followed by the U.S., Brazil, Pakistan, and Mexico.
Is It The Best AI Out There? 🤔
Honestly? Not quite yet. A Meta executive openly told Axios that while Muse Spark is competitive (especially in multimodal understanding and health); it is not yet the new "state of the art."
The Reality Check:
Meta acknowledges there is still a gap compared to top-tier coding models. Points for honesty, Meta.
Despite the jump to No. 5, it still trails ChatGPT (No. 1), Claude (No. 2), and Gemini (No. 3) on the App Store.
Alexandr Wang himself acknowledged the new ranking on X, cheering that the app is "still growing." And if these numbers are any indication, the "Avocado" is just getting started.
You should go take a look and see what the buzz is all about!
