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The Shopify App Store, in numbers.

State of the Shopify App Store, July 2026, Monthly report
Monthly report·

State of the Shopify App Store, July 2026

A data-backed monthly look at what shipped, what got removed, and what got reviewed on the Shopify App Store in July 2026. Merchants posted 30,832 reviews and Shopify quietly purged almost as many in its biggest moderation sweep of the year. The store crossed one million indexed reviews, launches jumped 15.8%, and the AI share of the installed base keeps climbing.

25,780
Live apps
2,318
Launched in July
30,832
Reviews posted
~30.5k
Purged by Shopify
State of the Shopify App Store, June 2026, Monthly report
Monthly report·

State of the Shopify App Store, June 2026

A data-backed monthly look at what shipped, what got removed, and what got reviewed on the Shopify App Store in June 2026. Includes the rising AI share of new launches, top categories by launch and by review volume, the top 10 most-reviewed apps, and the structural localization gap across the catalogue.

23,538
Live apps
2,001
Launched in June
25,648
New reviews
26.3%
AI in new launches
State of the Shopify App Store, May 2026, Monthly report
Monthly report·

State of the Shopify App Store, May 2026

A data-backed monthly look at what shipped, what got removed, and what got reviewed on the Shopify App Store in May 2026. Includes the AI surge in new launches, top categories by launch and by review volume, the top 10 most-reviewed apps, and the structural localization gap across the catalogue.

21,509
Live apps
2,713
Launched in May
21,254
New reviews
23.8%
AI in new launches

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