# 45% of my app's first downloads came from ChatGPT, not from my website

> Source: <https://dev.to/andrew_gnasevych_eceaa0ef/45-of-my-apps-first-downloads-came-from-chatgpt-not-from-my-website-3ag6>
> Published: 2026-11-09 15:18:24+00:00

I build Teleprompter Offline & Private, an iPhone teleprompter with voice-follow scrolling that works offline, with no account and no tracking. I'm a solo developer and it earns about $100+ a month right now. Not life-changing, but real, and it is growing slowly.

What surprised me in App Store Connect: the App Referrer report shows ChatGPT as the source of 45% of the app's first downloads. Not Google. Not my landing page. ChatGPT seems to quote App Store listings, Reddit threads and comparison pages, rather than my own site.

**What I changed because of it**

**How to check your own app**

App Store Connect, Analytics, Sources, App Referrer. Look at the share of web referrals that are AI assistants. The numbers are small, so do not over-read them, but the direction was clear for me.

**What I take from it**

The listing is the page that gets quoted, so it deserves more work than the landing page. A question like "which teleprompter works offline without an account" gets answered from whatever text states that plainly.

Question for you: where do your first users actually come from? Have you checked the referrer data lately?

App: [https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/teleprompter-offline-private/id6808964093](https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/teleprompter-offline-private/id6808964093)
