Top App Store Publishers (2026)
Behind every big app is a publisher, and the biggest publishers rarely stop at one hit. Compiled from public App Store data and updated daily, this ranking displays the top iOS developers based on aggregate ratings across their portfolio. Of today's top 40 App Store publishers, 14 run multiple chart-level apps — a portfolio strategy indie developers can learn from.
Google, Meta Platforms, Inc., Spotify lead by total user ratings. Tap a publisher's apps below, or search any developer on our publishers page for their full portfolio with download and revenue estimates.
YouTube
Google Drive
Google Maps
Facebook
Messenger
Meta AI
Spotify: Music and Podcasts
Instagram
Threads
Edits: Video Editor
Uber - Rides, Eats, Hotels
Uber Eats: Food & Groceries
Uber - Driver: Drive & Deliver
DoorDash: Food, Grocery, More
DoorDash - Dasher
Amazon Shopping
Amazon Kindle: Reading App
Amazon Music: Songs & Podcasts
Roblox
WhatsApp Messenger
Walmart: Shopping & Savings
TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE
TikTok Pro - Events
PineDrama - Short Dramas
Lyft
Venmo
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Copilot
Apple Wallet
Apple Music
Apple TV
X
Grok AI
Grok Bot
Pandora: Music & Podcasts
ChatGPT
Capital One Mobile
Clash Royale
Brawl Stars
Clash of Clans
Chase Mobile®: Bank & Invest
Cash App
ESPN: Live Sports & Scores
ESPN Fantasy Sports & More
Disney+
Starbucks
United Airlines
McDonald's
Netflix
Netflix Game Controller
Fetch: Receipts for Gift Cards
Township
Homescapes
Gardenscapes
Shop: Track, Pay, Discover
Southwest Airlines: Travel App
Fly Delta
Target: Shop. Style. Save.
PayPal - Pay, Send, Save
Roku Remote (Official)
Snapchat
Expedia: Hotels, Flights, Cars
Pinterest
HBO Max: Stream Movies & TV
CrumblHow are App Store publishers ranked?
App Store publishers are ranked by the aggregated popularity and footprint of their entire app portfolio. We sum the total user ratings across all of a developer's apps that appear in the top charts.
This highlights the industry's powerhouse organizations and successful indie studios. By studying these portfolios, developers can learn how to structure multi-app portfolios and cross-promote effectively. You can research individual developer details in our App Store Publishers directory, view all their apps in our Apps Directory, and inspect their search visibility via the App Store Keyword Tool.
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Methodology
Publishers are grouped from the apps Appstro tracks — Apple’s US top charts plus a set of subscription-intent searches, refreshed daily — and ranked by combined US App Store rating count across those apps. Search any publisher on the publishers page for their full portfolio with download and revenue estimates.
Work on your own app's ranking
Every list on this page is built from public App Store data — the same source behind the App Store keyword research tool, which expands Apple's own autocomplete and scores each term by how hard the live search results look to break into. It sits alongside all 76 free App Store optimization tools here: keyword tracking, listing and screenshot teardowns, localization audits and the rest.