You may quote and chart State of Mac numbers with credit: "State of Mac (stateofmac.com), from Homebrew analytics". The derived data is CC BY 4.0.
Numbers to know this week
- Microsoft Word is the #1 free app in Apple's US Mac App Store chart on Oct 28, 2026.
- LibreOffice: 56,736 installs in the last 30 days, the most of any everyday Mac app.
- 2,115,714 Homebrew installs of Mac apps, Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026, across 4,283 apps.
- AI assistants: 6.7% of everyday app installs.
- 72 everyday apps had their first recorded installs in the last 30 days.
Downloads
- latest.json: every included app with name, category, audience (everyday or developer), 30/90/365-day installs, ranks, share and share change.
- casks-30d.csv: the same as CSV.
- categories.json: category totals and shares.
/data/app/<name>.json: one file per app page, with its recorded history.- Live API (JSON):
/api/latest,/api/cask/<token>,/api/appstore/free.
Images
Every page has a 1200×630 share image at /og/…jpg (linked in the page's og:image). The category chart on the home page can be saved as a 1080×1350 image.
Before you write
Read the methodology. In short: install counts come from people who install apps with Homebrew, who lean technical; counts are installs, not active users; the App Store chart is Apple's ranking; history before Oct 28, 2026 comes from four archived 30-day windows.