Ranked by total active installs across 2,308,032 Shopify stores. Updated weekly.
| Rank | App | Installs | Market Share | 90-Day Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boost AI Search & Filter | 6,362 | 26.1% | N/A |
| 2 | XCloud Search & Product Filter | 5,598 | 22.9% | N/A |
| 3 | RS: AI Search Bar & Filter | 4,157 | 17.0% | N/A |
| 4 | Algolia AI Search & Discovery | 2,518 | 10.3% | N/A |
| 5 | C: Year Make Model Search | 826 | 3.4% | N/A |
| 6 | Fast Simon AI Search & Filters | 675 | 2.8% | N/A |
| 7 | Okas Live Search & Filter | 555 | 2.3% | N/A |
| 8 | Klevu ‑ AI Search & Discovery | 497 | 2.0% | N/A |
| 9 | Athos: Unified Discovery | 468 | 1.9% | N/A |
| 10 | Findify Search & Merchandise | 427 | 1.7% | N/A |
| 11 | Shopify Search & Discovery | 302 | 1.2% | N/A |
| 12 | SearchGro: Search & Filter | 263 | 1.1% | N/A |
| 13 | Prefixbox AI Search & Filter | 240 | 1.0% | N/A |
| 14 | Motive ‑ Privacy‑Minded Search | 235 | 1.0% | N/A |
| 15 | Nosto | AI Search & Discovery | 206 | 0.8% | N/A |
| 16 | Wizzy AI Search & Filter | 203 | 0.8% | N/A |
| 17 | PartFinder: Year Make Model | 200 | 0.8% | N/A |
| 18 | Search & Product Discovery ‑AI | 118 | 0.5% | N/A |
| 19 | Luigi’s AI Search & Discovery | 118 | 0.5% | N/A |
| 20 | Snap Search: Live Search Layer | 88 | 0.4% | N/A |
| 21 | Smart Synonym Search | 80 | 0.3% | N/A |
| 22 | Infinite Color Search by Hoppn | 76 | 0.3% | N/A |
| 23 | Relewise | 73 | 0.3% | N/A |
| 24 | Sledge: Product Filter, Review | 70 | 0.3% | N/A |
| 25 | 404 Next Best Content | 53 | 0.2% | N/A |
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The Search and filters category has 24,408 total installations across the top 25 tracked apps, with an average of 976 installs per app. 0 of 25 apps are growing, suggesting a competitive and consolidating market where leading apps are capturing share from smaller competitors.
Boost AI Search & Filter leads the Search and filters category with 6,362 active installs, representing 26% of total category installations. This concentration is typical of mature app categories where network effects and brand recognition create durable competitive advantages.
Interpretations are based on observed StoreCensus data. Directional observations only - not financial or business advice.
Based on StoreCensus tracking of 2,308,032 active Shopify stores.
Data is refreshed on a weekly basis and reflects observed platform activity across active ecommerce stores. StoreCensus detects app and plugin installations through storefront signature analysis including JavaScript signatures, API calls, and HTML markers — measuring current active installations, not historical download counts.
StoreCensus continuously discovers and indexes active Shopify storefronts globally. Our crawler identifies 2,308,032+ live stores through domain analysis, platform signals, and third-party data sources.
App and plugin installations are detected through storefront signature analysis — including JavaScript bundle signatures, API endpoint patterns, HTML data attributes, and network request fingerprints. This identifies apps that are currently active, not merely historically downloaded.
Each store is re-scanned on a recurring basis. Historical snapshots are retained to calculate 30-day, 90-day, and year-over-year growth rates. This enables trend analysis that reflects actual merchant behavior over time, not just point-in-time counts.
Disclaimer: Estimated metrics (revenue, traffic) should be considered directional estimates rather than audited financial data. Active install counts reflect StoreCensus detection capability and may not capture 100% of installations for apps with non-standard implementation patterns.
This page presents data from the Shopify Search and filters App Statistics proprietary StoreCensus dataset. Statistics may change over time as stores are discovered, removed, or updated in our index.
StoreCensus does not receive compensation from app developers or vendors for rankings or placement. All rankings are determined solely by observed installation data across tracked Shopify storefronts.
