(Updated October 2026) Track the top photo contests Shopify apps with live rankings, market share, geography, and review data — updated weekly from the Shopify App Store. This keyword page shows where each app stands today and how its position has shifted over time.
Top 10 photo contests Shopify apps ranked by current App Store position, with market share and review counts. Updated weekly.
| App | Rank | Market Share | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 50.41% 50.41 | 90 1 | |
2 | 9.24% 12.66 | 149 0 | |
3 2 | 5.88% 25.98 | 13 0 | |
4 1 | 1.12% 1.67 | 5 0 | |
5 1 | 0.84% 0.84 | 33 1 | |
6 2 | 0.84% 0.75 | 207 1 | |
7 | 0.28% 0.28 | 1 1 | |
8 3 | 0.00% | 0 0 | |
9 1 | 0.00% | 1 0 | |
10 2 | 0.00% | 10 0 |
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Monthly ranking and market share trends for the top 5 photo contests Shopify apps over the past year — see how each app's App Store position and market share have shifted month by month.
| App | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 | Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | #1 | #1 | |
#1 | #21 | #2 | #2 | #31 | #21 | |
#2 | #11 | #1 | #1 | #21 | #31 | |
| — | — | #3 | #3 | #41 | #4 | |
#5 | #61 | #42 | #62 | #6 | #51 |
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Top 5 countries driving installs for photo contests Shopify apps, with current market share and 30-day change versus the previous month.
| Country | Market Share | Change |
|---|---|---|
52.9% | 5.16 | |
14.6% | 9.43 | |
6.9% | 1.04 | |
5.8% | 5.36 | |
3.1% | 1.61 |
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Race-style view of how the top 5 photo contests Shopify apps reached 1,000 reviews — months since launch on the X-axis, cumulative review count on the Y-axis.
| App | Months to Reach 1,000 Reviews | Current Review Count |
|---|---|---|
Not yet reached | 149 | |
Not yet reached | 90 | |
Not yet reached | 32 | |
Not yet reached | 13 | |
Not yet reached | 5 |
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Giveaway Ninja • Giveaways dominates photo contests with 50.4% market share — a clear category leader Shopify merchants gravitate to first, 41.2pp ahead of ViralSweep Giveaways Contests (9.2%). SweepWidget Giveaways Contests sits at #3 with 5.9% share, rounding out the top tier. The top 3 apps together control 65.5% of photo contests installs — a clear leadership tier with a meaningful long tail behind them. Gleam Competitions is the standout mover this month, climbing 1 position — a momentum signal worth tracking.
Giveaway Ninja • Giveaways's 50.4% lead has held stably this month, with the top 3 apps capturing 65.5% of all photo contests installs. ViralSweep Giveaways Contests (9.2%) is the natural alternative when store fit or pricing rules out Giveaway Ninja • Giveaways.
Giveaway Ninja • Giveaways held #1 steadily from Sep 2026 to Oct 2026 — an entrenched leader in photo contests that challengers haven't displaced. Across the top 5 plotted photo contests apps, 3 lost rank positions while only 0 improved — consolidation at the top. Giveaway Ninja • Giveaways's share contracted -3.3pp from 53.7% (Sep 2026) to 50.4% (Oct 2026) — a meaningful narrowing of the leader's gap against other photo contests apps over this window.
Stable rankings across the top 5 plotted photo contests apps mean merchants have largely settled on their preferences — challengers below the top 5 face an uphill path to break in.
None of the top 5 photo contests apps tracked here have yet crossed 1,000 reviews. ViralSweep Giveaways Contests leads the set on current cumulative reviews with 149 — closest to the milestone, at roughly 15% of the way there.
With no app in this photo contests set having crossed 1,000 reviews, the category is still in early adoption. ViralSweep Giveaways Contests is the closest to breaking out at 149 cumulative reviews — worth tracking its per-month review velocity to see whether it's on pace to cross the milestone first.
Giveaway Ninja • Giveaways is the leading photo contests app on Shopify, holding 50.4% of category market share with 90 reviews — a clear default for most merchants.
Giveaway Ninja • Giveaways holds the highest market share among photo contests apps at 50.4% (+50.41pp vs 30 days ago). Market share here is estimated from each app's recent review velocity, with rank-weighted adjustment because positions in keyword search drive most installs.
ShopDigest tracks 95 photo contests apps on the Shopify App Store. Rankings, market share, geography, and review data refresh weekly.
Gleam Competitions has shown the strongest ranking momentum, climbing 1 position over the past 30 days. Use the Rankings tab to see full month-over-month trajectories.
United States has the highest concentration of photo contests app installs at 52.9%, followed by Australia at 14.6%. The Geography tab shows the full country-by-country breakdown.
For keyword pages, market share is rank-weighted — apps at position #1 carry roughly 40× the weight of apps at position #22, and apps beyond #22 are excluded. This reflects the reality that Shopify keyword search traffic concentrates heavily at the top of results.
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