Mechanic — Market Share Across Shopify App Store Groups
Mechanic's estimated install share within each Shopify App Store group it appears in — categories, keywords, and collections — with current %, status (Growing / Stable / Declining), and 30-day change. Filterable by date range and sortable by share or share change.
| Category/Keyword | Market Share | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword small business | 13.57%58.39 | Declining |
| Keyword airtable | 6.16%1.60 | Climbing |
| Keyword custom development | 1.29%0.29 | Declining |
| Category Orders - Other Orders and shipping > Orders > Orders - Other | 0.27%0.05 | Declining |
| Keyword Sales thresholds | 0.25%4.03 | Declining |
| Category Orders Orders and shipping > Orders | 0.06%0.01 | Declining |
| Category Workflow automation Store management > Operations > Workflow automation | 0.06%0.01 | Declining |
| Category Operations Store management > Operations | 0.03%0.01 | Declining |
| Keyword Workflow automation | 0.03%0.03 | Declining |
| Collection paid-trial-apps | 0.03%0.01 | Declining |
Showing 1-10 out of 21
Key Insights:
- Mechanic captures 13.6% of installs in small business — its strongest position among the 10 Shopify groups shown (21 groups in total).
- Over the past 30 days, 1 gained share and 9 lost share — net downward pressure.
- small business saw the sharpest contraction (-58.39pp) — worth checking whether the dip is short-term or sustained.
Mechanic — Market Share Trend Across Top Groups
Monthly market share trajectory for Mechanic across its top 5 Shopify App Store groups over the past year — pick categories or keywords to plot, filter by country, and switch sub-tabs for absolute share or per-interval change.
Charts Data
| Category / Keyword | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 | Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyword Small Business | 87.99% | 67.21%21 | 57.47%10 | 72.30%15 | 63.33%9 | 13.57%50 |
| Keyword Airtable | 6.01% | 7.77%2 | 4.10%4 | 4.63%1 | 4.20%0 | 6.16%2 |
| Keyword Custom Development | 8.49% | 2.26%6 | 1.05%1 | 1.32%0 | 1.27%0 | 1.29%0 |
| Category Orders - Other | 0.37% | 0.43%0 | 0.19%0 | 0.26%0 | 0.26%– | 0.27%0 |
| Keyword Sales Thresholds | 43.01% | 50.46%7 | 19.37%31 | 3.37%16 | 3.35%0 | 0.25%3 |
Key Insights:
- Mechanic's biggest share gain is in Airtable — expanded from 1.5% to 6.2% over the charted period.
- Across the 5 plotted groups, Mechanic expanded share in 1 and contracted in 4.
Top Categories Mechanic Ranks In on Shopify
- Keyword small business — Holds 13.6% market share in this keyword (-58.39pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
- Keyword airtable — Holds 6.2% market share in this keyword (+1.60pp this month) — Mechanic's growing footprint here.
- Keyword custom development — Holds 1.3% market share in this keyword (-0.29pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
- Category Orders - Other — Holds 0.3% market share in this category (-0.05pp this month) — slipping in this category.
- Keyword Sales thresholds — Holds 0.2% market share in this keyword (-4.03pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
Mechanic on Shopify — Market Share FAQs
1. Where does Mechanic have the most market share on Shopify?
Mechanic captures the largest share of installs in small business — 13.6% of the group's tracked install base, followed by 6.2% in airtable and 1.3% in custom development. Sort the table by Share to see the full ordered list.
2. Which Shopify categories is Mechanic gaining or losing share in?
Mechanic is contracting in more groups than it's expanding. small business saw the sharpest dip this month — switch to "Market Share Changes" to see the full distribution and check whether the contractions cluster around a shared theme.
3. How is Mechanic's Shopify market share calculated?
Market share is estimated from each app's review velocity within a group, used as a proxy for install share. For category and collection groups, it's a straight share-of-reviews calculation; for keyword groups, ranking position is weighted (rank #1 ≈ 40× the weight of rank #22, with apps beyond #22 excluded) since search traffic concentrates heavily at the top. The Country filter on the table re-computes share using only that country's reviews.
4. In how many Shopify groups does Mechanic hold market share?
Mechanic appears in 21 Shopify App Store groups in total — categories, keywords, and collections combined. The table above lists the top 10 where it captures the largest share; paginate or sort by Change to see the rest.
5. How often does Mechanic's Shopify market share update?
Share figures are recomputed weekly from the latest review data. Mechanic is currently losing share in more groups than it's gaining — the trend chart's date range filter lets you check whether the slide started recently or has been ongoing.
