According to a Techcrunch report on October 7, the AI application EPIK has soared to the top of the App Store. It's a photo editing app that lets users generate a nostalgic, '90s-style "yearbook" photo of themselves as one of its many templates. Similar to other recent popular AI applications, EPIK works by having users first upload a series of selfies, which EPIK then uses to generate retro yearbook photos in which the user has different poses, different looks, and hairstyles. In the US App Store, EPIK is currently ranked No. 1, but its popularity is not high on Google Play, ranking No. 37. Since its debut in August 2021, EPIK has had 92.3 million total installs, including 4.7 million downloads in the United States, according to market intelligence firm Apptopia. But the company said the app started gaining traction on September 19 and soared further 10 days later.