Sticky Display Shopify Apps – Analytics & Insights

Attrac Popup, Announcement Bar dominates sticky display with 55.6% market share — a clear category leader Shopify merchants gravitate to first, 24.0pp ahead of GSC Countdown Timer Bar (31.6%). Free Gift & Free Shipping Bar sits at #3 with 9.0% share, rounding out the top tier. Together, the top 3 apps absorb 96.2% of all sticky display installs — a highly concentrated landscape with limited room for new entrants. VR Urgency Countdown Timer Bar is the standout mover this month, climbing 4 positions — a momentum signal worth tracking.

Attrac Popup, Announcement Bar's 55.6% share looks dominant, but the rest of the top 5 has reshuffled this month. Sticky Display apps are settled at the top and contested below — for merchants whose needs aren't a perfect Attrac Popup, Announcement Bar fit, the #2–#5 apps often surface better niche options.

Attrac Popup, Announcement Bar climbed from #2 (May 2026) to #1 (Sep 2026) — a 1-position gain among sticky display apps over the charted window. Across the top 5 plotted sticky display apps, 4 improved their ranking while 0 declined — the category is moving upward overall. Attrac Popup, Announcement Bar's share expanded +25.9pp from 29.7% (May 2026) to 55.6% (Oct 2026) — a sustained widening of the gap against other sticky display apps over this window.

4 of 5 plotted sticky display apps moved positions in this window — recent trajectory beats current rank as a signal when a category is reshuffling this actively.

United States dominates demand for sticky display apps with 26.0% of all tracked installs — a single market that effectively defines the category's product priorities. Germany follows at 6.1%, with United Kingdom at 5.4%. Together, the top 3 markets account for 37.5% of sticky display app installs worldwide. Australia (5.0%) and India (4.6%) round out the top 5. Germany is the fastest-growing market this month (+0.7pp), pointing to accelerating demand outside the established leaders.

With 26.0% of sticky display app installs concentrated in United States, the leading apps in this category typically prioritize United States-based merchants for localization, currency, and support hours — merchants in Germany (6.1%) and other regions sometimes find better fit in apps that over-index outside United States.

TA Banner Slider, Sales Pop up reached 1,000 reviews in 15 months since launch — the fastest ramp among the top 5 sticky display apps tracked here. Attrac Popup, Announcement Bar crossed the same milestone in 84 months, 69 months behind.

3 apps on this chart haven't yet crossed 1,000 reviews: GSC Countdown Timer Bar at 664, Free Gift & Free Shipping Bar at 254, Yeps Announcement Bar Banner at 198 cumulative reviews. GSC Countdown Timer Bar is closest to the milestone — its current count puts it roughly 66% of the way to 1,000.

The 69-month gap between TA Banner Slider, Sales Pop up's and Attrac Popup, Announcement Bar's time-to-1,000 highlights how unevenly product-market fit landed across this sticky display set — the leader found its merchant audience early, while late-rampers took multiple years to reach the same review depth. For merchants comparing these apps today, slower-ramping apps may have closed the functionality gap but still operate on smaller review bases.