Mechanic Shopify App – Market Share & Install Footprint
(Updated October 2026) Track Mechanic's estimated install share within every Shopify App Store group it appears in — categories, keywords, and collections — with current %, 30-day change, and Growing / Stable / Declining status. 355+ Premium workflow automations, integrations, and a complete enterprise-grade automation platform.
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 |
|---|---|---|
Keywordsmall business | 66.86%6.63 | Growing |
Keywordairtable | 5.06%0.85 | Growing |
Keywordcustom development | 1.28%0.02 | Declining |
KeywordSales thresholds | 1.15%0.98 | Declining |
CategoryOrders - Other Orders and shipping > Orders > Orders - Other | 0.26%0.00 | Growing |
KeywordAuto-sync data | 0.10%0.15 | Declining |
KeywordOrder notifications for merchants | 0.09%0.02 | Growing |
CategoryWorkflow automation Store management > Operations > Workflow automation | 0.06%0.00 | Growing |
CategoryOrders Orders and shipping > Orders | 0.06%0.00 | Growing |
CategoryOperations Store management > Operations | 0.03%0.00 | Stable |
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Key Insights:
- Mechanic captures 66.9% of installs in small business — its strongest position among the 10 Shopify groups shown (27 groups in total).
- Over the past 30 days, 6 gained share and 3 lost share — net positive share momentum.
- small business is the biggest gainer (+6.63pp) — strongest share momentum this month.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business | 87.99% | 67.21%20.78 | 57.47%9.74 | 72.30%14.83 | 63.33%8.97 | 38.94%24.39 |
| Airtable | 6.01% | 7.77%1.76 | 4.10%3.67 | 4.63%0.53 | 4.20%0.43 | 5.54%1.34 |
| Sales Thresholds | 43.01% | 50.46%7.45 | 19.37%31.09 | 3.37%16 | 3.35%0.02 | 2.09%1.26 |
| Custom Development | 8.49% | 2.26%6.23 | 1.05%1.21 | 1.32%0.27 | 1.27%0.05 | 1.30%0.03 |
| Orders - Other | 0.37% | 0.43%0.06 | 0.19%0.24 | 0.26%0.07 | 0.26% | 0.26% |
Key Insights:
- Mechanic's biggest share gain is in Airtable — expanded from 1.5% to 5.5% 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
- Keywordsmall business — Holds 66.9% market share in this keyword (+6.63pp this month) — Mechanic's growing footprint here.
- Keywordairtable — Holds 5.1% market share in this keyword (+0.85pp this month) — Mechanic's growing footprint here.
- Keywordcustom development — Holds 1.3% market share in this keyword (-0.02pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
- KeywordSales thresholds — Holds 1.1% market share in this keyword (-0.98pp this month) — slipping in this keyword.
- CategoryOrders - Other — Holds 0.3% market share in this category (+0.00pp this month) — Mechanic's growing footprint here.
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 — 66.9% of the group's tracked install base, followed by 5.1% 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 gaining share in more groups than it's losing. small business is the biggest gainer this month — switch the table sub-tab to "Market Share Changes" to see the full set of gainers and losers ordered by movement size.
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 27 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's current trajectory shows expanding share across multiple Shopify groups — the chart's Monthly granularity smooths weekly noise; switch to Weekly to see the inflection points.
