The Google Gemini Nano Banana trend has gone viral on social media, encouraging people to try more variations of their pictures. Be it the retro saree look or the selfies with eminent personalities, the internet has gone crazy with Nano Banana stylised pictures, coming up with more prompts to generate unbelievably realistic images. Since the trend is tied to the Google Gemini AI chatbot, the Gemini app has enjoyed tremendous success lately on Apple’s App Store.
Google’s Gemini AI chatbot has seized the top spot on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in India and the US, surpassing OpenAI’s ChatGPT. In the top ranking apps category, the Google Gemini app was marked as the top app to try on both Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store. Prior to this, it was OpenAI’s ChatGPT app that had dominated the Apple App Store in the US following the release of the GPT-5 model.
Nano Banana trend puts Google Gemini on top
Based on the Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model, the Nano Banana tool encourages people to generate images and alter existing images using text-based prompts. Since its launch last month, Google says that the Nano Banana tool has been used to edit over 500 million images, which directly led to a massive influx of new users to the Gemini app. This is despite the app coming pre-installed on modern Android smartphones.
According to reports, the app gained over 23 million new users in the two weeks between August 26 and September 9 alone, thus highlighting the Nano Banana’s virality. Prior to this, it was OpenAI’s ChatGPT that became the center of attention with its GPT-5 model release and the viral Ghibli-style images.
Nano Banana’s virality began with the 3D figurine images and was soon followed by retro saree selfies, photos with celebrities and even pre-wedding photoshoots – all using cleverly crafted AI prompts.
Nano Banana: All details you need to know
The Nano Banana tool is available for free, allowing all users to edit or generate up to 100 images per day. Hence, you don’t need to subscribe to a paid subscription plan to have your share of ‘Nano Banana’ fun. For those who need more, Gemini AI Pro or Ultra subscribers can process up to 1,000 images daily. Users can access the tool through Google AI Studio or directly within the Gemini app.