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NotebookLM

An advanced AI research assistant powered by Gemini 2.0.

ProductivityAI assistantsnotebooklm.google ↗First seen Jul 1, 2025

15appearances across 2 of 4 indexes
#2best rank, Viral App Radar 2025
60latest Shadow IT index (August 2026)

Summary

  • NotebookLM appears 15 times in Torii Research, first in AI Breakout July 2025, most recently in AI Breakout August 2026. Best rank: #2 (Viral App Radar 2025).

Over time

One chart per measure. Values as published in each edition.

Rank in AI Breakout

Rank 1 is at the top. Hover a point for the edition.

AI Breakout: July 2025: #8#8AI Breakout: August 2025: #9AI Breakout: September 2025: #8AI Breakout: October 2025: #10AI Breakout: November 2025: #10AI Breakout: December 2025: #8AI Breakout: January 2026: #9AI Breakout: February 2026: #9AI Breakout: March 2026: #7#7AI Breakout: April 2026: #11AI Breakout: May 2026: #11AI Breakout: June 2026: #10AI Breakout: July 2026: #12AI Breakout: August 2026: #12#12Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Aug 26

Shadow IT index over time

0 to 100; higher means more often unsanctioned. Every edition that reports it.

AI Breakout: July 2025: 4646Viral App Radar: 2025: 47AI Breakout: September 2025: 44AI Breakout: October 2025: 41AI Breakout: November 2025: 41AI Breakout: December 2025: 45AI Breakout: January 2026: 45AI Breakout: February 2026: 43AI Breakout: March 2026: 41AI Breakout: April 2026: 39AI Breakout: May 2026: 37AI Breakout: June 2026: 6161AI Breakout: July 2026: 60AI Breakout: August 2026: 6060Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Aug 26

Every edition

Newest first.

Every Torii Research edition that lists NotebookLM.
IndexEditionRankKey metricShadow ITPublished
AI BreakoutAugust 2026#12same rank602026-08-03
AI BreakoutJuly 2026#12down 2602026-07-03
AI BreakoutJune 2026#10up 1612026-06-03
AI BreakoutMay 2026#11same rank372026-05-03
AI BreakoutApril 2026#11down 4392026-04-03
AI BreakoutMarch 2026#7up 2412026-03-03
AI BreakoutFebruary 2026#9same rank432026-02-03
AI BreakoutJanuary 2026#9down 1452026-01-03
AI BreakoutDecember 2025#8up 2452025-12-03
AI BreakoutNovember 2025#10same rank412025-11-05
AI BreakoutOctober 2025#10down 2412025-10-01
AI BreakoutSeptember 2025#8up 1442025-09-10
Viral App Radar2025#2viral score 5.8472025-08-01
AI BreakoutAugust 2025#9down 1462025-08-01
AI BreakoutJuly 2025#8up 1462025-07-01

Source: Torii Research reports, anonymized and aggregated usage data. Definitions in the glossary.

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