NeurIPS 2025 App Registers Under 1,000 Downloads Amidst High Conference Attendance

San Diego, CA – The official mobile application for the Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) 2025 conference has reportedly garnered fewer than 1,000 downloads, a figure that has raised concerns among attendees and prominent researchers. François Fleuret, a Research Scientist at Meta Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) and a Full Professor at the University of Geneva, highlighted the low adoption rate in a recent social media post, stating, "> The @NeurIPSConf app has only 1k downloads? That's not reassuring."

This observation comes as NeurIPS, a premier artificial intelligence and machine learning conference, continues to attract a massive audience. The 2024 conference saw a total of 19,756 registrations, with 16,777 attending in-person. Similarly, NeurIPS 2023 recorded 16,382 total registrations, including 13,307 in-person attendees, underscoring the significant gap between overall participation and app usage for the 2025 event.

Fleuret, who also serves as an Area Chair for NeurIPS, brings an insider's perspective to the matter. His professional background in machine learning and his role within the conference structure lend weight to his assessment of the app's performance. The NeurIPS25 app, developed by Xiande Cao, is designed to provide attendees with comprehensive schedules, paper management, and networking features.

Previous NeurIPS conferences have utilized platforms like Whova for their mobile applications. The current low download numbers for the new NeurIPS25 app suggest potential challenges in attendee engagement or awareness, especially given the conference's large and growing participant base. The app's limited adoption could impact the intended digital experience for thousands of researchers and professionals converging on San Diego.