New statistics appear to show massive growth in Bambu Lab 3D printer sales.
Sales statistics are hard to come by in the 3D print world. Most of the companies involved in selling desktop 3D printers are privately held, so they have no obligation to publicly disclose their activities. Occasionally, we may get a hint of their unit sales, but it’s not often. Sometimes, industry analysts can squeeze out some information, which they bundle into paid reports.
That said, a new indication has appeared based on app downloads. A report from Appfigures performs an analysis that is extremely interesting.
Appfigures is a service that provides information about apps: downloads, subscriptions, spending, ranking, etc. If you’re an app developer, then it might be a good service for you.
However, their database seems to cover the entire range of applications in the Apple and Google app stores. And that includes the apps used by 3D printer manufacturers to connect with their devices.
In question is Bambu Lab’s very handy control app, BambuHandy. It is basically required for every Bambu Lab 3D printer because the machines require binding to the Bambu Lab cloud. This is done through scanning of a QR code presented on the machine, which is read by the app.
Only machines disconnected from the Bambu Lab cloud might not require the use of Bambu Handy. However, that requires considerable expertise and motivation, and only a very small percentage of Bambu Lab machines would be in this state.
What does the information from Appfigures say?
They presented statistics for downloads of the BambuHandy app by quarter since 24Q1. We can see that there was a huge boost in downloads occurring in the fourth quarter of 2024, corresponding with Black Friday/Holiday sales. This boost appears to be more than all the other quarters of that year combined, exceeding 400,000 downloads.
The 2025 numbers are even more impressive. The 2025 quarters follow the same pattern, with a massive boost in the fourth quarter. 25Q4 apparently had more than one million app downloads, an incredible figure.
Does this mean that Bambu Lab sold more than a million 3D printers in 25Q4?
Possibly. Using app downloads as a proxy for sales is a bit sketchy because there are several factors that might make the number low — or high.
For example, operators might download the app once for each of their devices, as some people have more than one mobile, or perhaps tablets. In addition, whenever someone gets a new mobile, they will re-download the app. This could make the Appfigure totals too high.
On the other hand, someone buying Bambu Lab machines for a 3D print farm likely downloads the app only once for perhaps dozens or even hundreds of machines. We do know that a big chunk of Bambu Lab’s sales are of this type, so the Appfigure totals might be lower than the actual number of machines sold.
However, it is clear that more machines are sold in the fourth quarter, and the Appfigures numbers match that pattern, so there is some evidence of reality there.
Totalling up the Appfigures numbers for 2025 shows a grand total of something close to two million downloads during the year. Any way you cut it, that is a staggering number of downloads and probably machine counts.
The total for 2024 seems to be around 700,000, suggesting that Bambu Lab’s unit sales grew by 3X between 2024 and 2025. If they keep that trajectory, their 2026 sales would be something around 5-6M machines!
At that scale, there are enormous financials involved. Five million machines averaging US$1000 each is US$5B in revenue. It’s likely that Bambu Lab is making hundreds of millions in annual profit at that level.
These figures are far beyond any Western 3D printer manufacturer, showing that the game is already over, and the Asian manufacturers are now taking off into the stratosphere. With the profit level Bambu Lab has achieved, it is very difficult to see how any Western competitor could match their research and development capability.
Via Appfigures
