ChatGPT / OpenAI Statistics: How Many People Use ChatGPT?
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OpenAI is an AI research organization behind the popular ChatGPT.
Launched in November 2022, ChatGPT gained 1 million users within the first 5 days since launch.
In 3 months since its launch, the chatbot from OpenAI already had 100 million monthly active users.
From the number of ChatGPT users to OpenAI revenue, we’ll cover up-to-date stats about the leading AI product on this page.
To begin with, here’s a quick overview of the statistics you’re about to read:
- Key ChatGPT / OpenAI Stats
- ChatGPT Monthly Active Users Worldwide
- ChatGPT Weekly Active Users Worldwide
- Number of ChatGPT Users in the US
- ChatGPT Adoption Rate in the US
- ChatGPT Plus Subscribers
- Average Time Spent with ChatGPT
- ChatGPT Market Share
- OpenAI Revenue
- OpenAI Funding
- OpenAI Valuation
- OpenAI Employees
Key ChatGPT / OpenAI Stats
- ChatGPT has 200 million monthly active users worldwide.
- 77.2 million people use ChatGPT in the US alone.
- 23% of American adults have ever used ChatGPT.
- ChatGPT Plus has around 3.9 million paying subscribers in the US.
- ChatGPT accounts for 69.9% of the market share of the AI tools.
- OpenAI’s annual recurring revenue (ARR) stands at $2 billion.
- OpenAI is currently valued at $86 billion.
- OpenAI has 1,200 employees worldwide.
ChatGPT Monthly Active Users Worldwide
According to recent data, ChatGPT has an estimated 200 million monthly active users worldwide as of June 2023.
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ChatGPT’s monthly active user base doubled from 100 million active users in January 2023.
Source: Andreessen Horowitz, Reuters
ChatGPT Weekly Active Users Worldwide
According to the company announcement in November 2023, ChatGPT has 100 million weekly active users worldwide.
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Source: TechCrunch
Number of ChatGPT Users in the US
According to the latest data, ChatGPT has an estimated 77.2 million monthly active users in the US.
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Source: eMarketer
ChatGPT Adoption Rate in the US
As of February 2024, 23% of US adults claim to have ever used ChatGPT. That’s an increase from 18% in July 2023.
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Nearly half (43%) of adults ages 18-29 in the US have ever used ChatGPT, more than any other group. Only 6% of American adults 65 years old and over have ever tried ChatGPT.
Here’s a detailed breakdown of ChatGPT adoption rate in the US by age group:
Age Group | ChatGPT Adoption Rate |
---|---|
18-29 | 43% |
30-49 | 27% |
50-64 | 17% |
65+ | 6% |
Source: Pew Research Center
ChatGPT Plus Subscribers
ChatGPT offers a paid subscription plan for $20 per month, which includes various benefits.
As of March 2024, ChatGPT has an estimated 3.9 million active ChatGPT Plus subscribers in the US. That’s up from 2 million ChatGPT Plus subscribers in July 2023.
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In February 2023, OpenAI expanded the geographic availability of ChatGPT Plus to customers outside of the US which suggests a higher active subscriber base worldwide than 3.9 million in the US alone.
More than 89% and 74% of ChatGPT subscribers continued to pay for the access after 1 and 3 quarters since the first purchase, respectively.
Source: YipitData, Earnest Analytics
Average Time Spent with ChatGPT
In January 2024, the average time spent per ChatGPT web session per user worldwide hit 13 minutes 35 seconds.
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Source: Statista
ChatGPT Market Share
As of June 2023, ChatGPT accounts for 60% of monthly web traffic to the top 50 most used Generative AI web products.
In January 2024, ChatGPT accounted for 69.9% of the market share of subscription sales of AI tools. No other paid AI tool had more than 5.2% market share.
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Sources: Andreessen Horowitz, Earnest Analytics
OpenAI Revenue
OpenAI’s annual recurring revenue reached $2 billion in December 2023. That’s up from $1.3 billion in October 2023.
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Source: Financial Times
OpenAI Funding
OpenAI has raised a total of $11.3 billion over 7 funding rounds.
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Source: Tracxn
OpenAI Valuation
OpenAI is currently valued at $86 billion. That’s up from $29 billion in April 2023.
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Sources: Bloomberg, Crunchbase
OpenAI Employees
OpenAI currently has around 1,200 employees worldwide.
OpenAI has open roles at 4 office locations: San Francisco, California, Dublin, Ireland, London, UK and Tokyo, Japan.