Wondering how many people are still using ChatGPT in 2025? Since its launch, ChatGPT has gone from a niche tech experiment to a household name, with over 800 million users accessing it every week.
From 66% of students tackling homework to 92% of Fortune 500 companies streamlining operations, ChatGPT has become a go-to resource for millions.
This article covers the latest ChatGPT user statistics, its impact on work and learning, and the growing reliance on AI for everyday tasks.
ChatGPT Users Statistics Top Picks
- ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly active users as of 2025.
- ChatGPT’s monthly active user count stands at 355 million.
- The chatbot has over 77.2 million monthly active users in the US.
- 775.6 million users visited ChatGPT’s website in October 2025 alone.
- Around 64.3% of ChatGPT users are male, while 35.7% are female.
ChatGPT User Statistics
After reaching an impressive 1 million active users in 5 days, ChatGPT has over 800 million weekly active users as of 2025. This shows an increase of around 100 million users from December 2024.
Moreover, the revolutionary AI platform has nearly 77.2 million monthly active users in the United States which represents the largest number of ChatGPT MAUs.
Here is a table showcasing the growth of weekly active ChatGPT users:
| Year | ChatGPT Weekly Active Users |
|---|---|
| September 2025 | 800 million |
| February 2025 | 400 million |
| December 2024 | 300 million |
| October 2024 | 250 million |
| August 2024 | 200 million |
| November 2023 | 100 million |
Sources: TechCrunch, Reuters, Axios, eMarketer
ChatGPT Monthly Active Users MAUs
The data from Semrush suggests that over 775.6 million users visited the platform in October 2025 after dipping to around 54 million visits in February 2025.
Sources: Semrush
ChatGPT’s Rapid User Growth
ChatGPT was the first to reach 1 million users in 5 days, until Threads surpassed it in under one hour in 2023.
This feat was a mountain to climb for other big platforms like Facebook which took over 10 months to reach its first million users.
In comparison, Instagram gathered its 1 million users in 2.5 months and Spotify in 5 months.
Lets look the race to fastest 1 million users:
| Platform | Time Taken To Reach 1 Million Users |
|---|---|
| Threads | 1 hour |
| ChatGPT | 5 days |
| 2.5 months | |
| Spotify | 5 months |
| Dropbox | 7 months |
| 10 months | |
| Foursquare | 13 months |
| 2 years | |
| Airbnb | 2.5 years |
| Kickstarter | 2.5 years |
| Netflix | 3.5 years |
Source: Statista
ChatGPT User Demographic Statistics
As of September 2025, 64.32% of ChatGPT users are male while 35.68% are female. Also, nearly half (49.09%) of ChatGPT users are aged between 25 and 44 years.
Breakdown of ChatGPT users by age:
| Age Group | Users |
|---|---|
| 18-24 | 24.26% |
| 25-34 | 30.23% |
| 35-44 | 18.86% |
| 45-54 | 13.07% |
| 55-64 | 8.33% |
| 65+ | 5.25% |
ChatGPT Users By Country
As per the latest data, 17.45% of ChatGPT users are from the US. India comes second with 7.99% of users in March 2025.
The number of ChatGPT users in the US increased by nearly 13.1% between February and March 2025.
Here are the top countries where ChatGPT is used the most:
| Country | Traffic Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 17.45% |
| India | 7.99% |
| Brazil | 4.79% |
| United Kingdom | 4.32% |
| Japan | 3.66% |
Source: Similarweb
ChatGPT Mobile Users
ChatGPT’s mobile demographics reveal a younger male user base. Over half (53%) of users are aged 18 to 24, and nearly three-quarters (74.6%) identify as male. Usage drops among older groups, with 14.4% of users aged 25 to 34 and 11.3% aged 35 to 49.
Interestingly, there’s a rebound in the 50 to 64 age group, which accounts for 20.2% of users, suggesting growing adoption among older audiences.
Here’s a table showing the distribution of ChatGPT mobile users:
| Age Group | ChatGPT Mobile Users |
|---|---|
| 18-24 | 53.3% |
| 25-34 | 14.4% |
| 35-49 | 11.3% |
| 50-64 | 20.2% |
| 65+ | 0.9% |
Sources: Similarweb, Appfigures
ChatGPT Platform Usage Metrics Statistics
Globally, 70% of people know about ChatGPT and around 35.8% of users reported using ChatGPT weekly. On the other hand, 17.2% users reported using ChatGPT daily.
The platform receives approximately 1.6 billion visits per month, with users spending an average of 7 minutes and 48 seconds per session.
About 49.4% of users from China reported using ChatGPT every week, this number has significantly dropped since the arrival of Deepseek.
At the same time, 38.4% of Australians use ChatGPT weekly and only 8.3% use it daily.
Source: Statista, Similarweb
ChatGPT Usage In Education
A survey by the Walton Family Foundation revealed that 51% of teachers had used ChatGPT within two months of its introduction, with 40% using it at least once a week.
The same survey found that 22% of students used ChatGPT weekly or more, and 68% believed it could help them become better students.
Approximately 66% of students worldwide have used ChatGPT for coursework, and 71% of higher-education students used it in its first year. Additionally, 72% of teachers and 63% of students agree that ChatGPT represents a shift in modern education.
The California State University (CSU) system has launched ChatGPT Edu, a customized AI tool. It is available to over 460,000 students and 63,000 staff across 23 campuses.
Sources: Walton Family Foundation, Campus Technology
ChatGPT Usage By Technology Professionals
ChatGPT has been adopted by 92% of the Fortune 500 companies. Around 80.5% of ChatGPT users use it to learn about new topics and around 58.5% used it for writing code.
Interestingly, around 34.6% of users reported using ChatGPT for debugging and 15% used it for automated testing.
Here’s a table showing the usage of ChatGPT by tech professionals:
| Reasons To Use ChatGPT | Percentage Of Technology Professionals |
|---|---|
| New topics | 80.5% |
| Coding | 58.5% |
| Debugging | 34.6% |
| Pair programming | 31.5% |
| Documentation | 31.3% |
| Automated testing | 15% |
| Data analytics and Machine Learning | 14.3% |
| Natural language processing (NLP) | 13.7% |
| Data generation and augmentation | 12% |
ChatGPT Adoption Statistics
Nearly a quarter (23%) of U.S. adults reported having used ChatGPT at least once, marking an increase from 18% in July 2023.
Meanwhile, among younger adults (18-29), usage is notably higher, with 43% having tried the chatbot, making them the most engaged age group.
In contrast, adoption is significantly lower among older generations, with only 6% of Americans aged 65 and above having ever used the AI tool.
Source: Pew Research
ChatGPT’s Integration In Workplace
A study revealed that 92% of Indian workplaces have integrated ChatGPT into their daily operations, with active usage among office workers increasing from 23.8% in March 2023 to 42.6% in March 2024. Also, 95.5% of Indian companies encourage the use of ChatGPT as a productivity tool.
Six months after partnering with OpenAI, BBVA has introduced 3,300 ChatGPT Enterprise licenses. Early results show that around 80% of employees save over two hours each week using ChatGPT in departments like legal, risk, marketing, talent, and finance.
Sources: Indianexpress, WSJ, Axios
Average Time Spent On ChatGPT
As per the latest data available, ChatGPT users spent around 13 minutes and 35 seconds on the platform in January 2024.
With an average of 14 minutes and 33 seconds, users spent the most time on ChatGPT in October 2023.
The average time spent on ChatGPT increased by 6 minutes and 50 seconds between January 2024 and 2025.
Here is a table with average time spend on ChatGPT by month:
| Month | Average Time Spent |
|---|---|
| January 2024 | 13 minutes 35 seconds |
| December 2023 | 13 minutes 51 seconds |
| November 2023 | 14 minutes 3 seconds |
| October 2023 | 14 minutes 33 seconds |
| September 2023 | 14 minutes 1 seconds |
| August 2023 | 11 minutes 22 seconds |
| July 2023 | 10 minutes 26 seconds |
| June 2023 | 10 minutes 40 seconds |
| May 2023 | 10 minutes 57 seconds |
| April 2023 | 9 minutes 57 seconds |
| March 2023 | 10 minutes 3 seconds |
| February 2023 | 9 minutes 7 seconds |
| January 2023 | 7 minutes 43 seconds |
Source: Statista
ChatGPT App Statistics
The ChatGPT app was released for iOS in May 2023 and for Android in July 2023. Within six months, it gathered over 110 million downloads across both platforms.
On the Google Play Store, the ChatGPT app has surpassed 500 million downloads and holds a 4.5-star rating from over 31.5 million reviews.
In the Apple App Store, it maintains a 4.9-star rating based on feedback from more than 4.3 million app users.
Sources: PYMNTS, Google Play Store, App Store
ChatGPT Market Share
Despite the rumble caused by Deepseek, ChatGPT holds 81.37% market share of the AI chatbot industry. Perplexity trails with 11.12% market share in 2025.
Google Gemini, a general-purpose Artificial Intelligence assistant , holds a 3.01% market share, and Claude has 1.02% market share.
In the United States, ChatGPT dominates the AI chatbot market with a 78.9% share. Microsoft Copilot follows distantly with 8.7%, while Perplexity accounts for 8.1%. Google Gemini captures 2.9%, and Claude holds 1.3%, with DeepSeek trailing at just 0.01%
Overall the AI chatbot market is volatile and we are set to witness constant changes in the market share in the coming future.
Sources: Statcounter, Statcounter 2
ChatGPT Text AI Tools Market Share
ChatGPT has the largest 19.73% text AI tools market share globally. Jasper Chat and YouChat are next in line with 13.42% and 12.14% market share respectively.
Table with AI text tools market share globally:
| AI Text Tool | Market Share |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 19.73% |
| Jasper Chat | 13.42% |
| YouChat | 12.28% |
| DeepL | 12.14% |
| Simplified | 9.74% |
| Neuroflash | 9.37% |
| Writesonic | 8.73% |
| Typehero | 7.48% |
| Perplexity | 7.1% |
Source: Statista
ChatGPT Revenue Statistics
ChatGPT’s parent company OpenAI made $1.2 billion in 2023 from ChatGPT alone, plus an extra $400 million from API services and other sources. The company expects its revenue to reach around $11.6 billion in annual sales in 2025.
OpenAI’s valuation has skyrocketed to $157 billion, up from $86 billion in February 2024. This means the company’s worth has grown by about 83% in just a short time.
ChatGPT’s mobile app for iOS and Android has earned over $2 billion in global consumer spending.
So far in 2025, ChatGPT’s mobile app has earned $1.35 billion, a 673% increase from the $174 million generated during the same period in 2024. The app now makes about $193 million per month, up sharply from $25 million per month last year.
Sources: Appfigures, The New York Times, The Information, Reuters, OpenAI, Bloomberg
In App Purchases Revenue
Over 11 million people have signed up for ChatGPT Plus, enjoying faster responses and priority access for just $20 a month.
The ChatGPT mobile app generated $3.2 million revenue in September 2023. This represents an increase of $2.43 million, or a 307% growth in just six months.
ChatGPT in app purchase revenue from March to September 2023:
| Month | Revenue |
|---|---|
| March 2023 | $788,127 |
| June 2023 | $1.01 million |
| July 2023 | $1.49 million |
| August 2023 | $2.13 million |
| September 2023 | $3.22 million |
Sources: The Information, Statista
OpenAI Funding And Valuation
As of November 2025, OpenAI has secured a total of $17.9 billion across 10 funding rounds, with participation from 51 investors.
OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in a Series E funding round in October 2024, led by Thrive Capital, increasing its valuation to $157 billion.
ChatGPT’s parent company’s largest funding round was a Series E round held on Jan 23, 2023 for $10 billion.
Sources: Tracxn, Bloomberg, OpenAI
ChatGPT Model Statistics
ChatGPT is currently running the GPT 4 model which was released in March 2023. The model has expanded capabilities with a larger context window (from ~3,000 to ~25,000 words), improved factual accuracy, reduced hallucinations, and introduced image input support.
Meanwhile, ChatGPT’s GPT 1 model was released in June 2018 with 117 million parameters. This model was a first transformer based model trained on books, capable of reading comprehension, reasoning, and sentiment analysis.
For future, OpenAI has already filed a trademark application for GPT 5 model in July 2023. However, no confirmed development timeline has been set yet.
Let’s see the GPT model evolution:
| GPT Model | Release Date |
|---|---|
| GPT-1 | June 2018 |
| GPT-2 | February 2019 |
| GPT-3 | 2020 |
| GPT-3.5 | 2022 |
| GPT-4 | March 2023 |
| GPT-5 | TBD |
Source: 365DataScience
